Saudi Arabia says it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj. Saudi Arabia wants 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj ...

Here’s a look at Hajj, an annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. On average, more than two million Muslims a year perform the pilgrimage, but since 2020, attendance has been restricted due to the ...

Muslim pilgrims gather to perform noon and afternoon prayers at Namira Mosque in Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on September 23, 2015. MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / Getty Images Once ...

Six people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi officials that temperatures during the annual gathering could reach 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims officially began the annual Hajj pilgrimage Monday, making their way out of Mecca after circling Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, and converging on ...

Riyadh — The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi ...

Following the increasing cases of the new Coronavirus variant, Omicron, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has suspended flights from Nigeria. The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Saudi Arabia ...