A flurry of Vietnamese island fortifications and intensifying Chinese activity show the rising odds of confrontation in the ...

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says there are 11 billion barrels of oil beneath the South China Sea. The USGS said ...

Somewhere off the coast of China, a platform the size of a small city block is rising and falling with the ocean swells — and ...

China’s top offshore crude oil and natural gas producer, CNOOC, on Wednesday announced the launch of full production from phase one development of the Kenli 10-2 oilfield in the south Bohai Sea. The ...

In the year since President Donald Trump <a href=" an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock ...

China is targeting Australia’s “number one vulnerability” and shows no signs of stopping, a former senior navy officer has ...

A month ago, Japan lifted restrictions on its arms exports. On Thursday, it moved a step closer to locking in its first customer — the Philippines — after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, on Sunday.​ ...

Trump’s Cuba blockade strategy risks military escalation, refugee crises, and global backlash as Russia and China back Havana. Read the full analysis.

A U.S. official said on Wednesday the new attacks had been in self-defense and targeted attack drones and a drone ...

The US military said it carried out strikes on Monday against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites ...