A US Navy guided-missile destroyer performed a so-called Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed Scarborough ...

China's military released a statement Wednesday that the destroyer Higgins entered the South China Sea unlawfully, according ...

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

The only reason the US dispatched the vessel to those waters was to show its support for Manila to continue the hazardous ...

US denies China’s claim of expelling USS Higgins from Scarborough The United States Navy on Thursday denied Chinese claims ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...

The United States Navy denies Chinese claims that it warned and expelled the guided missile destroyer USS Higgins during its ...

The incident comes days after two Chinese vessels collided, allegedly while pursuing a Philippine patrol ship in the vicinity ...

The United States has deployed two warships to the disputed South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal. This follows a collision ...