Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first ...

Philippine authorities on Monday raised the country's flag on Sandy Cay, debunking China’s claims that it had seized the area ...

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

as it raised the national flag on the small sandbank located just a few kilometers from a major Philippine military base, according to a report by The Japan Times. Images released by Chinese state ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have been building for years. Countries in the region, including the Philippines and Vietnam, ...

Philippine officials told the Financial Times that Chinese personnel appeared to leave the reef after planting the flag. There was no indication that China had established a permanent presence or ...

Photos published by Chinese media show members of the coastguard planting the national flag on Sandy Cay, known in China as Tiexian Reef. The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known as ...