Ex-law student convicted after court reverses acquittal of 2019 riot charge
Published: 6:50pm, 9 Jun 2026Updated: 7:07pm, 9 Jun 2026 A Hong Kong court has reversed a former law student’s acquittal in a riot trial...
Tempers flare as 20 Hong Kong villagers lose homes to Northern Metropolis
Published: 6:42pm, 9 Jun 2026Updated: 11:07pm, 9 Jun 2026 Hundreds of security guards and police officers were deployed on Tuesday to evict about 20...
UN report exposes brutal reality for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank
Palestinian civilians are caught between “mass atrocities” of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas’ brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said on Tuesday. Civilians across war-ravaged...
Taiwanese lawmakers spar over 12-fold budget rise for US joint defence programme
A Taiwan-US defence planning programme has sparked debate in Taiwan’s legislature over whether its strategic value justifies its higher cost after the government proposed...
Hong Kong college sues finance head, director and firm over alleged HK$25m fraud
Hong Kong Chu Hai College has sued its finance head, along with a company and its director, for allegedly embezzling over HK$25 million (US$3.19...
Is Trump calling the shots on Israel, or just pretending to?
Scepticism is rife about US President Donald Trump’s claims to have reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu over recent military escalations with Lebanese...
China woman finds late brother’s ‘favourite sisters’ online photo album, feels his love again
A Chinese woman who went to great lengths to access her late brother’s blog has discovered his deep love for her 14 years after...
Is that a Chinese antenna at Scarborough Shoal? The Philippines thinks so
The Philippines has accused China of building an artificial structure at the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. Citing aerial monitoring,...
Pentagon blacklists China tech giants as US competition expands
The Pentagon added tech giants Alibaba and Baidu and carmaker BYD to a blacklist of Chinese companies with military ties amid widening competition between...