The chairman of the Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education, Peter Yuen, says they don't agree with the suggestion that all self-financing institutions should be regulated under the same regime. That was one of 13 recommendations put forward b...

Hope is running out for 15 miners who have been trapped in an illegal coal mine in northeastern India for nearly two weeks. The shaft of the illegally constructed mine was flooded in Meghalaya state on December 13, trapping the men inside. Rescue effor...

It's Christmas Eve and many people are out and about celebrating. Crowds are expected at many of the city’s party hotspots, and special traffic arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the holiday celebrations. The MTR will be running services...

A court in Pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison for corruption and acquitted him in a second case. The verdict came after Sharif was removed from power last year over corruption allegations. He's accused of...

Hong Kong’s Director of public prosecutions, or DPP, on Friday announced that no action is to be taken against Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng over an unapproved basement at her luxury home in Tuen Mun, but her husband will be prosecuted over unauthoris...

The government is making contingency plans for dealing with a possible outbreak of African swine fever at local pig farms. Officials on Friday said now that the virus has been found in Zhuhai, there is a 'medium' risk that it will spread here. They are...

Reports in the US media on Friday said President Trump is planning to withdraw thousands of soldiers from Afghanistan. Citing unnamed officials, the reports said about 7,000 personnel - roughly half of the remaining US military presence there - could g...