MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia >> Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...

Mecca receives millions of Muslim pilgrims each year but the city is undergoing massive development aimed at drawing more — Sameer Al-DOUMY Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on ...

FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on illegal ...

At least 45 people were killed after a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims collided with a diesel tanker on Sunday midnight. The ...

The bus with 46 people onboard was travelling from Mecca to Medina when the incident happened on a highway, a senior official ...

Dozens of Indian Muslims are reported to have been killed as a bus carrying them between pilgrimage sites in Saudi Arabia ...

Tragedy struck near Medina, Saudi Arabia on Monday where 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims are dead following a devastating collision ...

At least 45 people are dead after a bus fire, following a collision with a diesel tanker in Saudi Arabia. Seven people on ...