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 ...

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

MANILA: The United States Navy on Thursday (Aug 14) denied Chinese claims that it warned and expelled the guided missile ...

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

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

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

MANILA--The U.S. deployed two warships Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while trying to drive away a smaller Philippine ship in a high ...

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

File photo of Chinese Navy’s Jiangkai II-class frigate with bow No. 554 in Scarborough Shoal. On Wednesday, reports says ...