China Coast Guard watercraft forces were observed Aug. 20, 2025, exercising at Second Thomas Shoal with several fast boats and rigid-hulled inflatable boats armed with mounted weapons. Armed Forces of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tensions are rising again at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal following a surge in activity from Chinese and Philippine vessels at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China says it has taken "control measures" against two Philippine vessels near the Sierra Madre, a warship grounded on the ...

The deployment to the shoal, the site of a series of dangerous encounters last year, could herald a new season of confrontation in the South China Sea. A photo released by the Armed Forces of the ...

The Second Thomas Shoal is a coral reef, fully submerged at high tide, in the northern Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. It is located about 194 kilometres west of the Philippine province, ...

Philippine Marines deployed two small boats last week to escort a Chinese fishing boat that Manila claimed was illegally fishing at Second Thomas Shoal. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ...

If either transparency or diplomacy alone could secure a contested space, then the West Philippine Sea would have been calm and quiet decades ago. The uncomfortable truth is it has never been. Every ...

Tensions are rising again at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal following a surge in activity from Chinese and Philippine vessels at a critical time for resupplying troops stationed on a stranded ...