Mass anti-government protests in several Arab countries are turning into competitions to determine who has the longer breath, the protesters or the government. In Algeria, Lebanon and Iraq, countries in which the leader was either forced to resign or has agreed to step down, authorities appear to be dragging their feet on handovers of power or agreed transitional power-sharing arrangements in the hope that protesters, determined to hold on to their street power until a political transition process is firmly in place, either lose their momentum or are racked by internal differences.

Middle East protests: A tug of war over who has the longer breath

China appoints new police chief in Hong Kong. Watch this video to find out more on this.

China appoints new police chief in Hong Kong

Protesters at the besieged Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have refused the city leader Carrie Lam's demands to surrender in order to allow a peaceful resolution.

Hong Kong: Protesters defy Lam's surrender warning as authorities struggle to free university campus

As violence continues to eclipse Hong Kong, China's military today defended the deployment of soldiers into the city. They referred to the violence as the ''most pressing task''.

China defends deploying soldiers in Hong Kong, calls it 'most pressing task'

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to force back anti-government protesters trying to escape a university where hundreds are holed up with petrol bombs and other homemade weapons amid fears of a bloody crackdown.

Hong Kong police fire rubber bullets at university protesters

What role do Chinese troops play in Hong Kong unrest?

A government ban on demonstrators wearing face masks, aimed at helping to quell months of pro-democracy unrest in Hong Kong, is unconstitutional, the territory's high court ruled Monday.

Ban on wearing face masks restricts fundamental rights, rules Hong Kong high court

Several Asian airlines have cut flights to Hong Kong over the coming weeks, according to industry scheduling publication Routes Online, as anti-government protests in the city grow increasingly violent and disrupt daily life.

Asian airlines slash flights to Hong Kong as unrest escalates

Hong Kong continues to be on the boil, Universities turned into the fortress. Students barricade the entrance points of the universities to the police. Watch this video to find out more in the details.

Hong Kong continues to be on the boil, Universities turned into the fortress

Pro-democracy demonstrators holed up in a Hong Kong university campus set the main entrance ablaze Monday to prevent surrounding police moving in after officers warned they may use live rounds if confronted by deadly weapons.

Protesters set fire to hold off police at university campus in Hong Kong

Grace Lee speaks about the current situation in Hong Kong.

WION Dispatch: Grace Lee on Hong Kong Crisis

China's ambassador to Britain on Monday warned against any "external interference" in Hong Kong, where months of protests have erupted into increasingly violent confrontations.

China envoy warns US, UK against 'external interference' in Hong Kong

By Carol Anne Goodwin Jones The situation in Hong Kong has become decidedly more serious and more intense in the past week. The sporadic violence associated with small groups of protesters and police has escalated into full-scale battles.

Hong Kong: Police legitimacy draining away amid spiral of rage and retaliation

Chinese army troops were deployed in Hong Kong for the first time since protests began.

China army in Hong Kong for first time since protests began

A police officer was struck by an arrow fired by a Hong Kong protester on Sunday and an armoured vehicle set ablaze, as fierce clashes raged into the night around a campus which has turned into a base for a pro-democracy movement whose protests have plunged the city into turmoil.

Hong Kong protest: Armoured vehicle set ablaze as fierce clashes continue

A clean-up began across Hong Kong Saturday with pro-government groups removing bricks and debris from roads after a week of widespread disruption and violence as pro-democracy protesters changed tactics to sink the city deeper into chaos.

Clean-up begins in Hong Kong after week of chaos and destruction

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters partially unblocked a key highway on Friday and then blocked it again during the evening rush hour, exposing splits in a movement that has been largely leaderless in months of often violent unrest.

Highway blockade reveals splits in Hong Kong protest movement

China's British embassy expressed dismay over the attack on a Hong Kong government official in London on Friday. Hong Kong's Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng suffered ''serious bodily harm'' after an altercation with the protesters in London, who displayed solidarity with the activists back home.

China condemns attack on Hong Kong official in London, asks local police to continue investigation

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters paralysed parts of the city for a fourth consecutive day on Thursday, blocking highways and forcing schools to close as students built campus barricades at Hong Kong's Polytechnic University, while the government dismissed rumours of a curfew.

Pro-democracy protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong, week of violence on Hong Kong campuses

The Hong Kong government condemned on Friday an attack by a "violent mob" on the city's justice secretary in London, the first direct altercation between demonstrators and a government minister during months of often violent protests.

Hong Kong condemns London 'attack' on justice secretary as protests continue

In Hong Kong Protests, 228 days of protests and still counting, Anti-Government turns violent. Watch this video to know more.

Hong Kong Protests: 228 days of protests and still counting, Anti-Government turns violent

Police in London on Friday said they were investigating an assault after a Hong Kong minister fell to the ground as she was jostled by demonstrators. Justice secretary Teresa Cheng had been due to give a lecture at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in Bloomsbury Square, central London, on Thursday evening.

London police launch assault probe after Hong Kong minister injured

The president of Hong Kong's Chinese University, which anti-government protesters have turned into a fortress stockpiled with petrol bombs and bows and arrows, threatened on Friday to call in "assistance" unless all non-students leave.

'All outsiders must leave': University tells non-students to go as Hong Kong campus showdowns loom

Hong Kong confirmed on Friday its economy plunged into its first recession in a decade in the third quarter, weighed down by increasingly violent anti-government protests and the escalating US-China trade war.

Hong Kong third-quarter GDP shrinks 3.2%, confirms depth of recession

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