The security officer who stopped the man from hitting the ground suffered fractures, according to the authorities ...

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, ...

With attendance at the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca limited for the second year in a row due to coronavirus restrictions, Saudi Arabia has for the first time released images of the ancient holy ...

Saudi Arabia has decided to retain ban on Iftar gathering and Itikaf at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) mosque in Madina during the month of Ramazan in a bid to contain the ...

Saudi Arabia partially reopened Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, on Saturday but left the ban on pilgrimages in place as part of the kingdom's measures to combat the coronavirus. Based on a ...

To limit contagion from the coronavirus during religious gatherings, Saudi Arabia emptied Islam's holiest site in Mecca to sterilise it. On Friday, cleaning staff moved in to sanitise the mosque, ...

Lucknow: The mosque to come up in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case may be square-shaped like the Kaaba Sharif in Mecca and will not be named after any emperor ...

What is Hajj?The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world's largest gatherings, as hundreds of thousands of people flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in one of Islam's five pillars of ...

To bring a crowd to the Islamabad Airport to greet the U-19 Asia Cupwinning team, Pakistani authorities apparently lied to ...

The mosque to come up in Ayodhya pursuant to the Supreme Court verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case may have a shape that is different from the traditional shape of mosques and will not be named after ...