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

A South China Sea Coast Guard Forum, modeled after the North Pacific Coast Guard Forum, which cooperates on a multitude of maritime security and ... effects. The history of crisis management ...

The growing tensions between India and Pakistan, fueled by historical disputes and recent tragic incidents in Kashmir, ...

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, ...

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

China has claimed sovereignty over an uninhabited reef in the South China Sea, according to state media, setting the stage ...

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

the China Coast Guard exercised sovereign jurisdiction by exercising maritime control at Sandy Cay in the South China Sea,” it reported, without specifying the date of the landing. The officers ...

South Korea has expressed deep concern" over China erecting a sea structure off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula, Seoul ...

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