China on Tuesday said it opposed "illegal" US sanctions on Iranian airlines, a day after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened potential measures in a televised interview. Bessent told CNBC that "all the Iranian airlines will be shut down arou...

China on Tuesday released the 2026 list of the country's top 500 private enterprises, with 110 companies reporting operating revenue of over 100 billion yuan, underscoring robust growth in the country's private sector. JD.com, Alibaba (China) and He...

The Alibaba Group plans to train a new artificial intelligence model with between five trillion and 10 trillion parameters, chief executive Eddie Wu said on Tuesday, as the Chinese technology giant outlined ⁠a sweeping strategy encompassing AI mode...

China and Europe should not fight trade wars because the pair are comprehensive strategic partners, Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his German counterpart in a call, according to a statement from Beijing. Wang told German Foreign Minister Johann Wadep...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to set the dates for an upcoming Party plenum in October. The meeting decided to ...

Police have installed four temporary CCTV cameras near the scene of last weekend's canine-attack tragedy in Yuen Long in an effort to track down stray dogs and boost the efficiency of capture operations, according to sources. It is understood that t...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said Hong Kong welcomes collaboration with global partners in the building of future transport and logistics corridors. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Intern...

A man who killed two women with a knife at Plaza Hollywood in Diamond Hill in 2023 was handed an indefinite hospital order at the High Court on Tuesday. The defendant, Szeto Sing-kwong, had pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter on the grounds...

The Transport Department on Tuesday commissioned a diagonal crossing at the junction of On Ming and On Muk streets in Sha Tin, allowing pedestrians to cross the intersection in one go. The crossing, near Shek Mun MTR Station and Shek Mun Shopping Ce...

An assistant director for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, Jackie Yip, said on Tuesday that every dog attack is one tragedy too many, vowing to tackle the problem of stray dogs at its source. Yip was speaking on RTHK after a 27-year-old wom...

Senior police official Kelvin Kong Hok-lai has been named head of the force’s National Security Department, succeeding Andrew Kan Kai-yan, who began pre-retirement leave on Tuesday. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu appointed Kong as deputy police c...

Hong Kong deserves credit for its first five-year plan, accompanied by a detailed policy address. The plan establishes a useful framework beyond the annual policy cycle. Precisely because this is an important first effort, it is worth asking what cou...

The third son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has said he wants to return home for urgent brain surgery. Chakriwat “Than Aong” Vivacharawongse posted a video on social media on Monday saying he had two large brain tumours requiring surge...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Germany to help steer the European Union away from protectionist measures against China, saying that Beijing and Brussels should not engage in trade wars just days before President Xi Jinping’s high-stakes...

Indonesia’s bid for another term on the United Nations’ premier security body stands a good chance of success given Jakarta’s growing global engagement, analysts say, but its balancing act between competing powers could complicate efforts to sp...

"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.