Demand for blue sapphires has risen since the Royal wedding was broadcast in April of this year, according to Sri Lankan gemstone dealers. The auspicious day saw Prince William marry Kate Middleton in Westminster Abbey. Dealers...

Pakistan and India have agreed to double trade in the next three years to improve relations between the two countries. Their trade relationship was damaged in 2008, following the Mumbai attacks that killed 165 people. India...

Women in Saudi Arabia will be given the right to vote for the first time. They will also be able to run in future elections when the next term arrives. The revolutionary move was welcomed by...

The mastermind behind one of the biggest companies in the world passed away earlier this month. Steve Jobs, who created the iPhone, iPad and iPod, died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, aged just 56....

The vault at a temple inIndia’s Kerela state will remain closed until its treasure is fully documented, the Supreme Court said. The six vaults at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple contain an enormous collection of jewels, gold...

269 police and forest officials have been convicted of torturing and raping more than 100 low-caste Dalits during a 1992 raid. The court in southern India convicted the officials, who went to the village of Vachathiin...

Two Somali men have been sentenced to life inUSprison for hijacking a yacht off the coast ofAfricain February. Muhidon Salad Omar and Mahdi Jana Mohamed were sentenced in aNorfolkcourt inVirginia, leaving four dead. The pair was...

A mosque in northernIsrael was torched and sprayed with graffiti, suspected to be carried out by Jewish extremists. A protest against the attack followed in the village of Tuba-Zangariya by hundred of residents, with some clashing...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked outrage when he claimed that the World Trade Centre towers could not have crashed down by a single blast of an oncoming aircraft. The former engineer was interviewed during his speech...

Telecom regulators in India have restricted the number of text messages that can be sent from a mobile phone to stamp down on tele-marketing spam. Officials have told reporters that nobody will be able to send...