In a prime—time, televised forum, Mr. Obama dismissed what he called a “conspiracy” alleging that the federal government and Mr. Obama in particular wants to seize all firearms as a precursor to imposing martial law. He blamed that notion on the Nation ....

France has been under a state of emergency since a series of attacks claimed by the Islamic State group killed 130 people in Paris on November 13, 2015, and tensions increased this week as the anniversary of the January attacks approached. Soldiers were posted in fro ....

“Issues pertaining to national and regional security were discussed during the meeting,” the Prime Minister’s Office here said in a brief statement. The meeting was attended by Ishaq Dar, Minister for Finance; Nisar Ali Khan, Minister for Interior; ....

Mr. Kerry told reporters on Thursday that he spoke by phone with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He said that China’s approach to North Korea had failed. Mr. Kerry rejected a reporter’s suggestion that the Obama administration had neglected the North Ko ....

The broadcasts will draw a furious response from North Korea, which considers them an act of psychological warfare. Pyongyang is extremely sensitive to any outside criticism of the authoritarian leadership of Mr. Kim, the third member of his family to rule. When South K ....

The Andhra Pradesh government which has zeroed- in on “Swiss Challenge” mode for selecting a master developer for the capital and other infrastructure projects as well, finds itself in a fix with the Central government’s expert committee clearly not favour ....

The Supreme Court had in May 2014 upheld a 2011 notification by the Ministry of Environment and Forests to include bulls in the category of animals that shall not be used as performing animals, meaning that bulls could not be exhibited or trained as performing animals f ....

Meanwhile, the National Investigation Agency has recorded the statements of Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh, whose role is under the scanner, and his friend Rajesh Verma, officials said adding investigations were under progress. The 20-member NIA team is bei ....

India has shared the telephone numbers and the identity of the handlers with Pakistan and has asked it to act on these individuals, a senior government official said. Those identified by the Indian agencies are JeM founder Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf ....

In order to avoid duplication of work and to improve efficiency, the government on Thursday merged the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External Affairs. Announcing the merger, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted on Thursday, &l ....