China will initiate an international alliance against telecom and online fraud, with its establishment planned for September at the 2026 Conference of the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum. The Ministry of Public Security announced on Friday ...

A Chinese delegation refuted on Friday Japan's false rhetoric regarding the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and the so-called "China threat" at the Asean Regional Forum and the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meetings in Manila. On the Taiwan...

The national observatory issued an orange alert on Friday, the second-highest in its four-tier system, for Noul, the 12th typhoon of the year, as it forms and heads towards the nation's southeastern coast. At 5am on Friday, the centre of Typhoon Nou...

China's Deng Yu and Wang Hong were awarded the most prestigious awards in the world of mathematics on Thursday, marking the first time Chinese mathematicians have received the honour. The Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize of mathematics, is han...

Legislative Council President Starry Lee said that upholding the Constitution as the core of the legal system is key to deepening the rule of law and enhancing the quality and efficiency of Hong Kong's legislative work. Lee made the remarks on Thurs...

Cathay Pacific announced on Friday that it will raise its fuel surcharges by up to 41 percent from August following the latest flareup in Middle East hostilities. The hike will be its first since the war started by the United States and Israel in la...

The MTR Corporation said work on the Tuen Mun south extension is progressing steadily, with project leaders confirming on Friday that the new railway link remains firmly on track to be completed by 2030. During a project briefing, the railway compan...

The observatory said it will issue Standby Signal No 1 at 8.40pm as Severe Tropical Storm Noul is expected to enter within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong on Friday evening. At noon, the cyclone was centred about 480 kilometres north-northeast of Manil...

A woman has been arrested after five pets were killed in a fire at a flat in Mong Kok. Police were alerted to the fire, which broke out in a flat on Tung Choi Street, at around 9.30pm on Thursday. Firefighters broke into the flat and found three ca...

Customs have arrested a man for allegedly smuggling a dog into Hong Kong through the Lok Ma Chau checkpoint. Officers intercepted the suspect, aged 27, at the arrival hall at the checkpoint on Thursday. Upon examination, officers found a dog estima...

The US imposed tariffs as high as 12.5 per cent on 60 trading partners, including China, after President Donald Trump adopted a different method for pursuing his global trade war. The levies, which are related to forced labour, replaced a temporary 1...

Life insurance sales in Hong Kong rose 51 per cent in the first quarter to another record high, driven by affluent customers from mainland China and overseas buying policies for wealth transfer, protection and medical needs. The industry wrote HK$141...

South Korea has returned a pair of Qing dynasty (1644-1911) marble sculptures to China, a symbolic gesture as the two nations work to repair bilateral ties through cultural diplomacy. The male and female lions, each standing 1.9 metres (6ft) tall and...

China has added 14 entities from the European Union to its export control list, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday. Effective immediately, the order means the export of dual-use items – products with civilian as well as military applicati...

Japan’s move to establish a new bureau to boost defence cooperation with allies is part of Tokyo’s wider policy to deepen deterrence against China, analysts say, adding that the internal reform was also long overdue for the government. The new un...

"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.