RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have raised the death toll in a construction crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque to 107. The country's civil defense authority tweeted early Saturday that ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca's Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia's Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam's annual ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi security forces on Friday foiled a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, cornering the would-be attacker in an apartment, where he blew himself ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, Abdu remembers roller-skating with friends near the Grand Mosque ...

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RIYADH - Muslim worshippers at about 200 old mosques in Mecca have been praying in the wrong direction for decades because the mosques were not built correctly, a Saudi newspaper said on Sunday. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid — one of the nine imams of ...

Dubai: The Grand Mosque in Mecca has recorded an unprecedented influx of worshippers and visitors during the first 10 days of Ramadan, with more than 25 million people gathering for prayers, according ...

The humble gesture inside the Grand Mosque that moved millions online Grand Mosque worker praised after offering prayer rug to pilgrim A Bangladeshi cleaning worker has captured hearts worldwide after ...