Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has shrugged off US attempts to block his company's global ambitions, saying the United States underestimates the telecom giant's strength. Washington is banning Huawei from dealings with US firms without a specific licence ...

Heavily armed Indonesian troops are on high alert amid fears of civil unrest in the capital Jakarta, as the surprise early announcement of official election results handed Joko Widodo another term as leader of the world's third-biggest democracy. Presi...

Security Secretary John Lee on Monday announced that the government will table its highly controversial extradition law bill to the full Legislative Council next month, effectively killing off a bills committee set up by lawmakers to scrutinise the leg...

US internet giant Google has announced that it was severing ties with mainland technology firm Huawei, after it was blacklisted by the Trump administration. The Chinese company is among a list of firms considered to pose a threat to US national securit...

Exit polls from India's marathon election showed an "overwhelming" vote in favour of a new term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to his BJP party - as shares and the Indian currency surged on Monday on expectations of a new term. Still, oppo...

Taiwan's parliament has legalised same-sex marriage in a landmark first for Asia as the government survived a last-minute attempt by conservatives to pass watered-down legislation. Lawmakers comfortably passed a bill allowing same-sex couples to form "...

The Competition Tribunal has found 14 companies guilty of breaching the Competition Ordinance, in the first cases it's heard since the anti-price-fixing law was brought in four years ago. Ten renovation companies was found to have fixed prices for proj...