Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An estimated 1.8 million Muslims are preparing to embark on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca which begins on June 4. The Hajj is the ...

In response to widespread flight disruptions and heightened regional security alerts across Saudi Arabia, the Consulate ...

The Indian Consulate in Jeddah has set up an additional 24-hour control room at the Indian Hajj Pilgrims Office in Mecca to ...

The hajj – the pilgrimage to Mecca – is something every able Muslim must do once in their lives. And it can transform that ...

Water mist is sprayed on Muslim pilgrims as they pray on the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi ...

Muslim pilgrims perform prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca ahead of the hajj pilgrimage ...

Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca — HAZEM BADER More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of ...

MECCA – Over 1.8 million Muslims are taking part in this week's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as one of the world's largest religious gatherings returns to capacity ...

The homecoming brought an end to several days of anxiety for the families, who had been worried about their loved ones following the sudden disruption to their travel plans.

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, ...

CAIRO — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities ...

ARAFAT – They came in the dark of night, in the thousands, to clamber up the rocky hill called Mount Arafat. The mound southeast of Mecca is little known outside Islam. For non-Muslims, the circling ...