The Chagos Islands lie roughly in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 1,600 km to the south of the southern tip of India.

Tolentino was well known as the “father of the archipelagic doctrine” and was an expert on the Law of the Sea. As a senator, he led the Philippine delegation to various sessions of the United Nations ...

according to the United Nations. “Trump’s win is no doubt bad news for U.S. climate action,” said Li Shuo, director of the ...

Israel has deliberately displaced Palestinian civilians in Gaza and is responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity ...

Palau, a nation of about 18,000 people, has drawn China's anger by refusing to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

President William Ruto on Thursday chaired a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi where the cabinet was briefed on the ...

The United Nations and other international organizations are bracing for four more years of Donald Trump, who famously ...

In-depth: A German-flagged ship carrying explosives for Israel's army docked in Alexandria last month, while an Israeli ...

The Philippines government on Tuesday protested against Chinese escalations over the South China Sea, announcing baselines ...

Philippine President Marcos passed two maritime laws last week in a move that Manila says will strengthen its sovereignty ...

The Philippine government formally rejected the Chinese-declared “baselines and base points” around the Bajo de Masinloc (BDM ...

Over the weekend, the two nations signed a joint development agreement that refers to “overlapping claims” in the disputed ...