Saudi Arabia is to abolish flogging as a form of punishment, according to a legal document seen by media outlets. The directive from the Gulf kingdom's Supreme Court says flogging will be replaced ...

A British couple could be publicly flogged in Saudi Arabia after being accused of trying to sell home-brewed alcohol. Peter and Ann Goldsmith, both in their late fifties, face a sentence of up to ...

World Cup hosts Saudi Arabia criminalise same-sex activity, punishable by imprisonment, flogging, fines, deportation and even ...

Unlike some other countries in the Middle East, Saudi has banned alcohol completely and drinking since 1952, even by foreign ...

Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death ... comes two days after the country said it would ban flogging. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - which Riyadh has signed - says capital ...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is poised to announce Saudi Arabia as the hosts of the 2034 World Cup, despite numerous ...

The FA have sparked accusations of hypocrisys after controversially voted for Saudi Arabia to host the 2034 World Cup, ...

Deputy Sports Editor "Football is a world game". These were the words of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, a man who never ...