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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the Chinese-ruled city's biggest crisis in decades is dead and that government work on the legislation had been a "total failure", but critics accused her of playing

China has demanded the US halt its plan to sell $2.

The U.S. State Department has approved a request by Taiwan to purchase an estimated $2.2 billion worth of military equipment.The deal, announced Monday by the Defense Department's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, inc

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LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has refused to rule out sanctions on China, as he is keeping his

Young demonstrators speak of their passion, depression and steely determination to take to Hong Kong's streets again. They are clear in their opposition to Beijing's tightening grip on their city.

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Last week, as the world focused attention on the Hong Kong protests, a report came out that gruesomely underscored why the protesters felt led to protest.

Hong Kong police are hunting down hundreds of protesters who stormed and vandalised the city's legislature and are preparing to launch citywide raids to arrest them, the Post learned on Wednesday.To locate the suspects, officers from the Organised Cri

Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters stormed the government HQ on the anniversary of the city's 1997 return to China on Monday, destroying pictures and painting walls with graffiti

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.