Vice Admiral Alfonso Torres, chief of the Philippines’ Western Command, said it was common for “maritime militia” ships to gather in the area. Manila, the Pentagon and foreign diplomats say such ...

Thitu is a strategically important island from which Manila monitors Chinese vessels and aircraft in the busy waterway.

HONG KONG/MANILA - Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Nov 28 show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested ...

Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, ...

BEIJING — China's military deployed naval and air forces to conduct patrols around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in South ...

Philippines-held Thitu island is the only naturally occurring Spratly Islands feature to host a civilian population.

Satellite images show a significant presence of Chinese civilian vessels near Thitu Island in the South China Sea, prompting ...