FDR’s Lend-Lease program during World War II threw our allies a lifeline. It signaled U.S. resolve before hostile powers ...

Beijing worries Manila might establish a permanent presence at Sabina Shoal as it did on Second Thomas Shoal, another contested reef known as Renai Jiao in China and Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines.

China will try to prevent the Philippines from deploying another vessel at a disputed South China Sea shoal, observers say, fuelling the risk of conflict in the hotly contested waters between the ...

But last week, things came to a head when Beijing and Manila's vessels collided near the Sabina Shoal- both accusing the other of ramming them on purpose. The shoal, claimed by China as Xianbin ...

The Southeast Asian nation has been using Canadian vessel detection technology to monitor China’s presence at Sabina Shoal, and is hoping to get a clearer picture of what Beijing intends to do ...

Last month, the Philippines—an ally with whom America has a defense treaty and security commitment—was forced to withdraw a coast guard vessel it had anchored at Sabina Shoal, an atoll well ...

Sabina Shoal, which China refers to as Xianbin Reef and the Philippines as the Escoda Shoal, lies 150 km (93 miles) west of the Philippine province of Palawan, well within the country's exclusive ...

In a highly coordinated display of military strength, US and Filipino marines conducted live-fire drills aimed at repelling a ...

Sabina Shoal is located 140 kilometres (86 miles) west of the Philippine island of Palawan and about 1,200 kilometres from Hainan island, the nearest major Chinese landmass. Recent clashes between ...

Confrontations in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines continue despite efforts to manage disputes.

After the Philippines recalled the BRP Teresa Magbanua from Sabina Shoal earlier this month, Beijing said its coastguard would continue to "carry out consistent law enforcement activities" in the ...