Hong Kong's equality watchdog says there has been a significant upsurge in the number of local sports associations that have drawn up anti-sexual harassment policies. While just seven groups had such policies in place in 2014, that number has now grown...

Israeli Prime Minister Bejamin Netanyahu's recent alliance with an anti-Arab party has caused denunciations from all quarters in Israel. Even pro-Israel groups in the United States have issued public condemnations of Mr Netanyu's alliance with the extr...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Chris Yeung, says online news portal HK01’s decision to sack over 70 staff reflects the difficult financial situation the news media are facing. HK01, however, says its finances are sound and the r...

Veteran Macau journalist Joao Pinto says it's not clear how the territory can further develop its tourism sector, as laid out in the newly-unveiled Greater Bay Development plan. Mr Pinto, the Portuguese News and Program Controller of local broadcaster ...

A new survey suggests Hong Kong people are getting increasingly depressed, and young adults have it worse than older people. The Mental Health Association interviewed almost 1,800 people aged 18 or above in November, and said 6.7 percent suffer from se...

A US Coast Guard officer has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack. Police found a cache of weapons and ammunition at the home of Christopher Paul Hasson in the state of Maryland. The self-proclaimed white nationalist is said to have d...

An academic says it's 'disappointing' that the government has ruled out taking control of the entire Fanling Golf Course for development. It has decided to build mostly public housing on 32 hectares of the site, but keep the remaining 140 hectares as a...