The leaders of Hong Kong's Democratic Party have announced plans to dissolve what was once the city's largest opposition group.
Members will soon vote on the final decision on whether to shut down the 31-year-old party, chairman Lo Kin-hei said.
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A Chinese military helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane over the South China Sea on Tuesday, in what observers said was the second incident of potentially catastrophic behavior by the People's Liberation Army (...)
The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran's military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Thursday, ship tracking data shows. It could (...)
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later this week, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all.
Trump and Modi have developed a strong personal rapport over the (...)
Public anger in China over concerns raised by doctors that generic drugs used in public hospitals are increasingly ineffective has led to a rare response from the government.
Doctors say they believe the country's drug procurement system, which (...)
New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal with China.
The tiny Pacific Island nation's leader, Mark Brown, is this week making his country's first ever state visit to (...)
VIENNA — Saudi Arabia, represented by the Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), has officially assumed the presidency of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE Network). The assumption (...)
VIENNA — Saudi Arabia, represented by the Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (NAZAHA), assumed the presidency of the Global Operations Network of Law Enforcement Authorities Concerned with Combating Corruption (GlobE Network), in an official (...)
China's tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods are coming into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs.
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President Donald Trump has said he will announce a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the US, a move that will have the biggest impact in Canada.
Trump also said that there would be an announcement later in the week about reciprocal (...)
Panama denied a claim made by the State Department on Wednesday that the Central American nation had agreed to no longer charge fees for US government ships to transit the country's famous canal.
"In response to a publication released by the United (...)
China has accused the US of making "unfounded and false allegations" about its role in the fentanyl trade to justify tariffs on Chinese products.
The complaint was lodged with the World Trade Organization (WTO) one day after US President Donald (...)
US President Donald Trump's announcement on Tuesday that the US could "take over" the Gaza Strip after its population were permanently displaced to other countries has been condemned across the Middle East and beyond — and celebrated by members of (...)
Beijing announced a broad package of economic measures targeting the United States on Tuesday, hitting back after US President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports.
The fresh duties, announced by China's Ministry of Finance, levy a (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Museum Authority has announced preparations for the launch of the "Art of the Kingdom" exhibition in its second edition in Riyadh, following the success of its first international stop in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The exhibition (...)
People across China are hailing the success of homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company's newest artificial intelligence model sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
"DeepSeek overturns the US stocks (...)
Chinese AI firm DeepSeek says it is facing "large-scale malicious attacks", which are affecting its services.
Chinese state media is citing cyber security experts who say the attacks are originating from US-based IP addresses, which the BBC is (...)
RIYADH — For the first time in history, the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced on Monday the Kingdom's participation in the upcoming Asian Winter Games, marking a significant milestone in Saudi sports.
Saudi Arabia's delegation will (...)
A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government.
A Chinese court said that Zhou Jiasheng, 52, had carried out (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country's ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.
The two leaders have (...)
China has executed a man found guilty of killing at least 35 people in a car attack in November, in what is thought to be the deadliest attack in the country for a decade.
Fan Weiqiu, 62, injured dozens more when he drove his car into people (...)
The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless its China-based parent company, ByteDance Ltd., sells the platform to a U.S.-approved buyer.
The court ruled that the potential national security (...)
Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump revealed Friday that he had "very good" phone discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping on key issues, including trade, fentanyl, and TikTok. Trump, set to return to the White House on Monday, expressed (...)
Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its components from China to the United States.
Defendants (...)
A small-time Chinese actor had been missing for two days in Thailand when his girlfriend decided to ask the internet for help.
"We have no choice but to borrow the power of the internet to amplify our voices," Wang Xing's girlfriend wrote on the (...)
