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Adviser Aziz, who was flanked by Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad, said Pakistan has always supported a dialogue with India for a peaceful resolution of all outstanding issues. “External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has rightly replied to...

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly here, Swaraj, who was speaking a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had raised the settlement of the Kashmir issue again at the UNGA, said that the masterminds of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack are still walking free in...

“That would at least deal with the issue one way or another before the next election”, he said. Now, with antigay Prime Minister Tony Abbott leading the charge, conservatives are pushing a voter referendum.

Pyne said a parliamentary “free vote”, which was denied by Abbott earlier this week, was his preference.

Although Opposition Leader Bill Shorten might prefer to have support for same-sex marriage as a point of policy difference with Mr Abbott, that would deny a say to Coalition backers who want legalised gay marriage, unless they accepted all Labor’s policy offerings.

Whatever Cabinet decides, the Government will have to get it through Parliament.

“So no constitutional referendum is necessary in this case”, he said.

Mr Brandis said he’s not sure whether that will happen at Monday’s cabinet meeting, its first since the coalition joint party room opted for a plebiscite or referendum over a conscience vote on same sex marriage.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was directly supervising the historic peace accord signed between the Centre and Nagaland insurgent group Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM). I have travelled to Nagaland on many occasions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who today announced a historic peace accord with militant group Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), said the Naga problem is a legacy of the British rule. According to the South Asia Terrorism Portal, more than 170 people have died this...

Meanwhile, the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPHMR) on Monday said it was caught by surprise by the announcement of the peace accord between the government and the NSCN-IM.