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 ...