The United Nations confirmed on Tuesday that it had received official notification from Washington of its withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement. "The United States notified the Secretary- ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for bolstering nuclear forces this year during a visit to the country's nuclear material production base and nuclear weapons institute, state media KCNA said on ...

A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily paused part of the Trump administration's sweeping directive to pause federal loans, grants and other financial assistance, granting a win to advocacy groups who sa ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that allies need to focus on strengthening defences in the Arctic, a source familiar with t ...

An Israeli airstrike on Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, injured 14 people on Tuesday, the Lebanese health ministry said. Security sources reported a second strike in a nearby area. They sa ...

醫務衛生局對有本地媒體報道指政府考慮禁止水煙, 並指措施會影響中東旅客來港意欲, 局方重申, 政府提出立法是禁止在包括水煙在內的傳統吸煙產品中加入味道, 而並非禁止水煙; 又指控煙是重大公共衛生課題, 個別媒體和人士就此發表不實言論, 誤導市民和旅客, 醫衛局表示遺憾. 局方表示, 政府留意到加入味道的水煙近年漸見普遍, 為防止水煙成為煙草商另一個引誘市民特別是女性和年輕人染上煙癮的手段, 政府提 ...