The Convenor of the think-tank Path of Democracy says he has joined incoming Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s cabinet because she wants a more inclusive government. Ronny Tong, who’s a former lawmaker, says someone like him would be able to directly reflec...

A former Bar Association chairman, Paul Shieh, says ignorant people and organisations on the mainland have been making ill-founded comments against judicial independence and the rule of law in Hong Kong. He says some of the attacks have gone beyond the...

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, has described the destruction of the Great al-Nuri mosque in Mosul as a declaration of defeat by the Islamic State group, or Isis. The Iraqi military say the mosque, with its ancient leaning minaret, was blown...

An academic says Carrie Lam probably faced many hurdles from Beijing in choosing principal officials for her cabinet. Chung Kim-wah, who's an assistant professor of Applied Social Sciences at the Polytechnic University, says the line-up doesn't appear ...

A controversial dog meat festival has begun in the city of Yulin, despite earlier reports that it had been cancelled or toned down this year. The Lychee and Dog Meat Festival takes place annually in Guangxi province. Earlier this year, US campaigners c...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have warned that some primary school students might be addicted to playing electronic games. In a survey involving 2,000 primary four to six pupils, the university's Department of Psychology found that they sp...

Otto Warmbier, the American student who returned to the United States last week after 15 months of captivity in North Korea, has died. The 22-year-old was in a coma when he was released from a North Korean prison. Doctors treating him at the University...