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 ...

Inside China’s Rare Earth Empire: The Hidden Costs in Myanmar The deployment to the shoal, the site of a series of dangerous encounters last year, could herald a new season of confrontation in the ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have erupted once again after a maritime clash between Chinese and Philippine vessels near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Tiexian Jiao. The incident, ...

BEIJING, Sept 27 (Reuters) - China's coast guard said on Friday the Philippines sent a civilian ship to ferry daily necessities to a warship at the Second Thomas Shoal that Beijing says was illegally ...

The Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, has reported an "unusual" show of force by Chinese units around Second Thomas Shoal, a hotly disputed submerged reef in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands. The ...

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 ...

BEIJING, Nov 15 (Reuters) - China said on Friday the Philippines had sent supplies to a warship grounded on Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South China Sea. In a separate statement, the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a Philippine territorial outpost in a fiercely disputed shoal in the South China Sea, two Philippe officials said.

MANILA, Philippines — China has deployed coast guard ships and several militia vessels close to long-grounded Philippine warship in a disputed South China Sea shoal where Filipino forces have been put ...

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) ...