Hong Kong's suicide rate dropped slightly last year, from 12.8 per 100,000 people in 2017 to 12.2 last year. Those figures were estimated by the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention based on data from the Coroner's Court...

South Korea on Tuesday said the North had fired two unidentified projectiles into the sea. If confirmed, that would be North Korea's 10th launch since May. It came just hours after Pyongyang said it was willing to resume denuclearisation talks with Was...

Thousands of students and alumni of secondary schools and universities have again formed human chains across the city, as part of the ongoing anti-government protests. While the demonstrations were peaceful, at least three people were hurt by people un...

US President Donald Trump has abruptly cancelled proposed secret peace talks between the US and the Afghan Taliban. He apparently called off a planned summit at the presidential retreat Camp David with Taliban leaders and the Afghan president Ashraf Gh...

Credit rating agency Fitch has downgraded its sovereign rating for Hong Kong from 'AA+' to 'AA', and revised its outlook for the city to "negative". Fitch says Hong Kong has been rocked by "months of persistent conflict and violence", challenging the O...

A human rights group has called on the Independent Police Complaints Council to reconsider its decision in appointing Gerry McNeilly to its expert panel looking at the police handling of the anti-government protests. The founder of the Civil Rights Obs...

The government is asking for the public's views on whether or not to enact new laws so that people who stated they don't want to be resuscitated in certain circumstances, will have their wishes respected. Currently, guardians or doctors can override th...