Bangladeshi police dismissed online rumours in December that a massive fire burned a neighbourhood near the site of the ...

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 ...

That is around 200 times the number of pilgrims that arrived in the Muslim holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year. Hindu pilgrims gather at the ...

Four hundred million people are gathering at the holy rivers of India to celebrate faith through prayer, ritual, charity—and ...

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 ...

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth ...