The ship was stuck in shallows for three hours just a mile from the Philippine-held Thitu Island, according to that Manila's ...

It’s just another day on Thitu Island, where some 335 Filipino civilians live on the front lines of the South China Sea dispute. Locals call it Pag-asa, the Filipino word for hope.

Manila says this ship, suspected to belong to China's so-called Maritime Militia, briefly ran aground at a sandbar near Thitu ...

Experts say China could be ‘testing’ the Philippines’ operational response amid mounting pressure over Manila’s recent ...

West York Island, a picturesque yet disputed territory in the South China Sea, symbolizes Filipino resilience against China's ...

Manila says this ship, suspected of belonging to China's so-called Maritime Militia, briefly ran aground at a sandbar near Thitu Island in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands on June 7 ...

Filipino forces and villagers have been struggling to live in Beijing’s shadow in the disputed South China while fighting ...

On Thitu, the largest Philippines-claimed island, which lies west of West York, civilians have thrived for decades in a small fishing village alongside the military forces. An AP journalist who ...