FILE - Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they gather outside Nimrah Mosque to offer the noon prayers in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near ...

Watch live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as Muslims gather for prayers on Eid al-Fitr at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The Grand Mosque houses the Kaaba, Islam’s ...

Saudi Arabia has announced a major new project flanking Mecca's Grand Mosque, providing 900,000 extra praying spaces together with residential and hospitality services for the millions of pilgrims who ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on illegal ...

Saudi officials say they have stopped more than 269,000 Muslims without permits for the Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca. MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people ...