How Asia should deal with the ‘Malacca dilemma’The Iran conflict has shown how easily key sea routes can be used as strategic tools, raising concerns beyond the Strait of Hormuz to other...
22 Apr, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
Countries backing navigation in Strait of Hormuz sending 'right message': IMO chiefThe head of the International Maritime Organization stated that countries defending freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz are sendi...
21 Apr, 2026, 06.41 AM IST
French nuclear-powered carrier makes first visit to PhilippinesFrance's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle made its first visit to the Philippines for joint naval exercises, stressing th...
23 Feb, 2025, 05.11 PM IST
China, US exchange accusations over US vessel in South China SeaThe South China Sea spat escalated as China claimed driving off a U.S. warship from disputed waters, countered by the U.S. affirming naviga...
26 Nov, 2023, 09.25 AM IST
Antony Blinken says 'must uphold' freedom of navigation in South and East China SeasChina claims almost the entirety of the strategic waterway with a supposed nine-dash line that overlaps with the territorial claims of othe...
14 Jul, 2023, 05.37 PM IST
New Delhi objects to US Navy’s military moves in Indian seas“The Government of India’s stated position on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is that the convention does not authorise...
11 Apr, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
India conveys concern to US over warship carrying out navigation ops off LakshadweepIn a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said US Navy ship John Paul Jones was continuously monitored transiting from the Per...
09 Apr, 2021, 07.29 PM IST
In unusual move, US conducts 'freedom patrol' in Indian EEZThe US statement reveals that the USS John Paul Jones, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, carried out the patrol 130 nautical...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.19 PM IST
French nuclear submarine patrolled in South China SeaThe latest French passage is a sign that U.S. allies are increasingly asserting freedom of navigation in international waterways near China.
10 Feb, 2021, 01.27 PM IST
US admiral on disputed South China Sea: We will be hereThe U.S. military took a group of journalists to the aircraft carrier during a routine patrol of the South China Sea, one of the world's se...
13 Jul, 2018, 12.49 PM IST
US-Philippines joint patrols in South China Sea has poisoned ties: ChinaResolutely opposing" US joint patrols with the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, China said it has "poisoned" regional ties by s...
12 Jul, 2018, 06.37 PM IST
China deploys Su-35 jets in South China Sea to counter US patrolsThe Chinese air force recently sent its Su-35 fighter jets to take part in a joint combat patrol over the South China Sea, the Chinese air ...
08 Feb, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
US planning more regular South China Sea patrols: ReportChina claims nearly all of the sea, through which $5 trillion in annual shipping trade passes and which is believed to sit atop vast oil an...
02 Sep, 2017, 06.59 PM IST
US warship patrols disputed South China SeaAn American warship today patrolled the disputed South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam, "to challenge excessive maritime cla...
30 Jan, 2016, 02.17 PM IST
US discusses South China Sea plans with AustraliaObama said during a visit by Xi Jinping to the US last month that "the United States will continue to sail, fly and operate anywhere that i...
13 Oct, 2015, 11.00 PM IST
South China Sea: US tells Asian allies that its Navy will patrol near disputed islandsThe United States has refrained from venturing that close to Chinese-occupied islands in the South China Sea since at least 2012.
13 Oct, 2015, 04.51 PM IST
China operationalises two light houses in South China SeaChina has completed the construction of two light houses in the disputed South China Sea amid assertions that it will not allow violation o...
09 Oct, 2015, 11.03 PM IST