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The men, many wielding sticks and dressed in white clothes, attacked the anti-government protesters inside a Hong Kong station on Sunday night, in a major escalation of the crisis now engulfing the ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong government has since suspended trying to pursue the extradition ... But pro-democracy legislator Claudia Mo told Reuters news agency: "I think many people will just march on towards ... ( read original story ...)

The paper said a counter-rally Saturday intended to show support for the police reflected "mainstream public opinion" in Hong Kong. Wang reported from Beijing. Associated Press news assistants ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in chaotic scenes late on Sunday as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Hong Kong discovered a stash of a powerful homemade explosive as the semi-autonomous Chinese city readied for another major pro-democracy protest on Sunday following a pro-Beijing rally ... ( read original story ...)

The BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell has been interrupted on air by pro-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong. There have been mass demonstrations in the city in recent weeks against a proposed ... ( read original story ...)

In a separate news conference, police said the discovery of explosives is the reason that they have barred the Sunday protest from finishing in Central, the heart of Hong Kong's business district, as ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG -- Police in Hong Kong discovered a stash of a powerful homemade explosive as the semi-autonomous Chinese city readied for another major pro-democracy protest on Sunday. Police said they ... ( read original story ...)

ABC News was not able to independently confirm that In recent months, millions of residents in Hong Kong have protested against what they perceive as creeping Chinese influence in Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An unknown assailant stabbed Hong Kong actor Simon Yam on Saturday during a promotional event in mainland China but Yam’s injuries were not life-threatening, Chinese state ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Thousands gathered in Hong Kong on Sunday for a pro-government rally to call for an end to violence, after a wave of protests against an extradition bill triggered clashes ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said she would follow "humanitarian principles" in dealing with asylum seekers from Hong Kong, which has been roiled by pro-democracy protests. Tsai ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Dozens of Hong Kong protesters involved in the ransacking of the city’s Legislative Council this month have arrived in Taiwan to seek asylum, the Apple Daily newspaper reported. About ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s youth are no rookies when it comes to protests. The city’s young activists have fine-tuned their strategies since Occupy Central in 2014, a months-long pro-democracy demonstration that ... ( read original story ...)