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 ...

Riyadh Season 2025–26 continues to raise the bar on global entertainment and tourism with the launch of Flying Over Saudi, a ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca circle the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, beginning the annual pilgrimage that is one of the five pillars of Islam. Read more about the ...

Lightning strikes the clock tower in the Saudi city of Mecca, home to Islam's holiest site — Hammad Al-Huthali Fierce storms closed schools Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's Mecca region, home to Islam's ...

Watch live from the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, as Muslims gather for prayers on Eid al-Fitr at the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The Grand Mosque houses the Kaaba, Islam’s ...

(JTA) – It was billed as a historic news scoop: the first Jewish Israeli reporter to document the annual Muslim pilgrimage of Hajj on an unprecedented visit to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has officially begun preparations for the 1447 AH (2026) Hajj season, just weeks after the conclusion of Hajj 2025. A high-level coordination meeting in Makkah, led by top regional ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into Islam’s holiest city, defying a rule that only Muslims can enter the ...

Saudi security forces prevented a man from taking his life by jumping from an upper floor of Masjid al Haram. One officer was injured while stopping the fall, and both individuals received immediate ...

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It’s illegal under Saudi law and prohibited by Muslim jurisprudence for non-Muslims to enter Mecca’s holy sites. (JTA) – It was billed as a historic news scoop: the first Jewish Israeli reporter to ...