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

Tiny Sandy Cay is strategically vital due to proximity to largest island occupied by Philippines in Spratly archipelago ...

Hours after the deadly incident at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival, Vancouver held another major event, the Sun Run, under the ...

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have been building for years. Countries in the region, including the Philippines and Vietnam, ...

including one showing personnel displaying a Philippine flag on one of the sandbars. “This operation reflects the unwavering dedication and commitment of the Philippine Government to uphold the ...

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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 ...

BEIJING — The Philippines on Monday rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited ...