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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

Beijing on Monday ordered the closure of popular finance news app wallstreetcn.com, better known as Wall Street News, saying it was in breach of cybersecurity laws.

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s chief executive, Carrie Lam, said Monday that she had no intention of withdrawing contentious legislation that would allow extraditions to mainland China, despite hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against it the day before.

The United States is gravely concerned about proposed amendments to Hong Kong laws that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland China, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said on Monday.'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington is ready to invoke 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty.

Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year's Eve along a famous Tokyo street, ...

TOKYO -- A Japanese submarine conducted a drill in the South China Sea alongside three other vessels, the Maritime Self-Defense Force said i

A nuclear power station in Hokkaido is relying on emergency backup power after a powerful earthquake knocked out electricity on the northern island Thursday, offering ...

The government hits out at discussion of the topic at a university inauguration ceremony, saying independence 'is not feasible' for the city.

China will soon begin tracking the movements of all new cars.

Journalism groups hit out at the 'violent arrest' of Now TV video journalist Chui Chun-ming, who has since been released following 'mediation.'