Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj — the 'stoning of the devil' — on Friday, as Muslims around ...

Muslims from around the world are in the Saudi city of Mecca for this year's Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of ...

The Saudi Ministry of Defense has released images of U.S.-made Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot missile systems deployed to protect Mecca and the Grand Mosque during the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. The same ...

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, oversaw the annual ceremony for ...

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

Mecca and Medina are two common names many people come across when Muslims are preparing for Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Dhu al-Hijjah is ...

Saudi Arabia was an underdeveloped country in the 1960s when its ruler, King Faisal, embarked on a far-reaching modernization ...

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

President Paul Kagame, on June 3, arrived in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune. While in Algiers, Kagame laid ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Saudi authorities are increasing their use of technology to protect Hajj pilgrims from the heat, with more than 1.8 million ...