Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for his efforts to bring his country’s civil war with the Farc rebel group to an end. Paul Rogers, professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University, said the award was a bi...

Pan-democratic lawmakers are vowing to continue pursuing an investigation into whether a senior ICAC investigator was denied a permanent promotion due to political reasons, despite criticism from the anti-graft body’s Commissioner Simon Peh that their ...

Commemorations were held at several universities in Thailand on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of a massacre of unarmed student protesters by the police and far-right vigilantes. Officially, 46 people were killed during the Thammasat University ...

The barring of Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong from entering Thailand to speak to university students has sparked intense speculation that Beijing exerted pressure on Thailand not to admit the 19-year-old. Unconfirmed reports quoted a Thai imm...

Twenty-eight pro-democracy lawmakers have issued a joint statement condemning the Thai authorities over its treatment of Joshua Wong. The activist said he was kept alone in a windowless cell, and was denied any contact with lawyers, or his family. Civi...

The Our Hong Kong Foundation think tank has urged the government to focus on freeing up more land for residential development in northern Lantau, saying heavier development on the north side of the island can help satisfy the city’s acute demand for la...

The Philippines and the United States launched war games on Tuesday against the backdrop of the unusual threat of American forces being ejected from the Southeast Asian nation, as its firebrand leader pivots to China. President Rodrigo Duterte has sust...