Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for an early resumption of negotiations on the Middle East war in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Kyrgyzstan. The one-on-one was part of a series of meetings with his counterparts on the...

The State Administration for Market Regulation said on Saturday that it has imposed administrative penalties on Trip.com Group, the operator of Ctrip travel platform, for abusing its dominant market position in violation of the country's anti-monopol...

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...

Several airlines have cancelled flights in and out of the SAR for Saturday and Sunday as Typhoon Noul nears. Cathay Pacific said it has cancelled all flights departing from and arriving in Hong Kong from 1.15am until 6pm on Sunday, while some of it...

Hong Kong's new policy allowing dogs into designated restaurants has gotten off to a promising start, with authorities reporting high compliance rates and expressing confidence that early hiccups will fade once diners and eateries adjust to the chang...

Lottery applications have soared now that the southbound travel scheme for Guangdong vehicles has been expanded, according to Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan. From Saturday onwards, the travel scheme – which has logged more than 9...

The Observatory says it will assess the need to raise higher tropical cyclone warning signals between 9 pm and midnight, as Typhoon Noul heads towards the coastal areas of Guangdong. It made the announcement shortly after issuing the Strong Wind Si...

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak on Saturday said the government would handle Wang Fuk Court's fire insurance claims once it completes its buyout scheme of the fire-ravaged Tai Po estate. "At the end of the day, we have to find out, fi...

Close to 170 mainland Chinese motorists are expected to arrive in Hong Kong on Saturday under an expanded cross-border travel scheme, with hotels rolling out accommodation, dining, shopping and parking packages to attract the new visitors. The Southb...

Heatwaves come and go, and while this is happening with increasing frequency and intensity – as this year’s record-breaking temperatures show – they slip from attention once things cool off. What does not disappear is the lasting and costly dam...

Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Tehran-allied Houthi movement edged closer to opening a new front in the Iran war overnight, after Riyadh bombed the port city of Hodeidah in retaliation for a Houthi missile strike on one of its ships in the Red Sea. The e...

A father in central China, who spends 6,000 yuan (US$880) a month on “growth shots” for his daughter, has ignited a heated online debate regarding height anxiety. According to mainland media outlet Dazhong Daily, the father, surnamed Li, lives in...

On a sunny July afternoon along the shores of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island, the receding tide reveals an unassuming patch of greenery that scientists describe as the “ultimate underwater superheroes” for boosting marine biodiversity. Seagrass – a...

"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.