The environmental group Green Power is calling for legislation requiring drinks companies to pay for the recycling of their cartons. It estimates 3.7 billion cartons are dumped into the city's landfills every year - the equivalent of one-and-a-half per...

Official sources say authorities in the mainland's northwest Xinjiang region have issued a directive banning the use of the Uyghur language at all education levels up to and including secondary school. People found in violation of the order will face "...

Former pro-democracy lawmaker, Edward Yiu, who was recently disqualified over oath-taking, says decisions will be made next month as to whether he will appeal against the court ruling earlier this month and whether to run in by-election. He was speakin...

Pakistan's prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has resigned, after being disqualified from office by the supreme court, following a corruption investigation against his family. The ruling follows accusations relating to the Panama Papers published two years ...

The pro-democracy camp is trying to form a united front against the government's plan to set up a joint immigration checkpoint at the express rail link at West Kowloon Terminus. Opposition lawmakers, senior legal figures, professional and community gro...

More rule changes aimed at curbing filibustering may be on the way at Legco's Finance Committee. Last week, its chairman, Chan Kin-por, proposed allowing lawmakers to move only one unannounced amendment motion for each funding request from the governme...

US President Donald Trump's surprise decision to ban transgender people from serving in the military has caused anger and confusion across the political divide in Washington. He said transgender people risked burdening the military with large medical b...