He reported that up to 75 Chinese ships were spotted just 2.5 nautical miles (4.6km) off Thitu Island - "well within [the Philippines'] 12-nautical-mile territorial sea". Powell described this as ...

China has called on the United Kingdom to respect its interests in the South China Sea and avoid provoking tensions in the ...

The incident close to the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island was just the latest between the two nations in the disputed South China Sea. The U.S. vice president's visit to the Philippines has ...

The Chinese vessel twice blocked the Philippine naval boat before seizing the debris it was towing Sunday off Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos said Monday. He said no ...

MANILA, Philippines — Six Chinese Maritime militia vessels were spotted in Rozul (Iroquois) Reef, while over 50 others were monitored within Pagasa (Thitu) Island during a maritime domain awareness ...

[FILE] Philippine troops watch a Philippine Coast Guard ship as they secure an area on the Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally called Pag-asa Island, on Friday, December 1, 2023, in the West ...

The exchange of protests by the Asian neighbors over the island, internationally called Thitu, is the latest flareup in a long simmering territorial feud in the strategic waterway that has ...

Gregory Poling joins the podcast to go over recent events near Thitu Island in the South China Sea. The Diplomat talks with Mayor Eugenio Bito-onon about governing an area in the middle of the ...

They are also documenting the biodiversity and distribution of seagrass on the reef flat of Pagasa (Thitu) Island, and also of the mollusk species for a better understanding of their habitat ...

Six Chinese Maritime militia vessels were spotted in Rozul (Iroquois) Reef, while over 50 others were monitored within Pagasa (Thitu) Island during a maritime domain awareness (MDA) flight ...