Dinner held to celebrate 70th birthday of suspected Sun Yee On triad member, force insider says.

The annual Han Kuang exercise will test the island’s asymmetric warfare strategy in the event of an attack from mainland China.

The deal would mark the first time in 70 years that Tokyo has signed a major defence project with a country other than the United States, a decision that analysts suggest indicates Japan’s desire to build stronger political and security alliances w...

Officers stopped Form Three student for identity check in Tsuen Wan and found eight grams of suspected cocaine in his possession.

Emergence of a sixth wave depends on whether a new variant enters the community, says veteran HKU microbiologist.

Retired career diplomat Trevor Sofield, who was high commissioner to the Solomon Islands from 1982 to 1985, told a security summit Australia had ‘lost its way’ in the Pacific as China scaled up its influence in the region.

Photos of the April 25 parade showed huge crowds at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square unmasked and not socially distanced. Three weeks later, North Korea has more than 1 million cases and at least 50 people have died.

Since failing to take Ukraine’s capital Kyiv at the beginning of the invasion in late February, control of Donbas has become one of Moscow’s primary objectives.

A Russian soldier in Ukraine told his mother over the phone that his superior shot himself just to go home, according to audio released by Ukrainian officials.

The meeting marked the first publicly acknowledged occasion when a ministerial-level official from an Asean member state has had face-to-face talks with a counterpart in Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government.

Turkey has surprised its allies in recent days by saying it had reservations about Finnish and Swedish membership to Nato, potentially threatening the defence alliance’s show of unity in its dealings with Russia.

The end is in sight for one of the largest mass population lockdowns ever undertaken in China, after stop works and standstill orders upended daily lives and strained global supply chains close to breaking point.

Experts say the trend of mostly young white men being inspired by previous US racist gun massacres is on the rise, citing recent mass shootings.

Japan’s government was already supporting relocation of domestic companies’ production bases back to the country. Then the yen took a major tumble.

Promotion of a Mao-like personality cult by over-eager officials ahead of Xi’s third term may not always work to their advantage.

China’s industrial production fell by 2.9 per cent from a year earlier in April, while retail sales fell by 11.1 per cent last month, data released on Monday showed.

State media did not specify how many of the cases were confirmed as Covid-19. Eight new deaths on Monday brought the toll from North Korea’s outbreak to 50. Most of the country’s 26 million people are thought to be unvaccinated.

Dozens of MTR staff are positioned around Admiralty station to point passengers in the right direction.

Many countries are offering fourth doses of the vaccines, but most are for at-risk groups like the elderly.

Two wings of 60-year-old hospital in Wong Tai Sin to be demolished, making way for 12-storey block.

Persistent lockdowns and hardening political rhetoric suggest China’s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19 will stay in place. Collapsing demand, falling middle-class income, supply chain disruptions and a weakening yuan will have consequences that ...

Victor Dawes says he won’t duck or hide from important issues, but pledges to steer clear of politics

A protester threw eggs from behind a temporary fence surrounding the memorial. Police said no arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

The US President will seek to deepen security cooperation with both allies and encourage them to press further sanctions on Russia amid the Ukraine war.

After two years of Covid-19, the return to ‘normal’ is underwhelming: new cases are still emerging, borders remain closed, and businesses continue to struggle. While John Lee may be focused on uniting our city, there is much work to be done to re...

One person was killed and five others were wounded after a gunman opened fire on a Taiwanese church congregation in Southern California.

Frontman Oleg Psyuk said: ‘People are getting killed in the war or they fight in the war or lose their jobs in Ukraine, it is not really the best backdrop for celebrations’

The Lhasa, seen as the world’s No 2 most powerful destroyer, led a series of drills with other warships and combat aircraft over three days.

A British military expert said the brightly burning munitions looked like either an attack with phosphorus or incendiary weapons.

The British Prime Minister is heading to Northern Ireland on Monday to try to end a political deadlock that is preventing the formation of a regional administration.

Allusions to China peppered throughout a joint statement seen by the Post, including the group’s efforts to help ‘eradicate forced labour’.

The opposition Christian Democrats (CDU) won the most votes in Sunday’s election in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud wins the presidency for a second time in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which is confronting an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine.

Speaking in Washington at a service for fallen police officers, the US president said: ‘We must all … address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America.’

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was named the UAE’s third president by a federal supreme council on Saturday.

Turnout in the election was low, with about 32 per cent of registered voters casting their ballots with two hours of voting to go before polls closed. Results are expected on Monday.

If found guilty, Jim Fitton and Volker Waldmann could face the death penalty under Iraqi law. Both men said they had no idea they might have broken local laws.

Although the groups are inactive, several once posed significant threats, killing hundreds if not thousands of people across Asia, Europe and the Middle East; debate continues about Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Government’s recently gazetted bill proposes raising minimum area of floor space per resident and required number of staff in care homes for elderly and disabled.

Condemning Beijing is a bipartisan activity in Washington, but legislation to make US more competitive against China requires a rare round of negotiations.

Hackers tried to break into the systems on the opening night on Tuesday and during the final that ran from Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday; attacks were traced back to Russian hacker group Killnet.

But jobless rate expected to top out and gradually improve as long as pandemic continues to stabilise, financial secretary Paul Chan says.

Public health message says most Omicron patients will have mild symptoms.

Russia’s forces continued to suffer ‘consistently high levels of attrition’ while failing to achieve any substantial territory; Moscow’s campaign has slowed to a snail’s pace, officials said.

The monumental decision was prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; the attack shifted popular opinion overnight, kicking off a process to join the alliance; Sweden is also expected to follow suit.

China has doubled down on its dynamic zero-Covid strategy to contain coronavirus outbreaks, disrupting businesses in a string of Chinese cities.

Lee, a Catholic, says people who break law need to be held accountable regardless of their background or beliefs.

High cost of quarantine hotel and limited places mean residents cannot see family members over border, with average of 22 months separating visits, Society for Community Organisation finds.

Greater government funding for new tech and taxing use of foreign know-how among suggestions from Tsinghua economists.

Sunday marked Vesak, the most important religious event on Sri Lanka’s calendar, which celebrates Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death.