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

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

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

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

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 ...

MANILA - A Chinese ship “deliberately rammed” a Philippine government vessel anchored near an island in a disputed part of the South China Sea, Manila’s coast guard said on Oct 12. Confrontations ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — United States senators should visit Pagasa (Thitu) Island to affirm the superpower’s support for the territorial struggle of its oldest treaty ally in Asia. This is among the ...

A recent satellite image of Woody Island in the Paracel Islands offer a clear view of China’s largest and most developed outpost in the disputed South China Sea. The artificial island, built upon a ...