Extradition bill revives grievances over dwindling freedoms as activists defy police orders and march to liaison office
Action prompted by country’s worst peacetime mass shooting in Christchurch
Unnamed importers 'acting according to needs of domestic market'
The traffickers are involved in sending people to Malaysia and the Middle East, a spokesperson for the police says
Local media showed amateur videos of black smoke billowing from the Henan Coal Gas Group factory, and debris littering roads
Japanese police have detained a 41-year-old man, with reports suggesting he had accused Kyoto Animation of plagiarism
Rising sea temperatures linked to climate change have killed off large areas of coral, but the Australian government ignores emissions targets
Beijing says Yang Hengjun is being investigated on suspicion of endangering state security
Escorts for merchant vessels will remain deployed indefinitely, say insiders
Mike Pompeo announces global body while harshly criticising Iran and China for human rights abuses
Several million people are living in camps and makeshift settlements as the Jamuna river breaks its banks, inundating at least 40 villages
The arrest comes days before a visit to Washington by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan
Hong Kong's veteran residents show solidarity with younger demonstrators leading anti-government protesters
Areas in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan under water as death toll climbs
Governing BJP party is accused of anti-Muslim bias as it targets immigrants in a series of states
French consul general for Jerusalem says the families have a right to live in the area
Fighting cross-border fraud will require the governments work together despite tensions over Beijing’s desire for closer political links
In Assam state, heavy monsoon rains have submerged 30 school buildings and 12 child-care centres, and hit thousands of hectares of crops
Disgraced Najib Razak spent $803,000 on jewellery — ‘a gift to a senior member of the royalty of a government’ — in 2014
GS Investments CEO Glenn Silverman talks to Business Day TV about the fate of the world’s second-largest economy
