A Chinese coast guard vessel fired a water cannon at a Philippine government fisheries vessel in Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, scoring an indirect hit, a Philippine Coast Guard official said on Thursday.

The Philippine military says Chinese coast guard personnel aboard a motorboat repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton in a disputed shoal in the South…

MANILA, July 20 — The Philippine military accused the China Coast Guard today of clubbing a Filipino sailor with a baton as they approached a grounded vessel that has long…