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, ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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' ...

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

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today ...

The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.