Imagine over a year's worth of rain in four hours, during an event with over a million visitors. Here's what happened in late ...

The Hajj is one of the world's largest religious gatherings and the major annual event in Saudi Arabia. It is regarded as one of the five pillars of Islam. People who have completed the pilgrimage ...

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 ...

At least 323 Egyptian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, two Arab diplomats coordinating their countries' responses ...

Satellite images show that Mecca, a holy city according to Islam, has flooded after Saudi Arabia was hit with torrential rains due to a storm on Monday that swept away cars and caused havoc, the Saudi ...

WARREN, Minn. -- A flood-control impoundment southeast of here has proven to have a benefit water managers never anticipated. The four-square mile Agassiz Valley Water Resource Management Project also ...

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 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia, June 26 (Reuters) - Palestinian pilgrim Abu Anas Abu Rahal was hoping to find cheaper lodgings for a week-long stay in Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia, as the minimum cost ...

The first long-duration Emirati astronaut to reach space photographed Mecca on Monday (June 26) during an annual pilgrimage there by Muslims. United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, who ...

A hajj pilgrim who contracted pneumonia in Mecca and ended up in the intensive care unit (ICU) there for months will finally make it home on Monday (Nov 24), thanks to the kindness of Malaysians, says ...