The Philippine task force on the South China Sea called for an independent, third-party marine scientific assessment into the damage The Philippines rejected on Tuesday China's accusation that its ...

Over 7,000 acres (28.3 sq km) of coral reefs equivalent to almost 4,000 football fields have been destroyed by five South China Sea claimants based on an analysis of satellite images, according to ...

China's been building artificial islands in the South China Sea over the last decade to expand its control in the area. Satellite images show its growth.

Expansionist China currently lays claim over almost the entire South China Sea, one of the world's busiest sea lanes. But a United Nations-backed tribunal in 2016 deemed its claims groundless.

China claims the Spratly Islands, along with most of the South China Sea, as its territory. The claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Taiwan ...

Nearly a quarter of global maritime trade goes through the South China Sea. In recent years, it’s become the site of clashes between Chinese coast guard ships and Philippine vessels as Beijing ...

The Philippines rejected on Tuesday China's accusation that its grounded warship on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China had damaged the coral reef ecosystem in the area, laying ...

Ships from China and the Philippines have collided during a confrontation in the disputed South China Sea, with each blaming the other for the incident. The collision took place at 3:24am local ...

This August 31 satellite image shows Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands. The shoal has become the latest flashpoint in China and the Philippines' long-running territorial feud.

A stretch of uninhabited, low-lying reefs in the South China Sea is fast becoming a dangerous new flashpoint between China and the Philippines, dealing a blow to recent efforts to de-escalate ...