- 25 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPhilippines
Philippines’ Duterte tells summit he ‘abhors’ maritime incident involving China
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday told a regional summit hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he "abhors" a recent altercation with Chinese ships in the…
Philippines set to resume resupply mission to South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence chief said on Sunday a military resupply mission for the country's troops stationed on an atoll in the South China Sea will resume this…
Philippines tells China to ‘back off’ after South China Sea standoff
MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines on Thursday condemned "in strongest terms" the actions of three Chinese coast guard vessels that it said blocked and used water cannon on resupply boats headed…
Philippines protests Beijing’s ‘provocative acts’ in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines has issued a diplomatic protest over Chinese vessels challenging its ships patrolling the South China Sea with sirens, horns and radio communications, its foreign ministry…
Philippine Nobel winner Ressa calls Facebook ‘biased against facts’
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to…
China and ASEAN at 30
As the Quad focused on ASEAN at its summit on 24th September, there were several China-ASEAN activities between the two summits, which did not attract too much attention in India.…
By Gurjit Singh
Philippines defence chief says was urged by China to drop review of U.S. pact
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - China has opposed a Philippines-led push for a review of its 70-year-old defence treaty with the United States, Manila's defence minister said on Thursday,…
Philippines supports Australia nuclear sub pact to counter China
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is backing a new defence partnership between the United States, Britain and Australia, hoping it can maintain the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region,…
7.1 magnitude quake rocks Philippines
Manila [Philippines] Aug 12 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale jolted the Philippines on Wednesday. The quake took place at 11:16 pm (IST) at a depth of…
Philippines chooses US over China after Beijing’s failure to keep its promise
Manila [Philippines] August 7 (ANI): The Philippines government restored the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US military, which shows that Beijing has failed to deliver enough to the Southeast…
Malaysia to lodge diplomatic protest to Chinese envoy over intrusion of EEZ by 16 PLA planes
Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it would summon China's Ambassador to explain an 'intrusion' by 16 Chinese military airplanes into its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after Malaysia's military detected…
China threatening Peace in South China Sea says European Union
The European Union has blamed China for endangering peace in the South China Sea. The Union urged all parties to abide by a 2016 tribunal ruling which rejected most of…
