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Japan and the Philippines signed a key defence pact Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint drills in the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II but is now building an alliance with Tokyo as both face an increasingly assertive China.
BASTAD, Sweden – Rafael Nadal will head to the Paris Olympics chasing a third gold medal but admitted his "level was so far from what it should be" after losing in the Bastad clay-court final on Sunday (Monday Manila time).
The Philippines and China have agreed on an "arrangement" for resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a South China Sea reef, Manila said Sunday, after a series of escalating confrontations in the disputed waters.
MANILA: Two Philippine officials said Sunday that Manila and Beijing have reached a deal to avoid confrontations at a fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where recent clashes have sparked fears of larger conflicts that could involve the United States. The deal was forged after a series of closed-door meetings between Philippine and Chinese diplomats in Manila and exchanges of diplomatic notes that aimed to establish a mutually acceptable arrangement at the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, which China also claims.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China and the Philippines reached a deal they hope will end confrontations at the most fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, the Philippine government said Sunday.
MANILA: The Philippines will resupply a beached naval ship in the South China Sea with food and provisions on its own, despite an offer from the United States for help, Manila security officials said on Sunday. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday the US "will do what is necessary" to ensure its treaty ally can resupply the Sierra Madre on the Second Thomas Shoal.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and China have agreed on an "arrangement" for resupplying Filipino troops stationed at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea, Manila said Sunday, after a series of escalating confrontations in the disputed waters.
MANILA, Philippines — Manila's resupply missions to troops on a disputed South China Sea atoll will remain purely Philippine operations, the National Security Council said Sunday, after Washington vowed to "do what is necessary" to support them.