The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.

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The Philippine team, using four motorised rubber boats, disembarked at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 before sunrise. Their ...

The Philippines said on Monday there was no truth to news reports that Beijing has seized control of a disputed reef in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — There was no Chinese seizure of Sandy Cay near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea, ...

BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days ...

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

Beijing urges Manila to ‘stop its infringement’ after Philippine personnel land on reef that has become flashpoint in South ...

The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday made a blanket call on countries to refrain from conducting actions that ...

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) has reaffirmed the Philippines' maritime rights over Sandy Cay, ...