This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a Vietnam-built artificial feature in the South China Sea's contested Spratly Island archipelago. CSIS AMTI / Maxar This photo shows Discovery Great Reef, a ...

Hospital ships function as floating mobile medical facilities—supporting military missions, disaster relief and humanitarian operations.

Amid tensions with Iran, satellite imagery reveals the movement of U.S. warships, including the USS Nimitz, from Bahrain to ...

The comprehensive replenishment ship Fuxianhu affiliated with a detachment under the Nansha Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) South Sea Fleet conducts multi-course training ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

Photo: China Coast Guard displays the Chinese national flag at Tiexian Jiao in the South China Sea. The Global Times recently obtained an exclusive set of photographs, showing that in mid-April ...

SINGAPORE: China’s national flag was recently unfurled on a disputed reef in the South China Sea by its uniformed troops, an act broadcast by state media in what analysts believe to be a first ...

China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag on the ...

The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S. and the Philippines. April 28, 2025 4 min ...