President Duterte backtracks on plan to cancel Visiting Forces Agreement after meeting top US defense official
South China Sea
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
US set to strengthen ties with Southeast Asia against Chinese influence
by Sami BurgazDefense secretary pledges support to SE Asian countries against Beijing’s ‘claim’ over region with ‘no basis in int’l law’.
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China drove away a United States warship from the South China Sea on the fifth anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling in the Hague, which was ruled to have no rights in the South China Sea, reported by wn.com.