Hong Kong: The former leader of the Hong Kong pro-independence group, Tony Chung, who was jailed under the territory’s national security law, has fled to the United Kingdom and has sought asylum, saying that his life there was "filled with fear," Al Jazeera reported.Chung was 20 when he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in 2021 after pleading guilty to "secession."He said in a

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A girl’s school in the district Bannu’s Meryan Tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was set on fire by unidentified miscreants on Friday night amid an increase in militancy in the tribal region, Geo News reported on Saturday.It reported that the miscreants targeted the Government Girls Higher Secondary School in Kotka Mumbati Barakzai, which suffered significant damage. The school’s

Islamabad: Pakistan has received India’s request for extradition of 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said on Friday. But she said that no bilateral extradition treaty exists between India and Pakistan.In a statement, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, "Pakistan has received a request from the Indian authorities, seeking

South Korea’s defence minister has expressed concerns that North Korea’s light-water reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex is likely to be fully operational by next summer. There are suspicions that North Korea may use the reactor to produce fissile materials for nuclear weapons.A light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer, South

Amid global competition and mounting geopolitical challenges in 2023, India’s defence modernisation took centre stage in the strategic playbook of defence planners shaping a transformative narrative. India launched several initiatives to shape itself as a net security provider and build a formidable and future-proof force that is also self-reliant. In that sense, 2023 emerged as a defining year,