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

The statement comes two days after Chinese ships collided during a confrontation with a Philippine government supply mission.

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...

Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy is forcefully denying Chinese claims that it “expelled” the American destroyer USS Higgins from waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea ...

The United States is disputing China’s claim that it chased away an American warship conducting a freedom of navigation ...

PLA Southern Theatre Command says USS Higgins was warned to leave the area where two Chinese ships reportedly collided this ...

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

This video shows PLA Navy frigate the Liuzhou issuing radio warnings to the USS Higgins during the U.S. warship's "freedom of ...

A chilling face off has taken place when Chinese warships confronted an American destroyer in disputed waters in the South ...

A U.S. Navy destroyer's FONOP at Scarborough Shoal brings Washington's presence to the Chinese-Philippine South China Sea ...

The US Navy's operation was the first in the South China Sea's Scarborough Shoal region in at least six years.

According to the Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command, the USS Higgins entered the waters “without approval of the ...