After withdrawing from two huge U.S. military bases in the Philippines at the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, American forces are returning and building a new presence in nine sites on Philippine bases under a 2014 defense pact to counter China's increasingly assertive actions.

Tensions rise in the South China Sea after Filipino forces found ground up coral on Sabina Shoal, which is claimed by both Beijing and Manila

In the South China Sea, Filipino activists and fishermen sailed to assert the Philippines' sovereignty over a disputed shoal while being closely monitored by China.

Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila

From Gaza to India to the Philippines, climate change exacerbated often record-breaking extreme heat over the past month

Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse - and more likely - as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists said on Wednesday. Billions of people across the continent were affected by record-breaking temperatures during April,