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Saudi Women Jailed For Helping Canadian Leave Her Husband

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Elgot | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK

Women's groups are calling for international intervention after two Saudi women were jailed for trying to help a Canadian leave her Saudi husband. ...

Taliban Suicide Attacker Hid Bomb In Rectum In Bid To Assassinate Afghanistan Spy Chief

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 10.06.2013 | UK

A Taliban emissary who attempted to assassinate Afghanistan’s spy chief had hidden a bomb in his rectum, it has emerged. Asadullah Khalid, the h...

Saudi Prince To Sue Forbes For 'Underestimating Wealth On Rich List'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.06.2013 | UK

A Saudi Prince has launched libel action against against Forbes magazine, accusing them of underestimating his wealth on their annual rich list. P...

#harass_female_cashiers: Saudi Writer 'Urges 97,000 Twitter Followers To Sexually Molest Working Women'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK

A leading Saudi Arabian “self-help” writer and cleric has reportedly urged his 97,000+ Twitter followers to sexually molest working women in the n...

Reports Suggest King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Of Saudi Arabia Is 'Clinically Dead'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz is clinically dead, according to reports from London-based journalist working for Asharq Alawsat (reported on Press TV). ...

PICTURED: Toddler Zipped Into Body Bag Before Medics Realised He Had Survived The Crash That Killed His Family

Huffington Post UK/ PA | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

The British toddler pulled from the wreckage of a car crash and sent to a morgue by mistake after emergency workers thought he had died, has been pict...

Twitter Will Damn Your Soul, Warns Saudi Religious Police Boss

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

The head of Saudi Arabia’s religious police has condemned Twitter and all those who use it. Sheikh Abdul Latif Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh said a Saudi...

British Toddler Accidentally Sent To Morgue In Body Bag After Saudi Crash

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK

UPDATE Toddler Zipped Into Body Bag Before Medics Realised He Had Survived The Crash That Killed His Family Is Pictured A British toddler pulled fr...

Fifth Of British Travellers Believe Local Laws Don't Apply To Them

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK

A fifth of Britons believe they are still under British law when they travel abroad - rather than the law of the country they are travelling in. Ne...

'Some Things Can't Be Covered': Saudi Arabia's First Anti-Domestic Abuse Advert

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has issued its first anti-domestic abuse advert. The advert features a hijab-clad woman – with just her eyes visibl...

How Did Richard Dart Become a Terrorist?

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Politics
Azeem Ibrahim

Radicalisation of Muslim youth can no longer be seen as an isolated UK problem when it is funded by wealthy Wahhabis who are continuously supporting groups to further their ideology. It is clear that Wahhabism isn't Islam - it is a cult movement which uses Islamic terminology and has hijacked the religion using Saudi petro-dollars.

Bahrain: The Bigger Picture

Salman Al Jalahma | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Politics
Salman Al Jalahma

In reality, Bahrain has an extremely complex political and societal fabric that needs to be understood. The vast spectrum of opinions consequently led to the formation of 21 political societies, all whose voices need to be considered to ensure change by consensus.

PICTURED: Is This The Ridiculously Good-Looking Man Kicked Out Of Saudi Arabia For Being 'Too Handsome'?

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK

SEE ALSO: Move Over Omar Bourkan Al Gala, There's A New Zoolander In Town, Meet Ahmed Angel (PICTURES) Earlier this month we reported on the three ...

Will the UK Continue to Have One in Four Refused Asylum Cases Overturned on Appeal?

Jan Shaw | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK
Jan Shaw

For the last few months I have been examining the reasons why so many of the decisions to refuse asylum are being overturned by Immigration Judges here in the UK. Home Office statistics show that 25% of initial decisions to refuse asylum, are being overturned.

Ridiculously Good Looking Emiratis Thrown Out Of Saudi Festival By Religious Police For Being 'Too Handsome'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK

UPDATE: One Of The Ridiculously Good-Looking Man Kicked Out Of Saudi Arabia For Being 'Too Handsome' (PICTURES) Three men were ejected from an annu...

The Power of Spectacle: From Auroras Encore to Saudi Arabia's Chop Chop Square

Neil Durkin | Posted 10.06.2013 | UK
Neil Durkin

Last month, on 27 March to be exact - a Yemeni man was beheaded in the Saudi Arabian city of Jizan and then had his body 'crucified' (ie displayed in public on a pole). It wasn't a one-off. Last year the Saudi authorities also crucified a Sudanese man after his head had been severed by the executioner.

Saudi Arabia Denies Surgical Paralysis Punishment

The Huffington Post UK | Christopher York | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK

Saudi Arabia has said reports authorities had sentenced a man to be surgically paralysed as an eye-for-an-eye punishment are "untrue' and "fabricated"...

UK Condemns 'Eye-For-An-Eye' Paralysis Punishment Of Saudi Arabian Man

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Politics

The Foreign Office (FCO) has urged Saudi Arabia to overturn a decision by a court that would see a prisoner deliberately paralysed in an "eye-for-an-e...

Saudi Man Faces Paralysis In 'Eye-For-An-Eye' Punishment

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK

A Saudi Arabian man faces being deliberately paralysed in an "eye-for-an-eye" punishment for stabbing his friend in the back 10 years ago. Ali al-K...

Saudi Women Permitted To Ride Bicycles - As Long As They Wear The Veil & Are With A Male Relative

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK

Saudi Arabian women will now be permitted to ride motorbikes and bicycles in restricted areas – as long as they wear the full-length veil and are ac...

David Miliband: Sorry... But No

David Wearing | Posted 29.05.2013 | UK Politics
David Wearing

From the wailing and rending of garments following David Miliband's resignation as an MP this week, you could be forgiven for expecting a state funeral to be held in the coming days. If this is how we're going to treat someone who was never Prime Minister, never Leader of the Opposition, and held one of the three great offices of state for less than three years, then Malcolm Rifkind will be absolutely delighted. Perhaps it's time to put things in a bit of perspective.

Obesity, Water Scarcity, Unemployment and Why Qatar Needs to Look at Its History for a Solution

Romanna Bint-Abubaker | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK
Romanna Bint-Abubaker

Water usage needs to become the responsibility of every individual and entity in Qatar with a realization that their current attitude flies in the face of their very culture.

Saudi Arabia May Abolish Beheadings Due To Shortage Of Swordsmen – In Favour Of Firing Squads

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Saudi Arabia is reportedly considering abolishing beheadings – because of a shortage of swordsmen. Egyptian website Al-Ahram quotes daily newspa...

Saudi Prince Angry After Rich List Underestimates His Wealth

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK

A billionaire Prince from Saudi Arabia has kicked up a fuss after Forbes published a list of the world's richest people, putting him only 26th on the ...

Hazara Massacres

Lord Avebury | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK Politics
Lord Avebury

A meeting in the House of Lords today will consider the latest in a series of massacres of the Hazara people in the Pakistan province of Balochistan, and its connection with the wider sectarian attacks on Shi'as throughout Pakistan.