A Chinese citizen has been killed in Tehran while more than 3,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Iran, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. "We mourn the life lost and extend sincere sympathies to the bereaved," Mao told a regular...

Delegates and business leaders attending the country's largest annual political gatherings in Beijing this week will bring along their own ideas and proposals, many of which centre on closer ties with the mainland as well as technological advancement...

Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday denounced the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel. In a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Wang described the killing of the leader of...

China is highly concerned about the military strikes launched by the US and Israel against Iran, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said Iran's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity should be respected. Ch...

China said on Friday it would suspend some tariffs on Canadian agricultural products imposed during a trade spat between the two countries after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney struck an initial deal ⁠with Beijing during a visit in January. Ch...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun said that in times of geopolitical uncertainty, locations offering safety, stability and abundant opportunities naturally become more appealing to international talent. Speaking at a press conference on Mon...

The body that regulates specialist doctors on Monday said it would try to encourage more medics to serve as medical witnesses to support proposed reforms to the Medical Council. The government had earlier invited the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (H...

The government on Monday said the city's investment-for-residency scheme had attracted nearly 3,200 applications over the past two years, with inflows expected to amount to HK$95 billion. Officials also said the scheme's rules were being updated to ...

Housing minister Winnie Ho said the launch of a light public housing project in Kowloon Bay symbolises the government's determination to resolve the issue of sub-divided flats. Residents began moving in on Monday into the project's 148 flats on Cho...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Monday said Hong Kong’s safe‑haven status stood it in good stead to attract capital during times of war. Speaking on a radio programme, he said-financial market volatility was "inevitable" following military acti...

Anxious Chinese parents are increasingly turning to “find a daughter-in-law” or “find a son-in-law” platforms online, turning partner seeking into direct negotiations between parents. During the Chinese New Year, as young people fend off prob...

Airspace closures across the Middle East have left tens of thousands of travellers stranded and forced airlines to divert routes, threatening to derail the fragile recovery in Asia’s tourism and aviation sectors, as the conflict involving the US an...

The fragile ceasefire between the Taliban and Pakistan has broken, and there is now open war in South Asia. This week has seen a dangerous escalation between the former allies, starting when Pakistan carried out a series of air strikes on what it say...

Following ⁠the killing of Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, many senior US ⁠officials remain sceptical that the US and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic would lead to a regime change in the near ter...

Oil prices rose by the most in four years amid the US-Israeli war on Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for global crude supplies. Brent crude, the global benchmark, surged as much as 14 per cent to more than ...

"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.