Truckloads of villagers on Tuesday fled Philippine communities close to the erupting Mayon volcano, traumatized by the sight of red-hot lava flowing down its crater and fearful of sporadic blasts of ash.
U.S. and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades in the Philippines and its waters across the disputed South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, where Washington has repeatedly warned China over its increasingly aggressive actions.
The Philippine coast guard accused a Chinese Coast Guard vessel of pointing a "military" laser at some of its crew members, temporarily blinding them on a ship in the disputed waters of southern China last week.
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