The center warned that parts of the Riyadh region would be affected by dust storms, including active winds and reduced horizontal visibility from 3 to 5 kilometers ...

Saudi Arabia is becoming an increasingly popular travel destination, including among German tourists. According to the Saudi ...

FILE - A pilgrim offer prayers after she cast stones at a pillar in the symbolic stoning of the devil, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday ...

Most pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia well in advance, using the time to visit the holy city of Medina, pray in Mecca’s grand mosque and perform a lesser pilgrimage called Umrah. Image A view of ...

With the arrival of the Islamic year 1447 on the Hijri calendar, Saudi Arabia has once again renewed the Kiswah, the covering of the Kaaba, the most ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on ...

Left: Muslims arrive ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage to the grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, May 31, 2025. Photo by Sayed Sheasha/Reuters. Related.

Saudi Arabia enforces a new Umrah visa requirement starting June 10, 2025, mandating prior hotel bookings through the Nusuk ...

Saudi Arabia has stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the ... Pilgrims arrive ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, ...

At the heart of the controversy is Keyi Rubath, a 19th-Century guest house built in the 1870s by Mayankutty Keyi, a wealthy Indian merchant from Malabar (modern-day Kerala), whose trading empire ...