Since a fatal accident involving Chinese fishermen, China has stepped up its coast guard activity in waters Taiwan considers restricted.

More people from Haiti and Cuba are trying to make it to the U.S., leading to more Coast Guard surveillance over the Caribbean.

Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing minor damage to one vessel, in the latest flareup in an increa

The Philippines on Wednesday accused China's coast guard of elevating tensions in the South China Sea after two vessels suffered damage from water cannon use by Beijing, an official said. Philippine o

The Philippines on Tuesday accused China's coast guard of harassment and of damaging two of its boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, rejecting Beijing's position that it had expelled those vessels from the hotly contested shoal.

In a recent altercation in the South China Sea, Chinese vessels clashed with Philippine coast guard ships near the Scarborough Shoal, resulting in damage to one of the Philippine vessels. According to Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Commodore Jay Tarriela,

The Philippines said on Tuesday that the China Coast Guard fired water cannons at two of its vessels, causing damage to one of them, during a patrol near the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

The Philippines said the China Coast Guard used water cannon on two of its vessels on Tuesday, causing damage to one of them, during a patrol near a reef off the Southeast Asian country. China Coast Guard vessels used water cannon against the BFAR and Philippine Coast Guard boat,