Middle East

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died in hospital today. He was undergoing treatment for Pneumonia. The Royal Palace has named Saudi Crown Prince Salman as the new King with immediate effect. . “His Highness […]

Today the Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has resigned after Shiite rebels had confined the leader to his home for the last two days.  The Houthis fighters remain stationed outside of his home and nearby […]

David Cameron said this week that “we have made clear to those who think they can muzzle freedom of speech and expression with violence that our voices will only grow louder.” Yet here he is […]

Have western governments lost sight of the values they supposedly hold dear? This article from Medium.com looks at the response post Charlie Hebdo. Democracy, in the West or anywhere else, is based on the willingness to […]

A human rights group has said that Israel tortures children illegally. They have called for Israel’s definition of torture to be changed after they found out that children were being kept in outdoor holding pens, or […]

In 2013 GlobalPublicSquare interviewed Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and about his views on the U.S. and Israel. In the interview Zarif revealed Israel’s persistent lie about Iran’s plan to build a […]

Israel intelligence officer says Iran and Hezbollah plan an imminent invasion of Northern Israel According to security sources in Israel, the senior Iranian and Hezbollah figures killed during an airstrike in Syria this weekend were […]

An article published in 2007 in the New York Times reveals that the hate figure, leader of ISIS, Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi, does not exist. The fake leaders audio-tape declarations were made by an elderly actor named […]

Yemen’s Information Minister has declared an “attempted coup” by Shia Houthi rebels and says Government have lost control over the country.  The Shia Houthi rebels (backed by Hizbollah) have surrounded the Presidential Palace in Yemen. Hopes of […]