MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, separately condemned a high-seas assault Saturday by the Chinese coast guard together with suspected militia ships that repeatedly blasted water cannons to block three Philippine fisheries vessels from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. The noontime assault by Chinese ships off … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine coast guard said Monday it has complied with a presidential order to remove a floating barrier placed by China’s coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering a lagoon in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. Philippine officials condemned the installation of the 300-meter (980-foot) -long barrier … Read more
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian prosecutors dropped a possible felony case towards American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a courtroom about how her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo got here to be smuggled into Australia eight years in the past, the federal government mentioned Wednesday. Heard and her then-husband Johnny Depp turned … Read more