Saudi Arabia bus accident: What caused crash that killed 45 Indian pilgrims near Medina?

As many as 45 Indian Umrah pilgrims are feared dead after their bus collided with a diesel tanker in Saudi Arabia on early ...

Indians feared dead in Saudi Arabia bus crash

Only one passanger among 46 pilgrims is reported to have survived after a bus collided with a tanker near Mednia.
Los Angeles Times

For residents of Mecca, Islam’s holiest sites are home, not just a pilgrimage site

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, Abdu remembers roller skating with friends near the ...
Washington Examiner

Saudi overhaul reshapes Islam’s holiest city Mecca

Decades ago, this was a low-built city of centuries-old neighborhoods. Over the years, it saw piecemeal renewal projects. But in the mid-2000s, the kingdom launched its most ambitious overhaul ever ...
WBAL

Bus near Saudi holy city of Mecca crashes, killing 35 people

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia say 35 pilgrims have been killed in a bus crash near the Muslim holy city of Mecca. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday ...
Reuters

Muslim pilgrims leave Mecca city at start of haj

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The annual haj pilgrimage began in Mecca on Monday when hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims put on white clothes, packed their bags and left for a tented ...