Territorial disputes articles
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China Trades Barbs With US Ally Over Territorial Dispute
Manila says China's coast guard harassed local fishermen during a government food security mission last week in a disputed part of the South China Sea.Beijing, which claims most of the sea as its territory, said the Philippine vessels were "illegally" intruding at Iroquois Reef.The reef is situated at the southern end of Reed Bank in the northeastern part of the Kalayaan Island Group, which the Philippines claims as part of its province of Palawan. The feature is well within the the U.S. treaty...
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Western Sahara condemns Franco-Moroccan investment plans amidst territorial dispute
The official press agency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic released a statement Saturday condemning France's intention to invest in the Western Sahara region through the French Development Agen
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Uncharted Territory Dead Ahead
When America’s leading authority on the climate system Gavin Schmidt of NASA throws his hands up in the air, exclaiming, we’ve got a knowledge gap for the first time since satellites started tuning into the planet’s climate system, what does this imply about future conditions for the planet? Gavin Schmidt, Director, Goddard Institute for Space More