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Beijing has strongly condemned the passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act in the US Senate, saying Washington should stop meddling in the SAR's affairs. The State Council, Foreign Ministry, National People's Congress and Beijing's Liai...

The Israeli military on Wednesday said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria, carrying out a “wide-scale” strike in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Tuesday. A Britain-based war monitoring group said the Israeli...

China's top legislative affairs body has criticised Hong Kong's High Court for ruling the emergency anti-mask law unconstitutional, saying that only it has the power to make such rulings. The court here ruled yesterday that the law contravened nine art...

The United States and South Korea have abruptly broken off talks on the cost of the US military operation on the peninsula. It came amid reports that President Trump is demanding a massive increase in payments. Annemarie Evans asked RTHK's Seoul corres...

The High Court has ruled that the mask ban introduced by the government under emergency powers last month is unconstitutional. Officials now say the ban will no longer be enforced. The anti-mask law that came into effect on October 5 applied to all pub...

The International Criminal Court could open its first investigation into the British military following a BBC programme about alleged war crimes. The investigative programme, Panorama, found evidence the state had covered up killings of civilians by UK...

Sri Lankans are voting on Saturday in a presidential election with a record 35 candidates. Sri Lanka's controversial former defence chief, who played a leading role in crushing Tamil rebels in a bloody civil war that ended 10 years ago, has been nomina...