In an attempt to wean Saudi Arabia's oil dependency and promote religious tourism, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister ...

Watch a live view from the Grand Mosque in Mecca that houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. Muslim pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of the start of the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage ...

Saudi Arabia has announced a major new project flanking Mecca's Grand Mosque, providing 900,000 extra praying spaces together with residential and hospitality services for the millions of pilgrims who ...

A husband and wife from Bowie, Maryland, had always dreamed of making the Hajj to Mecca. Their family says they were among more than 1,000 people who died on the annual five-day pilgrimage to Saudi ...

More than 300 people have died and thousands have been treated for heatstroke while performing the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca amid extreme temperatures of up to 49 degrees Celsius (120 ...