BEIJING (AP) — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days ...

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

Philippine officials say a mission visited Sandy Cay Reef in disputed South China Sea and unfurled the national flag.

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...

The Philippines criticised a "reckless" report from Chinese state media on Monday, which claimed that a contested reef in the ...

Hours after the deadly incident at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival, Vancouver held another major event, the Sun Run, under the ...

Tiny Sandy Cay is strategically vital due to proximity to largest island occupied by Philippines in Spratly archipelago ...

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

The Philippines on Monday, April 28, 2025, rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

The two countries have previously jostled over Sandy Cay, known as Tiexian Reef in Chinese and Pag-asa Cays in the ...