Israel has criticised the American Secretary of State over a speech in which he defended the US decision not to veto a UN resolution last week condemning illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land. John Kerry said the settlements endanger ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Duncan Pescod, says cities around the world would be prepared to cut off their left hands if they were allowed to display antiques from the Forbidden City in Beijing on a perm...

The MTR's long-awaited South Island Line has started operations, with driverless trains running between South Horizons in Ap Lei Chau and Admiralty Station. Some passengers described the new line as the best "Christmas and New Year present" because the...

The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has become the first leader of his country in more than half a century to visit the special memorial at Pearl Harbor. The Japanese raid on the US naval base in Hawaii in 1941 brought the United States into the S...

Professor Willy Lam from the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong says President Xi Jinping only praised the Chief Executive, CY Leung, for the hardline approach he had taken in running Hong Kong since assuming office in 2012...

An incoming Hong Kong Arts Development Council member, Adrian Chow, says the HK$3.5 billion that will be spent on building a museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District should instead be used for supporting local arts development. The museum will disp...

Police in Australia have arrested five men suspected of planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne on Christmas Day. They say the plot may have involved explosives and other weapons. A train station and a cathedral are thought to have been the targets. T...