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 ...

Under MbS, Saudi Arabia has also stormed the global sports arena, merging the PIF-backed LIV Golf circuit with North ...

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 ...

JEDDAH — The Summary Court in Jeddah has sentenced a Saudi man found guilty of drunk driving to flogging. The Saudi is known for his “liberal” views. His father had filed a disobedience lawsuit ...

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 ...

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 ...