President Xi Jinping put forward a four-point proposal on promoting peace and stability in the Middle East on Tuesday in a meeting in Beijing with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Xi cal...

China and Spain should strengthen co-operation to oppose a return of the world to "the law of the jungle," President Xi Jinping said in Beijing on Tuesday. He also called for the national sovereignty of countries in the Middle East and Gulf to be "r...

The founder of debt-ridden real estate developer China Evergrande pleaded guilty to a series of charges, including illegal absorption of public deposits, fraud and corporate bribery, according to a Shenzhen court statement on Tuesday. Hui Ka-yan, al...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov touched down in Beijing on Tuesday where he hopes to boost co-operation on issues including the war in the Middle East. Lavrov arrived in the capital, where he was given a red-carpet welcome, photos by the Russ...

China's foreign trade grew 15 percent year on year in the first quarter, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Tuesday. The total value of goods imports and exports reached 11.84 trillion yuan, with exports rising 11.9 percent to...

The Insurance Complaints Bureau (ICB) on Tuesday said it received 857 new complaint cases in 2025, an increase of 32.7 percent from the year before. Almost half of the cases completed involved medical-related policies, while around a fifth involved ...

The transport and industrial sectors have welcomed the government's relief measures in response to surging fuel prices due to the Middle East conflict. That came after a HK$1.8 billion relief package was approved by the Legislative Council on Friday...

Parents will soon have a new tool to navigate Hong Kong's diverse private school landscape, as the Education Bureau launches a voluntary listing system designed to boost transparency and strengthen the city's ambition of becoming an international edu...

The head of Beijing's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office will give a speech at the opening ceremony of National Security Education Day on Wednesday. The Committee for Safeguarding National Security said Xia Baolong will speak via a video link. In...

The Consumer Council has called for domestic helper employment agencies to step up their gatekeeping role, as complaints over hiring disputes – including repeated no-shows and mismatched language abilities – have been mounting. The council rece...

The United Nations has issued a grim warning about the costs of prolonged conflict in Iran for the Asia-Pacific region, forecasting job losses, crippling inflation and food insecurity, with the poorest nations brutally exposed to the oil shock and mi...

China and Spain should work closely to resist “the law of the jungle” and defend true multilateralism in a turbulent world caught in “a contest between justice and power”, Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedr...

Nepal’s tourism industry is scrambling to offset a sharp fall in Western visitors during the peak spring trekking season, with operators and officials turning their attention to Asia-Pacific markets as conflict-linked travel disruptions ripple thro...

Israel’s ambassador to Japan and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre have condemned a Japanese political commentator over remarks he made on a morning news programme that were widely criticised as suggesting Jared Kushner should not be involved in negotiat...

Hong Kong students sitting the citizenship and social development paper in university entrance exams on Tuesday were tested on the “One Country, Two Systems” governing principle, as well as contemporary topics such as e-commerce, online influence...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.