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 ...

General Ronald Clark said the US stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Manila amid its territorial dispute with Beijing. Read ...

The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

The 200 sq metre Tiexian Reef forms part of the Spratly Islands and is located near Thitu Island, which hosts a Philippines ...

A combined force of Philippine, American and Australian troops in Palawan defeated a simulated amphibious invasion during ...

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

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

That 12-nautical-mile radius overlaps with Thitu Island, the South China Sea reef the Philippines uses to track Chinese moves in the area. The White House said the reports of China seizing Sandy Cay ...

It didn’t specify what those steps entailed. The sandbars are in the Spratly islands between Philippine-occupied Thitu Island ...

Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it ...

Retired SC Justice Antonio Carpio urged President Marcos to authorize the filing of a new arbitration case over the Sandy Cay ...

THE PHILIPPINES should strike a deal with China to keep the status quo at a contested sandbar in the South China Sea while it continues to challenge Chinese aggression at sea, security analysts said ...