A video showing snow falling at the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia’s Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque of Mecca, has been digitally altered, according to the kingdom’s National Center for Meteorology. One ...

The security officer who stopped the man from hitting the ground suffered fractures, according to the authorities ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, ...

In the waning days of Ramadan, Islam's third holiest site has become one of injury and violence, with hundreds of Palestinians sent to Jerusalem hospitals after Israeli police fired tear gas and ...

A man suffered injuries after attempting suicide by jumping from the upper levels of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. Security ...

A new museum is now open at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque exhibiting rare Islamic artefacts. The Light & Peace Museum newly ...

Last week, Saudi Arabia temporarily suspend pilgrimage visits in order to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. On March 5, they also closed the sites for deep cleaning, but reopened them the next ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia --High winds were to blame for the toppling of a massive crane that smashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque and killed at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj ...