MADRID: A high-speed railway linking Makkah and Madina in Saudi Arabia, which has been plagued by delays, will finally start operating in September, the...
MAKKAH, Saudi Arabia: More than two million Muslims from around the world will start the hajj pilgrimage at Islam's holiest sites Wednesday, a religious duty...
ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Pakistan to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and member Hajj Advisory Committee Khan Hasham Bin Saddique visited Makkah on Saturday to...
ISLAMABAD: Hajj flight operation began on Monday as Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) first flight departed with 328 pilgrims on board from Benazir International Airport,...
DOHA: Saudi Arabia has reportedly prevented Qatari nationals from entering the Grand Mosque in Makkah marking a sharp escalation in the Gulf diplomatic crisis,...
MAKKAH: A Saudi court on Thursday dismissed charges against 13 accused over a crane collapse that killed dozens at Islam's holiest site, a newspaper...
MADRID: A delayed high-speed railway linking Makkah and Madinah in Saudi Arabia will finally open in March 2018, the Spanish consortium building the project said...
MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA: The 60-year-old Simon Collis has become the first British ambassador to Saudi Arabia to perform the annual hajj pilgrimage after converting to Islam.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the hajj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes toward Arabs and warned it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom.
MAKKAH: The annual ceremony to change Ghilaf-e-Kaaba was held at Masjid-e-Al-Haram in Saudi Arabia where millions of Muslims have gathered to perform Hajj.
Hajj has gone high-tech. A religious ritual performed 1,400 years ago by Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and which drew believers arriving on foot and on camels for centuries is today broadcast live through cyberspace.
MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA: After spending thousands of dollars to reach Makkah for the hajj, Muslim pilgrims face another unavoidable cost – for the armful of gifts they are expected to take home.
RIYADH: A trial is underway against 14 people over a deadly crane incident in Saudi Arabia that killed more than 100 people at Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, local media reported Thursday.
RIYADH: A fire ripped through an uninhabited hotel in the Saudi holy city of Makkah on Sunday without causing casualties, the civil defence spokesman said.