The operation reflects our commitment to uphold the freedom of navigation and lawful uses of the sea as a principle. The ...

The US Navy denied Chinese claims that it warned and expelled the guided missile destroyer USS Higgins during its mission off ...

The United States Navy denies Chinese claims that it warned and expelled the guided missile destroyer USS Higgins during its ...

Beijing protests over USS Higgins’ presence near Scarborough Shoal while American navy says its presence is lawful.

The US Navy on Thursday denied China’s claim that the Chinese military expelled its guided missile destroyer USS Higgins from ...

US denies China’s claim of expelling USS Higgins from Scarborough The United States Navy on Thursday denied Chinese claims ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...

China has accused the United States of violating its sovereignty and undermining its security after a US warship entered the ...

China's military released a statement Wednesday that the destroyer Higgins entered the South China Sea unlawfully, according ...

The only reason the US dispatched the vessel to those waters was to show its support for Manila to continue the hazardous ...

The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

According to China’s Southern Theatre Command, the USS Higgins entered the waters “without approval of the Chinese government ...