VIENTIANE — United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken hit out at China’s “escalatory and unlawful actions” in the South China Sea on Saturday, hours before he was due to hold talks with Beijing’s top diplomat at a regional meeting in Laos.
Blinken is in the capital Vientiane for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) foreign ministers meeting, part of an Asian tour aimed at reinforcing regional ties in the face of an increasingly assertive Beijing.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Japan signed on Monday a historic troop access pact that will deploy both countries’ military on each other’s soil, upgrading Manila and Tokyo’s defense relations amid what they perceive to […]
BEIJING — China held sea and air combat drills Wednesday at the disputed Scarborough Shoal, an area of reefs and rocks the Philippines also claims in the South China Sea. On Sunday, China published new […]
(UPDATES) The Manila Times chairman and chief executive officer Dante Ang II took his oath as the new secretary of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), an agency promoting and upholding the interests, rights and […]
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