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 ...

The purchase is part of a long-term plan to support better services for Indonesian haj and umrah pilgrims Read more at The ...

The Indonesian government has purchased a hotel for the construction of the Indonesian Hajj village in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia constitutes the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and is the largest sovereign state in the Middle ...

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 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

Muslim pilgrims perform prayers around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the hajj pilgrimage — Abdel Ghani BASHIR Enormous crowds of ...

Starting January 2026, Saudi Arabia will permit foreign nationals to own real estate in most cities, introducing a new legal ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hundreds of people died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced intense high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, ...

Saudi Arabia's plans to remodel Mecca will make Islam's holiest place look "more Las Vegas" and less like a religious shrine, critics say. The Saudi government plans to build a retractable roof over ...

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 ...