The convenor of the pan-democrats, Claudia Mo, conceded that opposition lawmakers will have a very difficult time ahead. That’s because the camp’s defeat in Sunday's by-election dashes their hopes of regaining veto power in the legislature, and means t...

Ukraine's President, Petro Poroshenko, has called on parliament to impose martial law for sixty days, in response to Russia's seizure of three Ukrainian navy vessels. Kiev says the ships had every right to pass through the Kerch Strait between Crimea a...

With traffic volume at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge below expectations, the debate now rages on how to encourage more vehicles to use the mega-structure. Annemarie Evans asked a fellow of the Hong Kong Society of Transportation Studies, Hung Wing-...

Gunmen tried to storm the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, in an attack that left two police officers and two civilians dead. The three militants, who were later killed, failed to get into the building, and all the Chinese ...

Saturday is crunch-time in the Rugby World Cup qualifiers - where Hong Kong's objective is to "win big". The team needs an outright victory over Canada in order to secure an historic berth in next year's finals in Japan. The two sides are preparing for...

Former Indonesian domestic helper Erwiana, who was tortured and abused by her Hong Kong employer, demanded an explanation on Thursday as to why her attacker has been released from prison after serving little more than half of her six-year prison term....

Lawmakers have voted down a motion urging the government to look at allowing same-sex couples to enter into unions in Hong Kong. Pan-democrats Ray Chan, Au Nok-hin and Gary Fan made the call, arguing that gay couples should be given at least some of th...

A South Korean pastor was on Thursday sentenced to 15 years in jail for raping eight female followers of his mega-church. Seventy-five year old Lee Jae-rock has about 130,000 followers at the Mamin Central Church in Seoul. He denied all the charges. Hi...