1 year agoAt 10pm, riot police are on Nathan Road in Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, as well as on Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay outside Hysan Place. Protesters have largely left the roads.
1 year agoAt least four arrests were made near Tak Shing Street as onlookers were ordered to move or risk pepper spray. Police shone strobe lights at reporters filming the scene as a police helicopter flew overhead.
1 year agoPolice chased down protesters on Pedder Street, arresting one young male protester. A reporter standing close by was forced to show her ID. HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Albert Han
1 year agoNathan Road has been temporarily condoned off. Over 100 riot police suddenly chase down protesters after three men were assaulted outside the mosque in the area. #HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Mimi Lau
Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said he does not plan to run for a second term
1 year ago1823 - over a dozen people were led onto a coach by the police, presumably arrested. Two more shipped away on an ambulance. #antielab
1 year agoHundreds waving their mobile phone torch light continue to gather in Tsim Sha Tsui's Park Lane as the pro-democracy music event carries on. Most shops have been closed but numbers of civilians and pedestrians are building up slowly. #HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Mimi Lau
1 year agoThe Xinhua News Agency HQ has been trashed by protesters
1 year agoFour protesters are arrested at Hennessy Road after police's surprised apperance
1 year agoPolice threw at least three tear gas cans into crowds outside Southorn Playground at close proximity, two were thrown at a small group of people already retreating. #antielab
1 year agoTear gas fired towards sky on Johnston Road outside Southorn Playground. It took everyone a while to figure out where the pellets landed
1 year agoA continuous volley of tear gas fired on Hennessy Road as protesters start to throw petrol bombs. #HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Zoe Low
1 year agoTear gas vs petrol bomb, all smoky in neighborhood. Protesters now retreating
1 year agoAt around 5pm, police rush out of a side street in Wan Chai to pursue protesters, firing tear gas and pepper spray. Dozens of arrests have been made in Wan Chai this afternoon. #HongKong
1 year agoGroups of protesters have blocked off Connaught Road Central next to the People's Liberation Army barracks and are digging up bricks. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoBlack-clad protesters have thrown petrol bombs on Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, and outside a hotel on Leighton Road.
1 year agoTensions escalate again in Tsim Sha Tsui after a young woman is accused of taking photos of the scene suspiciously. Marshals attempt to calm the situation.
1 year agoPolice have detained several young people in black in the Wanchai mtr and a furious crowd is screaming at the officers
1 year agoEarlier: police fire tear gas in Causeway Bay, outside the Hysan Place shopping mall. #HongKong
1 year agoPolice have trapped dozens of protesters next to Southorn Playground and are in process of arresting them
1 year agoThe protest in Edinburgh Place at 5pm. Photo: Stand News. hongkong
Two pro-democracy candidates running in DC election, Osman Cheng and Richard Chan, have been arrested, political source says. They are among the group hosting a election meeting in Victoria Park
1 year agoConnaught Road Central outside City Hall being blocked off in both directions, as police vans become visible
1 year agoFire at barricade at the Johnston Road in Wan Chai. (5:05 PM)
Invoking HongKong's strict colonial public order laws, police have banned the Central protests — which they earlier authorised — and given participants until 5:30pm to vacate the premises
1 year agoA Best Mart 360 store is on fire in Causeway Bay. Radical protesters are running a campaign of arson and vandalism against businesses thought to be mainland-linked. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoLots of police vans, including a water cannon truck, arrived outside SOGO to clear protesters, but only to find that all have left. Earlier, some black-clad protesters had vandalised shops they saw as pro-China along Yee Wo Street
1 year agoIn Tsim Sha Tsui's Park Lane, dozens of riot police move in on a singing protest. They warn those present remove their masks or they will be arrested. #hongkongprotests
1 year agoProtesters flee as the water cannon returns back to Lockhart Road and sprays water down Lee Garden Road. #HongKongProtests Video: SCMP/Zoe Low
1 year agoOver in Kowloon, there are prayers and protest songs as hundreds gather - around half of them in masks - for an authorised rally on Nathan Road.
1 year ago@hkpoliceforce also detained at least one district council poll candidate at Victoria Park. District council candidates are permitted under the law to hold election meetings & don't need approval if the crowd is under 50 per candidate
1 year agoProtesters built barricades and lay bricks over the road in Causeway Road. Yet to confront riot police directly at this point
A blue flag is raised then rounds of tear gas fired towards a crowd in Fenwick Street, which is close to police headquarters. #hongkongprotests
A couple of black-clad protesters take a hammer to the Central MTR exit opposite Chater Garden
1 year agoPolice spray water cannons to disperse the crowd on Johnston Road, Wan Chai. It does not contain blue dye. Video: SCMP/Liliang Cheng
1 year agoMeanwhile, a number of large banners are laid down in Central's Edinburgh Place for the authorised rally beginning 5pm. Photo: Stand News.
1 year agoPolice are firing tear gas into Victoria Park to disperse an election rally held by pro-democracy District Council candidates. The rally doesn't require any police arrest. At least one candidate has been arrested, according to other journalists. #antiELAB HongKongProtests
1 year agoRiot police and tactical unit officers have emerged from Tsim Sha Tsui police station and walked north on Nathan Road, despite police having authorised a protest on Park Lane. #hongkong
1 year agoPolice water cannon and armoured vehicle arrived in causewaybay. Warning issued over the use of irritant tho the street is largely empty
1 year agoRiot police fired tear gas into Victoria Park to drive protesters away from the main road
1 year agoSome roadblocks are being set up by protesters at the entrances to Victoria Park. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 year agoTeargas has just been fired in Causeway Bay. It is very early on in the day and there is still a large group of protesters gathering in Victoria Park. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoTear gas is fired on the interjunction between Canal Road and Hennessy Road. Photo: Apple Daily screenshot.
1 year agoAnother group is gathering under the Gooseneck Bridge. Black flag at Great George St
1 year agoRiot police approaching Victoria Park, raising blue and yellow flags, while tear gas fired two blocks away on Hennessy Road
1 year agoProtestors fully occupy Hennessy Road at this point
1 year agoHundreds have packed the Victoria Park lawn to join election meetings by pro-democracy District Council hopefuls. Chanting slogans, the plan is to gather here first, before making their way to two legal rallies in Central that start at 5pm. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoPolice stand guard inside the Tin Hau MTR subway station as nearby, protesters have gathered in Victoria Park
1 year agoPolice put on gas masks. Many shoppers also here at 3:27pm
3 crew members killed as result of explosion at Russian chemical tanker "ZALIV AMERIKA"(IMO: 8714592) near Nakhodka, Primorskiy Krai. No cargo at the moment of explosion
1 year agoA vehicle owner has also been arrested in Causeway Bay, reportedly after playing Glory to Hong Kong and shouting "black police". Photo: Telegram.
1 year agoA planned unapproved march assembles outside Sogo Causeway Bay
1 year agoCrowds flooding into Victoria Park to join election meetings by pro-democracy district council hopefuls, while riot police outside Great George St remain on standby and warn ppl they're at an illegal assembly. #HongKongProtests
1 year agoAbout 20min ago, police blocked Great George St & raised the blue flag, but tens of thousands are streaming down the road into Victoria Park where already tens of thousands are gathered. Police still heavy presence but for backing off
1 year agoRiot police pronounced the mask ban and the police commissioner's objection on the rally in Victoria Park while people kept flowing into the park, many with mask on
1 year agoCrowds have nevertheless gathered around Victoria Park at 3pm. Photo: @SiuSinGallery / HKFP.
1 year agoRiot police raise the blue flag in Causeway Bay warning o an unauthorised rally. One man is arrested for unknown reasons. Photo: @SiuSinGallery / HKFP.
KCNA: "Xi Jinping in the message expressed sincere thanks to Kim Jong Un for sending a congratulatory message full of warm feelings on the occasion of the 70th founding anniversary of the PRCI wish Comrade Chairman good health and hope everything would go well."
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 186km E of Amahai, Indonesia
Chinese 'naval warship' harasses Filipino-crewed ship near Scarborough Shoal - The Chinese vessel makes the commercial ship change course to avoid the shoal & then tails it to make sure it stays away from the Chinese-controlled area in the SCS
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Western Xizang
U.S. Navy Officer, His Wife, and Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Smuggle Military Style Inflatable Boats and Evinrude Military Outboard Motors to China
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 11km SSW of Makilala, Philippines
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 202km E of Amahai, Indonesia
At least one civilian identified as Chaudhry Siddiq injured in Indian shelling on his village near Line of Control, Khoiratta Sector
4 wounded in IED blast on Tarinkot road in Shah Wali Kot district Kandahar
Explosion rocked Khogyani bazaar. 4 wounded
Govt high school (Examination Centre) partially damaged in fire after unidentified persons hurled petrol bomb on the School at Kumdalam area of Shopian in South Kashmir. Forces rushed to the area.
1 year agoPromo video for tomorrow's rally being shared via AirDrop on the MTR
#AzadiMarch: Protesters prepared to stay for more than 10 days in Islamabad
1 year agoRussian PM Medvedev is holding talks in Tashkent with PM of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov.
Vietnam arrests two people in connection with 39 bodies found in truck in Britain
1 year agoBurnt body of woman found near dustbin in Maharashtra: Police
Drunk police officer charged for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl in Bihar
US Treasury Secretary StevenMnuchin will hold talks with Indian leaders in New Delhi on Friday, an official said, as part of a tour to build support against Iran over its nuclear programme and its ties to militant networks.
1 year agoThe Edinburgh Place and Chater Garden rallies are respectively being held to support the US's HongKong Human Rights and Democracy Act, and to fold paper cranes, per their organisers. Photo: Stand News. #hongkongprotests
Police have just announced 249 arrests since Monday 10/28, the highest number so far for a non-weekend/holiday period. That would bring the total number of protest arrests since 6/9 to 3,195
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 1km W of Cidadap, Indonesia
PTI alert: EPCA declares public health emergency in Delhi-NCR, bans construction till Nov 5 and bursting of crackers through winter in region
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 11km W of Magsaysay, Philippines
China says will 'improve' way Hong Kong leader is selected to 'safeguard national security'
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 191km NNW of Tobelo, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 5.4 - 196km NW of Tobelo, Indonesia
