Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week ...

A Saudi government spokesperson says more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in the country for this year's Hajj.

The kingdom has installed hundreds of coolers and cracked down on unregistered Muslim pilgrims, after 1,300 people died last ...

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims are spending the day in prayer in Arafat to fulfil a key ritual of the Hajj in Saudi ...

Pilgrims from every corner of the world have begun Hajj 2025 rituals under the open skies of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, braving ...

Every year, millions of Muslims journey to Mecca to fulfil the Hajj pilgrimage, a religious duty and deeply personal ...

While millions converge on Mecca, record temperatures and unregistered pilgrims put the kingdom's measures to the test.

Over 1,300 people died in 2024 in temperatures that hit 51.8 deg C. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

This year, the Arafat sermon will be translated and transmitted live in real time into 35 languages, allowing millions around ...

Around 1.4 million faithful from across the globe will descend on Mecca and its surrounds for the 2025 haj pilgrimmage. Read ...

Begining Wednesday, June 4 until Sunday, June 8, the devouts, braving scorching Arab summer, will immerse themselves in ...

Software is also used to help guide more than 20,000 buses deployed to transport pilgrims between holy sites during one of ...