which is strategically close to maritime flashpoints such as the Spratly Islands. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr on Friday said he was “very disturbed” by the arrests.

The meeting with some urgency of QUAD Foreign Ministers in Washington, close on the heels of Donald Trump being sworn in as US President, points to a widening of the East-West polarity in the days ...

Islands also celebrate Tet in a warm, sacred atmosphere filled with camaraderie and patriotism. At the dawn of the new year, naval officers and soldiers on Co Lin Island, part of the Truong Sa ...

Given these circumstances, when a part of Mr. Thondaman’s lands were to be taken over, the Minister personally led a large crowd of people, many of them carrying the national flag and shouting ...

Situated within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, the Ayungin Shoal or the Second Thomas Shoal is a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands, standing as a symbol of the ...

Responding to the incident, Beijing said that it has "indisputable sovereignty" over the Spratly Islands. It also said the Philippine vessels had entered without permission and tried to "illegally ...

To further complicate things in that same area, what in English are generally known as the Spratly Islands are known in Chinese as the Nánshā Qúndǎo, the Kepulauan Spratly in Malay ...

"See the islands that are disappearing because of sea ... Photo shows A sombre-looking man standing behind a microphone, next to a USA flag. As Pacific leaders talk of an "Ocean of Peace", nations ...

Nuuk, Greenland - A blizzard whips the Danish, Greenlandic and Faroe Islands flags above the Joint Arctic Command headquarters overlooking the harbor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. The small ...

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The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

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