West York Island, a picturesque yet disputed territory in the South China Sea, symbolizes Filipino resilience against China's ...

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing’s shadow in the disputed South China while fighting ...

A Chinese ship has run aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South ...

In a fresh turn of events in the volatile South China Sea, a Chinese fishing vessel ran aground Saturday in shallow waters off Thitu Island—an area occupied and patrolled by the Philippines. Uninvited ...

Also called Thitu, it holds great strategic importance because of its solid landmass, unlike the partially submerged reefs. It has a runway and can support life. It houses a Filipino community and ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said it does not expect Chinese vessels to harass a civilian-led sail to Thitu Island in the South China Sea, but it will deploy ships to prevent incidents ...

vessels near Sandy Cay represents a dangerous escalation and demonstrates that the time for American strategic ambiguity on the Philippines' claim to Pag-asa (Thitu) Island has long since passed.

Stretching more than 100 miles from the edge of New York City to the tip of Montauk, Long Island is home to some of the most iconic and diverse beaches in the Northeast. With shorelines bordering ...

MANILA, Philippines — At least seven countries and the self-ruled island of Taiwan have condemned the China Coast Guard after it sideswiped and water-cannoned one of two Philippine fisheries ...

Tensions between Beijing and Manila in the disputed South China Sea have intensified after another confrontation near Sandy Cay, this time involving the use of water cannon and a collision.

Sandy Cay is close to Thitu Island, the largest and most strategically important of the nine features the Philippines occupies in the Spratly archipelago, where China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam ...

MANILA – The Philippines’ fisheries bureau said the lives of a civilian crew were put at risk when the Chinese Coast Guard fired water cannon and sideswiped one of its vessels while it ...