The Philippine Sea is a section of the western Pacific Ocean, located to the east and north of the Philippines. It occupies a total area of around 5,726,000 square kilometers (2,700,000 square miles), or around 2.7 percent of the Pacific Ocean,...

For other uses of this term, see Philippine Sea (disambiguation). Coordinates: 20°0′N, 130°0′E The Philippine Sea The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea east of Philippines. It is a part of the western Pacific Ocean encompassing an area from Palau...

Sixty-two years after Japanese torpedoes sank the USS Indianapolis in shark-infested waters, an exhibit in the vessel's namesake city documents its tragic end in the final weeks of World War II.The exhibit at the Indiana War Memorial, opening Saturday, includes letters and telegrams about the...

Typhoon Mitag, packing winds of 109 mph, barreled toward the northern Philippines on Saturday, prompting thousands of panicked east coast residents to evacuate. A separate typhoon meanwhile weakened to a tropical storm and veered away from Vietnam.Mitag, powering northwestward in the Philippine Sea, was forecast...