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Saudi woman records husband groping maid, could be jailed for ‘cybercrime’

One lawyer says she 'defamed' her spouse with the video.

On Oct 10, 2015 by [email protected]

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Saudi man miraculously survives when sheet of glass falls on him

We have one question: How?

On Sep 22, 2015 by Miles Klee

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Saudi Arabia cracks the door open to equality by letting women vote

Saudi women still lack many basic rights, but they just gained two more.

On Aug 20, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Why the CIA isn’t covering up a Saudi-9/11 connection in their declassified commission report

The CIA just declassified an investigation on 9/11. Why's the whole section on the Saudi connection left blank?

On Jun 26, 2015 by Joey Keeton

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Watch some monkeys take over a children’s playground in Saudi Arabia

They aren't just playing on the monkey bars.

On Jun 24, 2015 by Gabe Bergado

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A Saudi princess’s push for women’s rights at SXSW

"I'm just a small character in a really big game."

On Mar 15, 2015 by Aaron Sankin

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7 times government crackdowns on free speech went disastrously wrong

Silencing dissent only has the opposite effect.

On Jan 16, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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Saudi Arabia publicly lashes blogger convicted of insulting Islam

Raif Badawi received the first 50 of his sentenced 10,000 lashes Friday.

On Jan 10, 2015 by Kevin Collier

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Legislators call for release of redacted 9/11 report section linking Saudi Arabia to terror funding

Will the American people ever get the full story?

On Jan 5, 2015 by Aaron Sankin

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Saudi court sentences women to lashings, jail time for bickering on WhatsApp

Another harsh sentence handed down for Saudi social media users. 

On Jul 24, 2014 by Eric Geller

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Guess which country has the most avid YouTube users

YouTube Downloader breaks down the data six countries where the video site is a big hit.

On May 27, 2014 by [email protected]

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Saudi Arabia sentences political blogger to 1,000 lashes, 10 years in prison

The number of lashes was originally 600.

On May 8, 2014 by Lewis Parker

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Saudi king now lets citizens email him directly

Web users in Saudi Arabia are now able to petition their king directly (“directly”) through a Web portal called Tawasol.

On May 7, 2014 by Brendan O'Connor

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Watch a record-setting BASE jump from the world’s tallest building

Dubai's Burj Khalifa is a daredevil’s dream come true.

On Apr 23, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Imprisoned Saudi princesses tweet from their ‘gilded cage’

Four daughters of King Abdullah are locked up as punishment for criticizing the country's treatment of women. But they can tweet.

On Mar 11, 2014 by Kevin Collier