The National Assembly (NA) is set to pass a draft law on the ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ...

The world has started to recognise that the climate’s fate depends on what happens to the ocean. At COP30, ocean-based ...

WITH Donald Trump dealing with Latin America like some 21st-century edition of the Wild West — violating a sovereign State’s ...

Few geopolitical questions in the Horn of Africa carry as much symbolic and strategic weight as Ethiopia’s demand for access to the sea. Landlocked since ...

A RECENTLY enacted law defining the Philippines’ maritime zones has drawn sharp criticism from a former senior diplomat and geopolitical analyst, who said it misrepresents international law, weakens ...

The expansion of Arctic shipping, scramble for seafloor mining and overfishing are all straining international relationships. But the powers of diplomacy go beyond ocean treaties.

Beijing says UN law does not recognise the concept of ‘maritime zones’ and accuses Manila of confusing legal terms.

Retired military chiefs have issued a rallying cry to peers ahead of Monday's crunch Chagos Islands "surrender" vote. The ...

Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolas Maduro was stunning in its daring but leaves the rest of the West worried about his ...

In the first week of January 2026, the world watched as one extraordinary moment followed another, notably the US action in ...

MANILA – The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim that Manila is staging provocations in the West Philippine Sea (WPS ...

The Constitutional Tribunal is the highest judicial body in Poland, responsible for checking the compatibility of laws and international agreements with the country's constitution. The European ...