
China has said the lack of tough security laws in Hong Kong is a key reason for months of increasingly violent pro-democracy demonstrations and that the enactment of such legislation is an “urgent task”. The call — likely to further inflame protesters angry with a police response seen as heavy-handed ...

North Korea has hit back at a US State Department report released last week, saying the report’s description of Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism is an example of a “hostile policy” that may prevent denuclearization talks from progressing. The report “proves once again” that US rejection of North Korea ...