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 (Reuters) - The annual haj pilgrimage began in Mecca on Monday when hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims put on white clothes, packed their bags and left for a tented ...

At least two people died on Thursday as heavy rains hit western Saudi Arabia, including the coastal city of Jeddah, delaying flights and forcing schools to close, officials said. "Two deaths have been ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia say 35 pilgrims have been killed in a bus crash near the Muslim holy city of Mecca. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported Thursday ...

The family of an elderly Indonesian man who died during this year’s Hajj is happy he was buried in the holy city of Mecca, his daughter said, as the Southeast Asian nation mourns hundreds of its ...

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's Bawabat Makkah Co., an investment arm of the Mecca municipality, launches today its first project--a major residential development covering an area of 1.5 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — ...

Mecca and Medina are two common names many people come across when Muslims are preparing for Hajj, an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Dhu al-Hijjah is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Visiting here is like jumping into a painting. It starts with that brilliant blue, that first grand glimpse of Grand Traverse Bay. Add swirls of cherry red. Dashes of ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - About 1 million Muslim pilgrims from across the world packed the mosque and streets around the Kaaba shrine in the holy city of Mecca for the last Friday prayers before ...