On Friday 4th March, the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ordered Hizb ut Tahrir in Australia to stop so-called ‘forcibly’ segregating men and women at its public events after judging that the practice constituted sexual discrimination. The ruling came in relation to a case raised by the former NT News journalist Alison Bevege who falsely claimed that she was ‘forced’ to sit in a designated women’s and children’s…

With all of the uncertainties that Yemen’s civil war and epidemic lawlessness brings, one thing remains constant and reliable, that is, the ever widening gap between the wealthily and privileged pre Arab Spring elite and the malnourished and desperate citizens who are kept as a weakened underclass. Like the other Arab Spring countries, much was promised to the hopeful majority of citizens, but very little was delivered in terms of…

With the price of oil now languishing at $33 a barrel, a level which hasn’t been seen since 2008, the major oil producers of the Middle East have been heavily hit. Saudi Arabia in the most recent year has suffered with a budget deficit of $98 billion as a result.

Global stock markets have started the year badly (New York Stock Exchange down 8%, MSCI World Market Index down 10%, Japan down by 19%).