The U.S. has denied China's claim its forces drove the USS Higgins from the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

On Aug 13, the USS Higgins trespassed into China's Huangyan Island waters without approval.

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

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

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

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

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer performed a so-called Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed Scarborough ...

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

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