Philippines

Pope's Asia trip to address poverty, dialogue, climate change

Pope Francis returns to Asia for the second time in less than six months, traveling to Sri Lanka and...

Jan 10, 2015 09:31 AM EST

China, Vietnam clash again over South China Sea claims

China and Vietnam have clashed again over competing claims in the South China Sea, after Vietnam sub...

Dec 12, 2014 02:44 AM EST

China denounces Philippine 'pressure' over sea dispute arbitration

China denounced the Philippines on Sunday for putting it under pressure with an international arbitr...

Dec 07, 2014 03:11 AM EST

China's Xi strikes conciliatory note, broadens diplomatic focus

China's President Xi Jinping ratcheted down Beijing's heated rhetoric and called on the government t...

Nov 30, 2014 08:22 AM EST

Vietnam warships visit Philippines amid South China Sea dispute

Vietnam on Tuesday showed off its two most powerful warships in the first-ever port call to the Phil...

Nov 25, 2014 02:14 AM EST

China building South China Sea island big enough for airstrip: report

Satellite images show China is building an island on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands large en...

Nov 22, 2014 03:15 AM EST

Hard diplomacy ahead despite China showing its softer side

From a military rules-of-the-road agreement with Washington to $20 billion in loans for Southeast As...

Nov 18, 2014 11:41 PM EST

ASEAN to pressure China to stick to diplomacy on maritime disputes

Southeast Asian leaders will welcome China's Prime Minister Le Keqiang with fanfare on Wednesday but...

Nov 12, 2014 09:04 AM EST

U.S. nurses to protest, strike over Ebola measures

Nurses across the United States will stage protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they s...

Nov 12, 2014 08:10 AM EST

As Obama visits Asia, old alliances face new strains in face of China's influence

In November 2011, with the Arab Spring uprisings in full tilt and Europe rocked by a debt crisis, Pr...

Nov 08, 2014 10:13 PM EST

China says nets 180 graft suspects in overseas manhunt

China says it has captured 180 people suspected of committing economic crimes as part of an aggressi...

Oct 31, 2014 12:49 AM EDT

One year after devastating super typhoon, Philippines approves rebuilding plan

Almost a year after a super typhoon devastated wide areas of the central Philippines killing thousan...

Oct 30, 2014 10:00 PM EDT

China's top diplomat to visit Vietnam again amid sea dispute

China's top diplomat will visit Vietnam next week, China said on Friday, five months after he last v...

Oct 25, 2014 01:37 AM EDT

China, Vietnam pledge to 'address and control' maritime disputes

China and Vietnam have agreed to "address and control" maritime disputes, state media said on Friday...

Oct 17, 2014 08:01 AM EDT

Philippines steps up army patrols on island where Germans held

The Philippines on Thursday stepped up army patrols in the jungles of the southern island of Jolo wh...

Oct 16, 2014 10:04 AM EDT

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