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, ...

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

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, ...

China and the Philippines have engaged in months of confrontations in the contested waters, and Manila is currently taking part in sweeping joint military drills with the United States that Beijing ...

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