US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had asked China to delay his summit with President Xi Jinping by around a month while he deals with the war in the Middle East. Trump had been due to visit Beijing from March 31 to April 2 to reset ties an...

China said on Monday its special envoy had spent a week mediating between Afghanistan and Pakistan and had urged an immediate ceasefire after deadly cross-border clashes flared. South Asian neighbours Pakistan and Afghanistan have had a strained rel...

China and the United States said on Monday the two countries held "constructive" trade and economic talks in Paris. China's International Trade Representative Li Chenggang told reporters that the two sides discussed establishing a bilateral working ...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and Vietnam to "strengthen strategic co-operation" to guard against global turbulence during talks with his counterpart in Hanoi. The two countries have sought to deepen already close economic and security ti...

China and the United States are in communication with each other regarding US President Donald Trump's China visit, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said. "China and the United States are maintaining communication regarding President Trump's visit to...

Panama Ports Company (PPC), a unit of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, said the government of the central American country failed to file its response ⁠by the March 13 deadline in an international arbitration brought by the company. PPC said t...

Ocean Park has announced the passing of its resident red panda, Rou Rou, who was euthanised on Tuesday at the age of 17 following a significant decline in her quality of life. In a statement, the park said its animal care and veterinary teams had be...

The Department of Health has raised concerns over the physical well-being of students, with its latest annual report revealing persistent challenges in weight management and rising rates for myopia amid excessive use of mobile phones. Its student he...

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has charged a former professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and a friend of his with accepting and offering bribes to help a student gain admission to a master’s ...

A ministerial-level meeting will be held during the upcoming World Internet Conference Asia-Pacific Summit in Hong Kong in a first for the annual event, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong said on Tuesday. The inclusion brings...

The redeployment of US military assets from the Asia-Pacific to the Middle East has split security analysts, with some arguing that any strategic damage is largely “psychological” while others warn of a real and measurable gap opening in the regi...

US President Donald Trump said he had asked China to postpone his planned trip to Beijing by “a month or so” due to the war in Iran. “I think it’s important that I be here,” Trump told reporters in the White House on Monday. “So it could ...

Not only was he punched repeatedly by a peer, a Malaysian student at a secondary school in Kuching, Sarawak, was caned and forced to write a note admitting his mistake, China Press reported. Angered at how the case was handled, the boy’s mother sha...

Hong Kong’s conservation authorities captured eight wild boars in Wong Tai Sin on Tuesday following a report from residents. Police said staff from the Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) staff tranquillised the animals – t...

Even before the war in Iran sparked a surge in energy prices, Malaysia stood out from its Southeast Asian peers as the new-found darling of global investors. A rare stretch of political stability and investments in higher-value manufacturing and data...

"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.