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JAPAN SAYS COLLISION HAPPENED EARLIER THAN REPORTED
Crew members said the collision, which killed seven American sailors, had just occurred, so the Coast Guard estimated that it had happened around 2 20... READ MORE›
SAILORS KILLED IN COLLISION OFF JAPAN'S COAST NAMED
The sailors were found in flooded berths onboard the USS Fitzgerald, said a statement by the US Navy... READ MORE›
0506BODIES OF MISSING SAILORS FOUND ON STRICKEN US DESTROYER
The Japanese coastguard said it received an emergency call from the container ship, the ACX Crystal, reporting the collision around 2.20am local time 6.20pm Friday BST ... READ MORE›
MISSING SAILORS FOUND AFTER US NAVY DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH SHIP OFF JAPAN
The USS Fitzgerald was damaged when it collided with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel south of Tokyo Bay on June 17, 2017... READ MORE›
US NAVY DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH PHILIPPINE VESSEL OFF JAPAN, 7 MISSING
The Japan Coast Guard said the collision, which left one person injured on the destroyer, occurred about 100 km southwest of Yokosuka... READ MORE›
CAPTAIN INJURED, 7 CREW MISSING AFTER US DESTROYER AND MERCHANT SHIP COLLIDE
The Fitzgerald collided with the 730ft merchant ship 56 nautical miles from Yokosuka, a city south of Tokyo... READ MORE›
CHINA LAUNCHES ITS FIRST DOMESTICALLY-MADE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Shen Jinlong, a former commander of the South Sea Fleet responsible for defending China's claim to virtually the entire South China Sea... READ MORE›
DIVERS JOIN SEARCH FOR BODIES AFTER COAST GUARD HELICOPTER CRASH
The bodies of winchmen Paul Ormsby and Ciaran Smith have not been found despite weeks of intensive seabed, surface and shore searches... READ MORE›
COLLEAGUES' 'HEARTS AND THOUGHTS' WITH FAMILY OF COAST GUARD WHO DIED AT SEA
Micheal O'Toole, Irish Coast Guard on scene coordinator, said It's a very poignant day, very sad and very poignant, we have recovered one of our colleagues... READ MORE›
CHINA GIVES TRADE CONCESSIONS, LECTURES AUSTRALIA ON SOUTH CHINA SEA
But China's carrots come at a political cost as China pushes its territorial interests in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
'WE HAVE A STRONG ALLY IN WASHINGTON & A GOOD FRIEND IN BEIJING' - AUSTRALIAN PM
The idea that Australia has to choose between China and the United States is not correct, he added... READ MORE›
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TRUMP CALLS CHINA'S SEIZURE OF US DRONE 'UNPRESIDENTED'
The seizing of an unmanned US Navy drone by the Chinese is an unpresidented sic act, President-elect Donald Trump tweeted early Saturday... READ MORE›
BEIJING AND MOSCOW LAUNCH SOUTH CHINA SEA NAVAL DRILLS
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than 5 trillion of trade moves annually... READ MORE›
SUPERCARRIER FORD TO JOIN NAVY FLEET IN SEPTEMBER
Hide Caption 23 of 29 29 photos U.S. aircraft carriers The Essex-class USS Franklin burns after being hit by a Japanese dive bomber in 1945... READ MORE›
TESTICLE-MUNCHING FISH SPECIES FOUND IN US LAKE
They are almost identical to the piranha you couldn't even tell from the outside he explained after the Scandinavian pacu sighting... READ MORE›
BEIJING SUMMONS US AMBASSADOR OVER WARSHIP IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Speaking earlier this month, officials in Beijing cautioned the US against provocative actions in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
XI DEFENDS CHINAS CLAIM TO SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS
Lassen, within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, a natural feature submerged at high tide on which China has done land reclamation using huge piles of sand... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS TO SAIL THROUGH CHANNEL AMID SYRIA TENSIONS WITH UK
Russian warships are expected to sail through the Channel next week at a time of heightened tensions between Britain and Moscow over the war in Syria... READ MORE›
PATROLLING DISPUTED WATERS US AND CHINA JOCKEY FOR DOMINANCE
Although the South China Sea stretches some 500 miles from mainland China, Beijing has claimed most of it... READ MORE›
REPORTING ON LIFE DEATH AND CORRUPTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
I came to see Southeast Asia as a land of great people and bad governments, of remarkable graciousness but distressing levels of impunity... READ MORE›
US ADMIRAL DEFENDS SOUTH CHINA SEA PATROLS
At the end of Admiral Harris's day in Beijing, the Pacific Command said that he had met separately with Gen... READ MORE›
U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRIKE GROUP PATROLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
The navy said the force, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began routine operations in the South China Sea on Saturday... READ MORE›
NEW WORLD WAR? CHINA TARGET OF FRENCH SHIPS JOINING US, JAPAN, UK IN PACIFIC
The expected maneuvers were viewed as a way for France to show China it's military's strength, Reuters reported Friday, citing sources... READ MORE›
SEA DISPUTE CAUSES A RIFT AS OFFICIALS MEET IN ASIA
Mr. Carter met with China's minister of defense, Chang Wanquan, on Tuesday in Malaysia, where the South China Sea was high on the agenda... READ MORE›
CHINA 'HAS DEPLOYED MISSILES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA'
China appears to have deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, say reports... READ MORE›
U.S. PROTESTS CHINESE ACTION IN S. CHINA SEA
U.s. protests after chinese military jet lands on south china sea island... READ MORE›
BEIJING MEMO CHINA PUSHES BACK AGAINST US INFLUENCE IN THE SEAS OF EAST ASIA
How the South China Sea would operate with a dominant China is a matter of debate... READ MORE›
CHINA APPEARS TO BE WORKING ON THIRD AIRSTRIP ON DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLETS
A new airstrip at Mischief Reef would be particularly worrying for the Philippines, a rival claimant in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. & INDIA CONSIDER JOINT PATROLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA - U.S. OFFICIAL
Exclusive U.S. India consider joint patrols in South China Sea - U.S. official... READ MORE›
US WILL FLY AND SAIL WHERE 'INTERNATIONAL LAW PERMITS' DESPITE REBUKE FROM CHINA
Speaking earlier this month, officials in Beijing cautioned the US against provocative actions in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN FRIGATE HEADS TO MEDITERRANEAN, REPORTEDLY BOUND FOR SYRIA
The 'Admiral Grigorovich' is the first among six frigates obtained by the Russian Navy seven years ago... READ MORE›
CHINA BLAMES US MILITARY ACTIONS FOR TENSIONS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
The Chinese side expresses its deep concern about the United States pushing the militarization Colonel Yang said at a news conference in Beijing... READ MORE›
IN DEFEAT FOR BEIJING, HAGUE COURT TO HEAR SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, dismissing claims to parts of it from Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
U.S. PATROLS TO RAISE STAKES WITH BEIJING IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA
This cannot be a one-off, said Ian Storey, a South China Sea expert at Singapore's Institute of Southeast Asian Studies... READ MORE›
CHINA IS ARMING SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLAND US SAYS
The official said the Chinese appear to have deployed HQ-9 missile systems on Woody Island in the Paracels, which is claimed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan... READ MORE›
OBAMA FOCUSES ON SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE AHEAD OF APEC
US President Barack Obama has put a firm focus on the South China Sea dispute, as an economic summit of Asia Pacific nations begins in Manila... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS IT WILL RETURN DRONE AFTER TRUMP SLAMS BEIJING OVER ISSUE
China's defence ministry said it has engaged in talks with the United States about returning an underwater drone it had seized in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
US AND PHILIPPINES UNITED BY CHINA RAMP UP ALLIANCE
According to the Philippine Constitution, the United States cannot conduct military operations there but can support the Philippine forces with intelligence and training... READ MORE›
OBAMA TURNS UP HEAT AGAIN ON CHINA'S ASSERTIVENESS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
Although the APEC summit is focusing on economic issues, the South China Sea dispute continued to lurk in the background... READ MORE›
CREWS DETAINED BY IRAN WERE 'DERELICT' IN THEIR DUTIES
The report said the two crews took an unauthorized shortcut through Iranian waters... READ MORE›