Chinese Coast Guard boats close to the floating barrier are pictured on September 20, 2023, near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, in this handout image released by the Philippine ...

The likely cause of the shoal has been the persistent south wind and swells this summer, which pushes the sand in, according to the Army Corps. It was the same dynamic that likely caused the ...

This mission was the closest that any civilian has gotten to the ship in over a year, since China intensified its blockade of the shoal. Around midnight, the Cabra was 16 nautical miles from the ...