Saudi Arabian Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a new multi-use development in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, adding more ...

Saudi Arabia will open the Umrah pilgrimage to Mecca for Muslims from other countries from Nov. 1, Saudi media reported on Thursday, as the kingdom relaxes measures it had taken to check the spread of ...

The annual Hajj pilgrimage drew to a close on Monday without major incident, despite a number of deaths. A total of 1.6 million Muslims from all over the world participated in this year's pilgrimage ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. In the coming ...

Saudi Embassy in Nairobi Charge D’Affaires Abdullah Al Qahtani ( left) gives Hajj ceremonial dressing to Sheikh Ahmad Uthman at the Embassy on Wednesday ahead of their flight to Mecca PHOTO: ALLY ...

The pilgrimage to Mecca required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it, used to draw more than 2 million people. But for a second straight year it has ...

Even before he had completed his first pilgrimage to Mecca in 1984, Anwar Ikbal knew he would return to the holy site of Islam. It was a resolve he made as he finished the last of the rituals of hajj, ...

Two cases of SARS-like illness -- one fatal -- have been linked to Saudi Arabia. Sept. 27, 2012— -- Saudi Arabian health officials are bracing for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca ...

For two former Washington State University football players-turned NFL successes, the long frustrating wait came in the traffic leaving a stadium. “I’ve been at stadium let-outs, you know when you sit ...