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

China seized an island in the South China Sea, unfurling its flag amid growing tensions with the Philippines over territorial ...

China has seized control of a disputed reef near the Philippines’ Thitu Island, escalating tensions in the South China Sea.

PALAWAN, Philippines – U.S., Filipino and Australian troops dug into beach dunes and unleashed a barrage of firepower – ...

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today ...

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

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

The Philippines on Monday, April 28, 2025, rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after ...

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

The Chinese army has taken control of the disputed Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea, reports the "Financial Times". Just ...

Both countries have planted flags on a collection of sand bars, extending the clash over the area between Beijing and Manila, ...

Four teams are deployed to four cays close to Pag-asa island, after a Chinese state broacaster claims China 'exercised ...