Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam reportedly told Beijing that giving in to protester's five demands may ease tensions. China outright refused.

Hong Kong's pro-Beijing leader said Monday she had no plans to scrap a controversial plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a day after huge crowds came out to oppose the proposal. "This ...

Oct. 23 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1707, the British Parliament met for the first time after the Treaty of Union dissolved both the Parliaments of England and Scotland and created a new ...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of an extradition bill that sparked months of protests. The bill allowing Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China for trials ...

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the withdrawal of an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the protesters’ demands in the hope of ending the ...

HONG KONG -- A highly controversial legislative measure in Hong Kong to allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China has pushed the former British colony to its biggest political crisis ...