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

Both countries have planted flags on a collection of sand bars, extending the clash over the area between Beijing and Manila, ...

China's navy conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday, saying that the Philippines has been creating "disturbances", as the Filipino and U.S. air forces conducted their own joint mission ...

The Philippines sent navy, coastguard and maritime police officers to Sandy Cay and two neighbouring sandbanks in the Spratly ...

China claims most of the South China Sea, despite a 2016 international tribunal decision largely dismissing those claims.

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to ...

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

MANILA: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is travelling to the Philippines on Tuesday (April 29) seeking to further ...

Officials in Manila denied on Monday that China had ... Sandy Cay or has now permanently taken over Sandy Cay in the South China Sea, describing the statement that was released through Chinese ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

The Philippines has signed a military pact with New Zealand, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as Manila ...

MANILA -- Manila on Monday rejected Beijing's claim that it had seized control of Sandy Cay, a sandbar in the Philippines' ...