China on Sunday rejected renewed support from the United States, the United Kingdom and 12 other countries for the 2016 international tribunal ruling on the South China Sea, calling the award "illegal", "null and void" and insisting it has no binding force.

Beijing has blasted a joint statement released by 14 countries regarding the "2016 South China Sea arbitration award", urging those countries to "stop stirring up trouble over the…

Australia, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Romania, Slovenia, United Kingdom, and the US join the Philippines in asserting that the award…