The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a Chinese military ship kept watch from a distance.

The deployment of the USS Shoup and JS Noshiro to Scarborough Shoal represents the strength of the U.S.-Japan-Philippine alliance. American warships joined their Japanese and Philippine ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's "ironclad" commitment to a defence treaty with the Philippines on Friday and pledged to deploy advanced capabilities to its partner to ...

US-PH defense alliance getting on China’s nerves – analysts The Philippine Navy has challenged China’s People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) monitored ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea (AP) — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a ...

ABOARD BRP JOSE RIZAL, South China Sea (AP) — The United States, Japan and the Philippines on Friday staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South China Sea shoal as a ...

US Navy USS Shoup (DDG86), left, and Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) frigate JS Noshiro manuever during the Philippines United States Japan Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity ...

Romeo Brawner Jr. said in a statement. US Navy USS Shoup (DDG86), left, and Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) frigate JS Noshiro manuever during the Philippines United States Japan ...