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Hundreds of protesters stormed Hong Kong's parliament late on Monday as the territory marked its China handover anniversary, ransacking the building and daubing its walls with graffiti as police warned they were poised to use "appropriate force

Business leaders fear their firms could be vulnerable if Carrie Lam's stalled bill passes

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a magnitude-6.7 quake struck the northern part of the country late Tuesday night. No fatalities have been reported. Tsunami advisories issued along the Sea of Japan coast have been lifted.

Former 1989 student leader Wang Dan says the U.N. Human Rights Council should probe China's rights record linked to the Tiananmen massacre.

At least four times in the past few decades, a US president has been presented with opportunities and risks from a popular uprising against an oppressive foreign adversary that threatened US interests. Now, US President Donald Trump — who is still a

Protesters and journalists call for the authorities to be held accountable for last week's police violence.

Beijing won't let Hong Kong's leader, Carrie Lam, step down even if she wanted to, a senior city government official close to her said on Monday, adding that a divisive extradition law she delayed on the weekend was effectively withdrawn. Oppositi

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong joined those calling for the city's pro-Beijing leader's resignation, saying after his release from prison Monday that he would soon join massive protests against an extradition law.

Hong Kong residents filled the streets on Sunday for the second week in a row, protesting a suspended bill that would allow some suspects to be extradited to the Chinese mainland, a

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam apologised on Sunday as hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters maintained calls for her to resign over her handling of a bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland China for trial.

The central government in Beijing has expressed its support, respect and understanding for Hong Kong's decision to suspend an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China to face trial, China's official Xinhua news agency

Some Hong Kong tycoons have started moving personal wealth offshore as concern d...

Hong Kong's embattled leader faced mounting pressure on Friday to abandon a deeply unpopular plan to allow extraditions to China as key allies urged a rethink following unprecedented political unrest.The global network of Agence France-Presse covers 1

Hong Kong riot police and protesters braced for possible further clashes across ...

Hong Kong was rocked Wednesday by the worst political unrest since its handover to China, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to storm parliament and blocked roads in the financial hub.

The afternoon violence marked a major escalation in the semiautonomous Chinese territory's biggest political crisis in years.

The afternoon violence marked a major escalation in the semi-autonomous Chinese city's biggest political crisis in years.

The fight over an extradition law and democracy in China, explained.

New Power Party (NPP) legislators and a coalition of civic groups yesterday urged the government to cancel the special legal status granted to Hong Kong officials and investors with Chinese ties amid growing concerns over a Hong Kong extradition bill.

HONG KONG — Opponents of legislation in Hong Kong that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China are planning more protests and labor strikes in an attempt to block the move, which they say endangers the territory's judici