Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a punishment, the supreme court announced, hailing the latest in a series of "human rights advances" made by the king and his powerful son. The most high-profile ...

RIYADH—The flogging of a writer convicted of insulting Islam has renewed debate over corporal punishment in Saudi Arabia at a time the ultraconservative country is trying to distance itself from ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia plans to delay the public flogging of a rights activist on medical grounds, Amnesty International said on Thursday, raising the possibility that Riyadh may be trying to ...

Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's king waived a flogging sentence on a female journalist charged for involvement in a risque TV show, the second such pardoning of a high-profile case by the monarch in ...

The sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes has drawn international condemnation but remains in place for Raif Badawi, a blogger who had... Saudi Supreme Court Upholds Blogger's Prison And ...

A woman sentenced to prison and a public lashing after being gang-raped has been pardoned by the Saudi king in a case that prompted an international outcry, including rare criticism from the United ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's ruling family is coming under pressure from Western countries over its weekly flogging of writer Raif Badawi for "insulting Islam", but it appears more worried about ...

COLOMBO, Nov 1: What began as a routine overnight flight from Riyadh to Colombo turned into a scene of mid-air chaos early Sunday morning when a 28-year-old Saudi national allegedly attacked two ...