The island-building efforts strengthen Vietnam's control in a strategic sea lane. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The contested South China Sea boasts rich oil and gas reserves and could play a key role in a conflict over Taiwan.

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Three ships circled land features, including some where Vietnam has built facilities, last week, according to maritime ...

U.K. fleet oiler RFA Tidespring (A136) conducted a freedom of navigation passage through the South China Sea’s Spratly ...

Chinese cutters rammed and water cannoned Philippine fishery vessels Oct. 12, 2025, near Sandy Cay and Thitu Island. Philippine Coast Guard photo Chinese cutters rammed and water cannoned two ...

Hanoi/Beijing | The Philippines and China accused each other on Sunday of responsibility for a maritime confrontation near disputed islands in the South China Sea, further escalating tensions in the ...

In this image released by the Philippine Coast Guard, a China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon at a boat from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the vicinity of Thitu ...

An aerial view shows the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa, in the contested Spratly Islands, South China Sea, March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez MANILA/BEIJING (Reuters) ...

The Philippines has accused China of “deliberately” ramming a Philippine government vessel and causing minor damage near an island in a disputed area of the South China Sea. China, however, blamed the ...

China and the Philippines have blamed each other for an incident that Manila said damaged a Philippine vessel close to hotly contested islands in the South China Sea. China stakes a claim over the ...