The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.

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

The Philippine team, using four motorised rubber boats, disembarked at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 before sunrise. Their ...

MANILA, Philippines — There was no Chinese seizure of Sandy Cay near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea, ...

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

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

There is “no truth whatsoever” to the China Coast Guard declaration that it has seized the Pag-asa (Sandy) Cay, National ...

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

Senators on Monday condemned China's alleged seizure of Sandy Cay, calling it a violation of Philippine sovereignty and ...

Gov’t execs, lawmakers slam Chinese disinformation on WPS The Philippines remains in control of Sandy Cay, which is near ...

THE Department of Foreign Affairs is studying the possibility of filing a diplomatic protest against China for allegedly ...