China's military presence gives it effective control. However, China is no longer the only nation building artificial islands in the South China Sea. Vietnam has greatly developed part of the ...

China's navy conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday, saying that the Philippines has been creating "disturbances", as the Filipino and U.S. air forces conducted their own joint mission ...

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.

Australia has deployed its warship, HMAS Sydney, to the South China Sea as part of a three-month Indo-Pacific mission, ...

Beijing’s rising assertiveness in an area both claim as their EEZ will loom large as the next South Korean government ...

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

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines signed a military pact with New Zealand ... it faces an increasingly aggressive China in the disputed South China Sea. Philippine President Ferdinand ...

Tensions flare in the South China Sea as China and the Philippines clash over Sandy Cay Reef. What seems like a small standoff could have massive geopolitical consequences. Could this tiny island ...

Long-time allies the United States and the Philippines have flexed their military muscle by firing ... the Typhon arsenal that previously raised China’s ire. They caution however that it would ...