Hong Kong's New Year fireworks have been cancelled amid security concerns.
The fireworks that are held at Victoria Harbour every year will be replaced by a multimedia light show this time.
According to the Tourism board, the ongoing anti-government protests have forced them to adopt this new format.
Tourist arrivals in island city have fallen by 56% on a year-on-year basis.
Pilot, co-pilot killed after passenger jet hits fire truck at LaGuardia airport
The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada AC.TO Express regional jet were killed after it collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, in an incident that closed the airport, authorities and U.S. media said.
Kuwait launches probe into espionage, state security cases
Kuwait's Public Prosecution has launched investigations into two separate cases related to espionage and acts undermining state security.
Trump, Iran threaten to escalate conflict with attacks on energy and water facilities
US President Donald Trump and Iran threatened to escalate their war by attacking energy and desalination facilities in the Gulf, a potential widening of hostilities that could deepen a regional crisis and add to concerns in global markets.
Fuel reservoir in Russia's Primorsk port on fire after drone attack, governor says
A fuel reservoir in Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, Russia's largest western oil exporting hub, caught fire after a drone attack, revealed governor of Leningrad Oblast Alexander Drozdenko on messaging app Telegram on Monday.
Ambulances from Jewish community organisation torched, UK police say
Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organisation in north London were set ablaze, police said on Monday, adding that the incident was being treated as an antisemitic hate crime.
