The Philippine military ... took a photograph with its flag. The incident occurred just before the annual joint military exercises between the Philippines and the US, which are scheduled to ...

China has seized control of a disputed reef near the Philippines’ Thitu Island, escalating tensions in the South China Sea. By claiming the small patch of sandy clay, Beijing gains a critical ...

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