The Prime Minister of Britain, David Cameron, is preparing for a day of frantic diplomacy in Brussels, where he will try to win support from the 27 other European leaders to achieve the reforms he wants for the European Union (EU). He is hoping the suc...

China analyst Mark O’Neill says the mainland’s apparent deployment of surface-to-air missiles to an island in the disputed Paracels chain in the South China Sea is a considerable escalation of militarisation of the area. The Paracels have been controll...

A member of the Harbourfront Commission, Paul Zimmerman, says he is surprised by the extent of the scaling back of the government’s plan to revitalise the Tsim Sha Tsui harbourfront. The administration announced the decision saying a majority of views ...

The government has been urged to consider introducing an anti-mask law, following last week’s Mong Kok riots. They also asked whether the police should be stepping up surveillance on the internet, which can be used as a channel to quickly rally large n...

Pilots in the UK are calling for laser pointers to be banned and classed as offensive weapons, after a Virgin Atlantic plane flying out of Heathrow Airport was forced to turn back after its co-pilot was blinded by a beam shot into the cockpit. Jim Goul...

A province in Pakistan has become the first in the mostly Muslim country to give Hindus the right to register their marriage. The bill has been passed in Sindh province, which is home to many of Pakistan’s three million Hindus. Annemarie Evans asked R...

A leading Hong Kong financial analyst, Francis Lun, says he doubts there were really that many political considerations concerning banking giant HSBC’s decision to keep its headquarters in London. Analysts based in Hong Kong have said they could not ru...