A solicitor has warned that it is highly likely that anyone who is convicted of unlawful assembly in future will be given an immediate custodial sentence. Bond Ng who’s a member of pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong's legal defence team said the judgme...

A former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has called on India to intervene in the political crisis there after the current leader of the island state Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency. Maldives security forces disrupted the Supreme ...

The Hung Hom Jaguars have beaten City Kaitak in the opening game of the Hong Kong T20 Blitz at the Tin Kwong Road Sports Ground. The Jaguars easily overhauled Kaitak's 132 with more than two overs to spare. The tournament runs until Sunday. The Kowloon...

Civic Party lawmaker Tanya Chan says the government should not use the whole of the 170-hectare Fanling golf course to build residential flats. She said its also an underestimation that the site could only generate 13,000 units. There are a similar num...

A study on whether buildings in Wan Chai are disabled-friendly has found that one-in-five aren't of a 'satisfactory' standard in terms of accessibility. Wanchai District councillors teamed up with the Federation of Handicapped Youth to check how hard i...

The former head of one of the world biggest conglomerates -- South Korea's Samsung -- has been freed from prison after his sentence for corruption was reduced. A South Korean appeals court cut the original jail term for Lee Jae-yong in half, to two-and...

The head of the North Korean parliament will visit the South and attend the opening of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on Friday. Kim Yong-nam who's also the North's ceremonial head of state will be the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit...

Former student leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement, Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by 12 members of the US Congress. MLaw says he's glad the civil disobedience movement has won recognition. Howeve...