Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is forcefully denying Chinese claims that it “expelled” the American destroyer USS Higgins from waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

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

The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

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

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

The Chinese military said on Wednesday it monitored and "drove away" a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed ...

A chilling face off has taken place when Chinese warships confronted an American destroyer in disputed waters in the South ...

The U.S. sent two warships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where two Chinese ships recently collided while ...

The United States is disputing China’s claim that it chased away an American warship conducting a freedom of navigation ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer's FONOP at Scarborough Shoal brings Washington's presence to the Chinese-Philippine South China Sea ...

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

The US Navy's operation was the first in the South China Sea's Scarborough Shoal region in at least six years.