PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has expressed its concern that the security partnership involving Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, known as Aukus, could potentially spark a nuclear arms race in the Indo-Pacific region. The Prime Minister’s Office, in a statement yesterday, said this stance was conveyed by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who had taken note of the matter.At the same time, it was feared that the move would provoke other powers to also act aggressively in

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An inquest into the death of a Royal Marine who drowned during a “ maritime training exercise ” is to be held mostly in secret due to national security concerns.“ Outstanding Royal Marine ” Benjamin McQueen, 26, was brought to the surface after being separated from other divers during a drill – the details of which have not been disclosed – off Portland Harbour in Dorset on Nov 14 2018.On Monday, the judge-led inquest sitting without a jury at the Royal Courts of Justice in London was told that

The European Union has raised concerns that Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law may weaken the city’s freedoms, with business leaders calling for greater clarity. City leader John Lee on Tuesday unveiled a legislative proposal that would introduce new categories of security crimes — on top of an existing national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020. Lee said the new law was needed to avoid a repeat of the “ painful experience ” of Hong Kong’s huge and sometimes violent pro-democ

AS a negotiated settlement eludes Afghanistan, and the grim prospect of large-scale violence begins to haunt that country in the aftermath of the US withdrawal, neighbouring states, specifically Pakistan, have genuine security concerns.... This is especially so if the government in Kabul — which at the best of times has maintained only tenuous control over the country — is unable to resist an Afghan Taliban onslaught on the capital.... Moreover, the fact that hardened militants are hiding in A

Spox says Jiang Zaidong’s recent remarks ‘perplexing in view of positive diplomatic traditions’？... “ Without a safe and secure environment, nothing can be achieved, ” the Chinese envoy stressed. Security concerns are also expected to be a central focus of President Asif Ali Zardari’s upcoming visit to China next week.... Earlier this year, four other countries — Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates — became the first additions in BRICS’ initial expansion phase. Published in Daw

Join our Whatsapp channel QUETTA: Nawab Mohammad Ayaz Khan Jogezai, central secretary of the Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party( PkMAP) and chairman of the Olasi Jirga, has expressed serious concern over deteriorating security and governance issues in the provincial capital. Speaking at a protest rally outside the provincial assembly building against the abduction of an 11-year-old student, the PkMAP leader criticised the state’s priorities, accusing it of neglecting citizens’ safety in favor of its

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PETALING JAYA: The national security policy will have better strategies to face the latest form of security threat-the emergence of Covid-19 worldwide, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.“ The spread of the Covid-19 pandemic on a global scale beginning in March 2020 brought a different kind of threat to the nation and the National Security Council( NSC).“ As such, the new national security policy 2021-2025 had taken into account the Covid-19 threat and strategies to overcome it, ” Muhy

Join our Whatsapp channel AN old law is being resurrected.... It is a question that the government must answer.On Friday, the law minister quietly introduced a bill in the National Assembly to give military and civil armed forces the power to ‘pre-emptively’ detain any individual facing terrorism charges for a period of up to three months.... It aims to resurrect several amendments to Clause 11EEEE of the ATA which had lapsed in 2016. Specifically, the bill seeks power for the authorities to d