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The Philippines has raised before a gathering of Southeast Asian foreign ministers the recent developments in the South China Sea, specifically a maritime incident near the Ayungin Shoal that resulted in a Filipino Navy member sustaining injury.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippines will continue to seek peace but will never compromise its sovereignty or national dignity amid persistent security and territorial challenges.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) dubbed as "false and misleading" the claims of the China Coast Guard (CCG) that Filipino naval personnel started the fight at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Monday.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. condemned the Chinese Coast Guard's (CCG) assault of Philippine Navy personnel at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Malacañang said Tuesday, reiterating the government's commitment to defending the country's rights through diplomatic means.

The United States on Tuesday denounced what it described as China's "dangerous and escalatory actions" near the Ayungin Shoal that injured a Philippine Navy personnel serving on the BRP Sierra Madre.

When asked to comment and provide further information on the incident that violent clashes broke out between Chinese and Philippine personnel near Ren'ai Jiao on July 20, and the Philippine military released a statement claiming that one Filipino sailor was injured in the incident, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday that the China Coast Guard (CCG) has issued a statement laying out the full facts regarding the violent interference in CCG normal law-enforcement operations and malicious assaults on CCG law-enforcement officers by personnel aboard the illegally-grounded Philippine military vessel.

A China Coast Guard (CCG) spokesperson announced that, out of humanitarian considerations, Chinese authorities on Tuesday morning permitted the transfer of injured personnel from a Philippine vessel that was illegally "grounded" at China's Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea.

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In July 2024, China and the Philippines reached a temporary arrangement regarding humanitarian deliveries of daily living supplies to personnel aboard the warship at Ren'ai Jiao. China's position on the matter has not changed, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Tuesday in response to a question about the incident in which personnel aboard the Philippines' illegally grounded warship violently interfered with the China Coast Guard (CCG) law enforcement activities and maliciously attacked Chinese law enforcement officers.

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meetings opened in Manila, the Philippines, on Tuesday, with the Philippines holding the ASEAN chairmanship this year. This follows dangerous provocations staged by Manila a day earlier in the waters near China's Ren'ai Jiao, which escalated tensions over the South China Sea issue. The trouble-making on the eve of ASEAN meetings is no random clash: The Philippines aims to hijack the agenda of ASEAN's flagship diplomatic event, manufacture international public opinion against China, and leverage US-led Western support to advance its political gambit regarding the South China Sea issue, which violates the core duties of the ASEAN rotating chair, Chinese experts pointed out.

An FCDO statement on recent Houthi threats against Saudi Arabia, including plans to impose a maritime blockade.

UN experts* today appealed for an end to M23's reign of terror by sexual torture and violence amid a growing number of testimonies from civilian victims. They called on States and the United Nations to help resurrect the ceasefire deal signed between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in December 2025.

Under its Constitution, Kosovo is a multi-ethnic society governed by the rule of law and its justice system must reflect Kosovo's ethnic diversity.

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Statement by UNICEF Representative in Sudan Sheldon Yett

Statement by Ambassador Archie Young, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Haiti.

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, released on Tuesday by five United Nations specialised agencies.

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026(SOFI 2026) report, released on Tuesday by five United Nations specialized agencies.

Three consecutive years of progress in reducing global hunger demonstrate that hunger is not inevitable, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, said Tuesday at the launch of the 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report.