President and general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping has chaired a Politburo meeting to deliberate and make arrangements on rescue and relief efforts after a devastating mudslide hit Gyirong County in Xiz...

Nepali army helicopter rescue teams were working on Friday to rescue around 100 people trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by a devastating flood two days earlier. "Our focus is in search and rescue of people... some people are t...

China paused a rescue operation on Friday due to the high risk of renewed flooding in Xizang Autonomous Region where hundreds remain missing after a deadly mudslide hit the border region with Nepal. Broadcaster CCTV reported that a lake formed by im...

China and Nepal both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst, in an area still grappling with this week's catastrophic flood. Search and rescue ...

Technology conglomerate Huawei plans to expand its artificial intelligence cooperation with mainland pharmaceutical firms into drug development and clinical practice, a senior executive said. The move highlights Huawei's ambitions to gain a foothold...

Police have arrested 15 people in connection with a scheme where licensed insurance agents allegedly helped candidates cheat in order to obtain professional qualifications. The Commercial Crime Bureau launched an investigation in January following a...

Housing secretary Winnie Ho said on Friday 96.5 percent of Wang Fuk Court owners – or 1,914 households – had accepted the government's buyout offer as of Thursday, with the deadline for accepting the offer expiring at 5pm on August 31. Writing o...

A woman has died after being hit by a garbage truck in Kwai Chung on Friday. Police said the incident occurred at about 10am outside Kwai Tsing Theatre on 12 Hing Ning Road. The 76-year-old pedestrian was declared dead at the scene. The driver has...

The Transport Department on Friday invited interested platform companies to apply for ride-hailing service licences, with a deadline of noon on October 30. The move follows the passage of the Road Traffic (Amendment) (Ride-hailing Services) Ordinanc...

Customs said on Friday a 49-year-old man has been arrested following the seizure of about 53.9 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine. The drug haul had an estimated market value of about HK$36.2 million. Senior investigator Lam Chung-ho of the drug inve...

Chinese President Xi Jinping may take a business delegation to Washington next month, when he is also likely to sign a trade-war truce extension with US President Donald Trump. The potential business delegation is under negotiation ahead of the Septe...

Bangladesh has for the first time confirmed a long-expected deal to purchase China’s 4.5-generation J-10CE fighters, pointing to the jet’s combat performance against Rafale fighters in last year’s India-Pakistan conflict. One military expert sa...

Roblox has become a flashpoint in Southeast Asia’s debate over child safety online, as officials scrutinise whether young users are being exposed to harmful subcultures on the gaming platform. But analysts warn that it might just be a convenient sc...

A 48-year-old Malaysian man is believed to have killed his wife and their two young children before taking his life at a Kuala Lumpur flat, in a case police said might have been linked to losses from an alleged online love scam purportedly involving ...

Leaders of the now-disbanded group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil have said ending one-party rule was an “empty slogan” and that they had never incited anyone to overthrow the Chinese government during their three-decade campaign. Th...

"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.