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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.'