Hundreds have died in chaotic scenes at the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as temperatures in the Saudi Arabian desert soared above 50C. More than 550 people have now been confirmed dead after this year’s ...

The Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca that every able-bodied Muslim is expected to complete once ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims used the early morning hours Monday to perform the second day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, hoping to escape the noontime summer heat that caused ...

CAIRO — More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities ...

Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks confirmed a Maryland couple are among the more than 1,300 people who have died in extreme temperatures during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

News COVID hajj restrictions leave streets of Mecca empty, pilgrimage businesses in trouble MECCA, Saudi Arabia (RNS) — As much as a quarter of the economy around Mecca relies on tourism and ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times ...

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from across the globe Friday began the annual pilgrimage to the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the hajj -- with the faithful walking in the footsteps of the ...

The man, a Yemeni national, on Monday published a video clip of himself on social media at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The Grand Mosque in Mecca is Islam's holiest site and while it is acceptable to ...

(RNS) — For two years as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, Sumaira Malik and her husband, Nauman Chaudary, left their deposit with Dar El Salam Travel for their planned hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, ...