Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year on Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship ...

With artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million ...

Muslims arrived in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday (May 28) to attend the 2025 hajj pilgrimage season.

Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic ...

Saudi Arabia has announced that the Hajj, the traditional Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, will start next ...

As the sacred day of Eid Al Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, draws near, a profound sense of devotion and gratitude sweeps ...

Huge swathes of Saudi Arabia including the holy city of Mecca are suffering torrential downpours amid a brutal storm that has transformed streets into rivers and swept cars away. Shocking images ...

You can get in touch with Maya by emailing m.mehrara@newsweek.com. Satellite images show that Mecca, a holy city according to Islam, has flooded after Saudi Arabia was hit with torrential rains ...

Heavy rains lashed Mecca on Thursday, bringing thunderstorms and torrents that swept through the holy city and surrounding areas. Videos shared widely on social media captured the intensity of the ...

The family of an elderly Indonesian man who died during this year’s Hajj is happy he was buried in the holy city of Mecca, his daughter said, as the Southeast Asian nation mourns hundreds of ...

At least 550 people have died during the Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in the scorching heat, it has been reported. Temperatures reached at least 51.8C (125F) in the shade in the Saudi ...