The government's been accused of appeasing hate groups by removing books that cover LGBT issues from the shelves of public libraries. Local media reports say 10 children's books have been hidden from public display after a complaint from an anti-gay ri...

The United States has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council -- citing concerns about the human rights record of some members and excessive criticism of Israel. The US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley came to Washington to a...

A survey by the University of Hong Kong suggests that people have generally become less willing to help others. The Altruism Index developed by the university's Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention dropped slightly. The centre's director Professo...

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has begun a two-day visit to China -- one week after he met U.S. President Donald Trump in a landmark summit in Singapore. He met President Xi Jinping in Beijing. State broadcaster CCTV showed Xi hosting Kim at the G...

A former president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers says an MTR report which has confirmed that two walls at the future To Kwa Wan Station have been pared back incorrectly was quite extensive. Greg Wong said he was also satisfied with the reme...

Civic Party lawmaker Jeremy Tam says there should be full transparency as to what led to corner-cutting on the Shatin-to-Central rail link. The ends of steel bars used for securing a large platform at the Hung Hom Station were cut off, in an apparent e...

The Health Secretary Sophia Chan has rejected claims that the government bowed to pressure from the tobacco industry after it proposed regulating e-cigarettes and other tobacco alternatives, instead of imposing an outright ban. The government had earli...

The murder of a prominent journalist in Indian-administered Kashmir has shocked both the community and journalists. Fifty-year-old Shujhaat Bukhari was shot outside his office by unknown gunmen. Apart from running three daily newspapers, including the ...