A prominent Muslim preacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison and 800 lashes for raping and beating his five-year-old daughter to death, an official Saudi news agency reported.

The suicide bomber who killed 22 people when he blew himself up in a US army mess tent the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, was a Saudi medical student, an Arab newspaper reported today.

A top al-Qaida terrorist wanted in connection with May’s Riyadh suicide bombings killed himself today, a Saudi Arabian official said.

A militant who is suspected of masterminding the May 12 suicide bombings in Riyadh has been arrested, state radio reported.