An opposition rally in Myanmar has been attacked by men wielding knives and swords, just over a week before a historic election. The National League for Democracy (NLD) was holding a rally in Yangon city. The NLD candidate for the area, who is also a m...

Two of the most powerful rugby nations will battle it out in the final of the Rugby World Cup on Saturday, as reigning champions New Zealand face Australia at Twickenham in England. RTHK’s World Cup correspondent, Justin Sampson, tells Jim Gould how th...

The representative of the transport sector in the Legislative Council, Frankie Yick, has welcomed the government’s decision to improve the way information is disseminated to the public when traffic chaos occurs following an incident. The administration...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, Samuel Hung, says its “pointless” to join the Airport Authority’s liaison group on the construction of the third runway at Hong Kong International Airport. The society is among eleven of the c...

Nepal's parliament has elected a women's rights campaigner as its first female president. Bidhya Devi Bhandari is the second person to hold the mainly ceremonial role. She was defence minister from 2009 to 2011. As president, she has promised to champi...

An academic says that the leaking of a suspected recording of a member of the University of Hong Kong Council, Arthur Li, confirms that council’s decision not to appoint former law dean and pro-democracy scholar Johannes Chan to the pro-vice-chancellor...

A member of the Poverty Commission, Law Chi-kwong, says he does not believe people will be put off the idea of Hong Kong introducing a universal retirement protection scheme if the wording in a study done on the issue are changed before a public consul...

The US Defence Secretary, Ash Carter, has indicated there could be a greater use of ground forces in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Meanwhile, officials in Washington say they expect Iran to be invited to an international ...