Mainland authorities have ordered a nationwide campaign targeting fire hazards in high-rise residential and public buildings. This came after Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court claimed at least 128 lives. The State Co...

President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of improving long-term mechanisms for cyberspace governance. Presiding over a Politburo meeting on Friday, he called for sustained efforts to cultivate a clean, healthy and sound online environment....

Mainland authorities on Thursday said 11 people were killed and two others injured in the early hours of the morning, after a test train collided with maintenance workers on the track in Kunming, in southwest Yunnan province. The train, which was ...

Mainland charities and companies are pouring financial, equipment and aid into Hong Kong as the city continues to battle one of the worst fires for a second day on Thursday. They are led by a charity and organisations linked to mainland tycoon and p...

The Chinese mainland on Wednesday criticised Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te for publicly siding with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over her recent remarks on Taiwan, slamming Lai's statements and actions as "disgusting". At a press conference, ...

Asian airlines scrambled on Saturday to fix a software glitch on their Airbus 320 jets as a sweeping recall by the European planemaker grounded aircraft across the region after disrupting travel in the United States during the busiest weekend of the ...

Tributes have been pouring in for the victims of this week's devastating fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, as Hong Kong on Saturday entered three days of mourning. Books of condolence have been set up in the SAR's 18 districts. The Fu Heng Neighbo...

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak on Saturday said that an online platform would be ready in a "few days" to help people donate goods to those affected by this week's catastrophic fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. At least 128 people di...

Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday led top government officials, Executive Council members and civil servants in three minutes of silence to mourn the victims of this week's fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The tragedy has so far taken 128 lives....

Two senior mainland officials visited residents affected by the Tai Po fire on Friday to convey the sympathies of President Xi Jinping and the central government. Zhou Ji, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office, and Nong Rong, deputy...

From chasing a TV crew for 100km to showcase his motorcycle skills, a once-poor young man from central China has built a thriving motorcycle empire, raking in 700 million (US$100 million) yuan a year. Born into a rural family in Hunan province, Zhang...

Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least two people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said. The attacks came just before a second round of peace negotiations was set to begin, as a renewed US-led...

The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to 123, with 130 people still missing, authorities said Saturday. Nearly 44,000 people have been displaced and are in temporary shelters, the South Asian countr...

Former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia’s health deteriorated since being admitted to hospital, prompting her family and party members to urge citizens to pray for her speedy recovery on Saturday. Zia, 80, was admitted to hospital on November ...

In Pakistan, a nation where power often seems to serve itself above all else, the latest constitutional overhaul has been received with a weary sense of resignation. Pushed through parliament on November 13 with barely a murmur of opposition, the 27t...

"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.