The Dalai Lama’s visit to an Indian state that China claims as its own has seen the countries’ relationship take a turn for the worse, writes Shashi Tharoor.

Ireland’s ambassador to India is attempting to ease concerns in the country over the death of a woman who was refused an abortion as she miscarried.

The parents of an Indian woman who suffered a miscarriage and died after being refused an abortion in an Irish hospital hit out at Ireland’s abortion laws today.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy is reportedly planning to marry his girlfriend, Iralian model Bruni.