Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai jailed over five years on fraud chargeHong Kong's most prominent China critic, Lai has been behind bars since December 2020 and has served 20 months for unauthorised assemblies....
10 Dec, 2022, 12.19 PM IST
China draws up list of 100 instances of US "interference" in Hong KongUnited States' politicians and officials have denounced China over its tightening control of the former British colony of Hong Kong, especi...
24 Sep, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Security chief named Hong Kong No 2 official amid clampdownChina has said that Secretary for Security John Lee would replace Matthew Cheung as Hong Kong's chief secretary. The changes come a year af...
25 Jun, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Apple Daily editor, CEO denied bail in Hong KongEditor-in-chief Ryan Law and CEO Cheung Kim-hung were among five Apple Daily executives arrested on Thursday when 500 police also raided th...
20 Jun, 2021, 08.19 AM IST
Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrestedHong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charg...
18 Jun, 2021, 07.47 AM IST
Hong Kong changes electoral law, reduces direct public voteThe new law empowers the city's national security department to check the backgrounds of potential candidates for public office and a sets ...
27 May, 2021, 02.36 PM IST
Rockets fired at two Myanmar air bases, no casualties: MilitaryWhile the armed forces have been battling insurgents in remote frontier regions for decades, attacks on such high-profile military faciliti...
29 Apr, 2021, 03.22 PM IST
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security lawLai, who founded the Apple Daily tabloid, was charged on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and endangering national security, loca...
11 Dec, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested under security law, bearing out 'worst fears'Lai, 71, has been one of the most prominent democracy activists in the Chinese-ruled city and an ardent critic of Beijing, which imposed th...
10 Aug, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
China says Hong Kong democracy activists trying to launch 'revolution'More than 600,000 Hong Kongers turned out over the weekend to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections despite warnings from go...
14 Jul, 2020, 01.21 PM IST
India took 180-degree turn in Myanmar policy: Shashi TharoorHe said that successive governments too followed the same policy as it did not want to miss out on the economic benefits after the discover...
28 Mar, 2016, 10.06 PM IST
China accuses American hand behind Hong Kong protestsAccusing US of "manipulating" pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, China claims an American official linked to separatist movements, met wi...
11 Oct, 2014, 02.17 PM IST
China backs Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung amid raging protestsThe People's Daily in its front front-page editorial praised Leung's handling of the situation so far in the former British colony.
02 Oct, 2014, 08.53 PM IST
- Yousuf Raza Gilani given last lifeline by SC to end stand-off: Pak media
Pakistani media warned beleaguered Gilani-led govt that it has been granted a "last lifeline" by SC to end its confrontation with judiciary.
17 Jan, 2012, 01.47 PM IST
- Saudi Arabia threatens to prop up Mubarak: Report
Amid growing pressure on the embattled Egyptian president to quit office, Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up Hosni Mubarak.
10 Feb, 2011, 06.41 PM IST
- Suu Kyi criticises India's ties with Myanmar junta
Suu Kyi, who lived in India in the 1980s, was released in Yangon on November 13 after spending more than seven consecutive years in detenti...
24 Nov, 2010, 02.09 PM IST
- Myanmar and India sign hydro deal: report
Myanmar has signed an agreement with neighbouring India to build two hydro electricity projects in the northwest of the country, state medi...
19 Sep, 2008, 02.55 PM IST