Hong Kong education authorities have ordered a school to probe an alleged incident involving a teacher who reportedly invited a student to a hotel for sex, after a social media post went viral. St.…

Management from chipmaker Nexperia’s Chinese unit told employees they can ignore instructions from overseas, according to a company statement, escalating a recent row over control of the Dutc…

Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reported

The Hong Kong government will begin a disciplinary investigation into a multimillion-dollar bottled water procurement scandal involving a dozen civil servants, including senior officials from the l…

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has risen to 3.9 per cent between July and September, with the construction and the food and beverage (F&B) sectors hit hardest. Construction workers in Hong Kong.…

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.…

Workers aim to clear wreckage from a cargo plane that veered off the runway and fell into the sea on Monday, killing two people, within a week, the Hong Kong Airport Authority (AA) has said. A Boei…

A Chinese woman has been arrested and charged over the theft of gold from the Natural History Museum in Paris, in one of several recent high-profile break-ins targeting French cultural institutions…

China has issued a “stern protest” to Australia after a mid-air incident over the weekend involving military planes from the two countries, a spokesman for Beijing’s defence minis…

By Peter Catterall The top brass of China’s ruling Communist Party is gathering in Beijing this week to devise a strategy that will steer the country through 2030 and shape its trade relation…

A United States agency is dispatching a team of five aviation safety investigators to assist Hong Kong authorities with the probe into a cargo plane crash that killed two airport workers on Monday.…

Funerals are held for 36 people who died after scaffolding collapsed at an Orthodox Christian church.

Hong Kong has imported over 37,000 non-local workers since the scheme allowing the recruitment came into effect two years ago, according to the latest official figures. Restaurant workers in Hong K…

Cuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United States, the Mexican government said Wednesday. Suspected Chinese fentanyl …

Hong Kong has recorded its first fatal case of chikungunya fever after a 77-year-old man with a chronic illness died on Wednesday, according to health authorities. The Food and Environmental Hygien…

China said Thursday it will hold a next round of trade talks with the United States in Malaysia, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid further escalating a damaging tit-for-tat t…

A total of 39 drivers have been convicted in Hong Kong for carrying passengers illegally for reward since the start of the year. Vehicles in Hong Kong. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Secretary for Tran…

The United States, Britain and South Korea have joined a crackdown on groups running frauds from Southeast Asia. They have their work cut out.

The bus caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle on a highway in Andhra Pradesh state.

A 70-year-old man has been fined HK$1,000 after he attempted to apply for an additional Hong Kong Identity Card (HKID). The Hong Kong identity card. Photo: HKFP. Yan Ai-zhong was charged in March 2…