Singapore more often makes the headlines for its economic performance than for its model of multiculturalism. ...

This past month has been taken over by the divorce referendum. Well, it came after some four weeks of ping pong discussions from both fronts that frankly were not very clear to my reading, as they only helped to confuse the electorate...

Brazil is seen as a country of diverse and profound faith...

It is disturbing to see that both political leaders are behaving as though the referendum never happened. They say they will not use the party Whip for a Yes vote on the divorce Bill. ...

The G-8 recently asked the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which was created to support the post-communist transitions to democracy and market economies in Central and Eastern Europe, to put its experience to use in Egypt...

The results of the 28 May referendum on divorce are not an occasion for triumphalism. But it is a moment to savour...

Turmoil across the Middle East and Northern Africa has refocused attention on the impact that political tensions or interference can have on the price and availability of energy imports...

There were many protagonists during the recent referendum campaign but the ones that shone above the rest were the unknown elements...

The image, caught on home video, is a defining one: a hunched Osama bin Laden, in pathetic, lonely domesticity...

Yes indeed, the Maltese and Gozitans have spoken very clearly...