China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area. Satellite images show its growth.

PALAWAN, Philippines — U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower — ...

The Philippines raised the country’s flag on Sandy Cay to assert its sovereign rights over the area, Malacañang said on ...

The battle for territory is no longer just fought on land or sea. According to China in a state broadcast over the weekend, ...

The Philippines pushed back by unfurling its own flag at disputed Sandy Cay, condemning China's "illegal presence." ...

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested ...

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

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

Chinese coastguard officers have seized a strip of land in the South China Sea in a major escalation of a territorial dispute ...

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