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Pohang outgun Umm-Salal, Al Ittihad rout Nagoya

AFP Asian Edition 34 days ago

A goal in each half Wednesday gave South Korea's Pohang Steelers a 2-0 victory over Qatari minnows Umm-Salal and a crucial cushion to take into the second leg of their AFC Champions League semi-final. The other semi-final in Jeddah between Al Ittihad ...

Saudi sex braggart gets five years in jail, 1,000 lashes for

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

A Saudi man whose televised boasts about his sex life outraged the country's conservatives was sentenced to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes on Wednesday, his lawyer said. Mazen Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old airline sales clerk, was convicted by a Jeddah ...

Man faces prison, flogging over TV sex revelations

Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough 48 days ago

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A Saudi court has sentenced a man to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for boasting about his sexual exploits on television, in a case that has divided public opinion in the conservative Islamic kingdom. Abdul-Jawad, ...

New Saudi university to break social barriers

AFP Global Edition 64 days ago

Boasting one of the fastest supercomputers in the world, a team of top scientists and a campus where female and male students can mingle freely, Saudi Arabia's new multi-billion dollar university aims to break both scientific and social barriers. Officially the goal ...

White House condemns Qaeda attack on Saudi minister

AFP American Edition 84 days ago

The United States on Tuesday condemned a "cowardly" attack last week on Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister, saying it underscored the strong threat still posed by Al-Qaeda. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a member of the Saudi royal family who heads the kingdom's ...

Saudi prince defends policy on militants

Reuters US Online Report World News 85 days ago

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef defended late on Saturday the policy of enticing "repentant" militants after one tried to assassinate his son, but warned there could be more and worse attacks ahead. A suicide bomber posing as ...

Qaeda names bomber who tried to kill Saudi royal

AFP Global Edition 86 days ago

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Sunday has identified in an Internet statement the suicide bomber who tried to assassinate Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister this week. The statement posted on Jihadist forums said Abdullah Hassan Taleh Asiri, who blew himself up ...

Qaeda names bomber 'who tried to kill Saudi royal'

AFP Global Edition 86 days ago

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has identified the suicide bomber who tried to assassinate Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister, a US monitoring group reported on Sunday. SITE Intelligence Group cited a statement posted on Jihadist Internet forums as saying Abdullah Hassan Taleh ...

Saudi religious police crack down on summer festivals

Reuters US Online Report World News 90 days ago

JEDDAH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's religious police is cracking down on summer festivals that the government hopes will promote domestic tourism, in the latest battle between liberals and conservatives in the world's biggest oil exporter. The Saudi government is trying to promote ...

Sex show flap sparks Saudi attacks on satellite TV

AFP Global Edition 105 days ago

The scandal over a man boasting about his sex life on a popular satellite television show has sparked outbursts against the huge popularity of often-racy offshore broadcasts in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia. Influential clerics have lashed out at the most popular satellite broadcasters ...

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