Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid — one of the nine imams of ...

MAKKAH, March 10 (Bernama-SPA) -- Saudi Arabia’s Haj and Umrah Ministry has advised visitors to the Grand Mosque to follow the approved Tawaf guidelines, helping maintain smooth flow in the Mataf and ...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tourism has increased regulatory inspections of hotels and serviced accommodation in Makkah and Madinah during the Ramadan travel season.

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 ...

Advisor to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Emir of Makkah and Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Hajj and Umrah ...

The travel chaos from the war in the Middle East has ensnared many of the Muslims who have converged on Saudi Arabia for the Umrah pilgrimage, leaving them stranded and scrambling to find other ways ...

Saudi Arabia tightens surveillance in Grand Mosque through digital system and vehicle restrictions during the Umrah Ramadan rush.

Live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca where Muslims gather for prayers as Saudi Arabia began observing the holy month of Ramadan on Saturday along with many other countries in the world. The Grand ...

The final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, has begun. Some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory spiritual journey called Hajj, or pilgrimage. The ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A towering construction crane collapsed on Friday during a violent rainstorm in Saudi Arabia's city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at ...