OTTAWA - The wife of a Saudi rights activist, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes last year, said Thursday her husband's health had worsened after the first round of flogging and that he could not ...

They may have gained the right to vote but Saudi Arabia is still no friend to women. On Tuesday, a court sentenced Shaima Ghassaniya with 10 lashes for defying the country's ban on women driving, ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A female producer working in Saudi Arabia for a Lebanese satellite network has been sentenced to 60 lashes for a program about non-marital sex. Mazen Abdul Jawad ...

A Saudi court has sentenced a man to six years in prison and 4,750 lashes for having sex with his wife's sister, a newspaper reported Sunday. The woman involved in the case was sentenced to six months ...