South China Sea

The accusations have been made by the Philippines' Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

Hong Kong's iconic floating Jumbo restaurant capsized when it was being towed away to a different location in the South China Sea on Saturday.

This is the first time in nearly four decades a US aircraft carrier is visiting Vietnam since the war ended in 1975.

British navy to send warship to South China Sea and challenge Beijing's claim to disputed international waters - a move likely to anger China.

Chinese foreign ministry says an American missile destroyer, USS Hopper, came within 12 nautical miles of Huangyan Island.

Japan claims that a Chinese vessel spotted last week near the contested Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands was a nuclear-powered attack submarine.

China reportedly plans to launch "hyperspectral" and "synthetic aperture radar" satellites, by 2021 to help spy on every object in the contested waters.

Scientists working on the anti-jellyfish mechanism said the system would give a "peace of mind" to the aircraft carriers' crew.

US President Donald Trump has offered to moderate talks between the multiple claimants in the South China Sea dispute.

The US Navy sent a guided-missile destroyer near the contested Paracel Islands under the "freedom of navigation" operations.

Beijing is 'very displeased' after the US Navy deployed a destroyer within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands.

This is the third man-overboard hunt for the US Navy since June.

The aggressive stance comes following reports that the Chinese air force flew warplanes near Taiwan and Japan.

Defence Minister Michael Fallon said the exact location of the deployment is yet to be finalised.

Indonesia said it fired warning shots when 2 Vietnamese boats intercepted inside Indonesian water.

Beijing has reacted angrily to Hanoi's move of drilling for oil and gas in the disputed waterway.

On 12 July 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of the Philippines in the South China Sea territorial dispute.

Beijing's successful 60-day combustible ice mining trial marks a breakthrough in the search for alternative clean energy sources.

The three militaries conducted a training exercise in a show of force after North Korea's ICBM test.

Beijing considers the Liaoning, its first "combat ready" carrier, as a symbol of China's great-power status.

The bombers also held exercises with Japanese fighter jets in the East China Sea.

The Soviet-built Liaoning carrier group is en route to Hong Kong, passing through the Taiwan Strait that separates Taipei and the mainland.

China has new missile shelters, runways and radar and communications facilities on the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

New satellite images show China building new facilities on Fiery Cross, Mischief and Subi Reefs in the Spratly archipelago.

The exercise comes as the US seeks to counter China's military assertiveness in the South China Sea.

China aims to be a major player in international ocean drilling.

The action is likely to irk China, but the US Air Force said that its mission was 'not related to any specific situation or nation'.

US defense chief James Mattis accused Beijing of continued 'indisputable militarisation' in Spratly archipelago.

Pentagon said the intercept, the second such encounter in a week, was 'unsafe and unprofessional'.

Fighter jets, assault helicopters and tanks were all part of large-scale drills countering mock-up Chinese attack.