The Latest Breaking News from the South China Sea

US RC-135 forced to fly through turbulence after actions of J-16 fighter in international airspace

Video shows a fighter jet passing in front of the US plane's nose and the cockpit of the RC-135 shaking in the turbulence.

A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near a U.S. military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace, the United States said on Tuesday.

Malaysia’s maritime agency says a detained Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in the South China Sea after discovering another 100 old artillery shells on it

Japan, the United States and the Philippines will hold their first trilateral maritime exercise off the Southeast Asian country's coast, Philippine officials said Monday, a move that will showcase their interoperability near the South China Sea, where Beijing is making assertive territorial claims.

The coast guard of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold trilateral maritime exercise in the South China Sea this week, the first such manoeuvres between them as a time of growing concern about China's moves in the region.

Malaysia’s maritime agency says it has detained a Chinese-registered vessel on suspicion of looting two British warship wrecks in the South China Sea

A Chinese research ship and five escort vessels were in Vietnam's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on Friday close to gas blocks operated by Russian firms in the South China Sea, one day after Hanoi urged the ships to leave.

China deployed three navigation beacons around the contested Spratly islands of the South China Sea, following similar marker placements by the Philippines earlier this month, as both sides try to fortify their claims to the area. 

Amid China’s military expansion in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was committed to protecting its sovereignty and integrity while promoting peaceful resolution of maritime disputes based on international law.

Australia's former defence chief Sir Angus Houston blasts the slow progress in producing missiles locally while speaking publicly for the first time after the release of the Defence Strategic Review.