Around 150 clerics and religious scholars have held a rare protest outside the Saudi king’s palace against fresh efforts by women seeking the right to drive.

The husband of a popular Saudi television presenter was convicted and sentenced to six months in prison and 600 lashes in the brutal battering of his wife, who had used her plight to campaign against wife beating,

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

Arab foreign ministers have failed to forge a common position on the Iraqi-US crisis, indicating their governments were deeply divided on how to address the looming war.