A big rig that overturned alongside Interstate 10 east of Mecca Tuesday erupted in flames, leading to a brush fire that ...

Mecca is Islam’s holiest city and a focal point for followers of the faith, but it's also home to about 2 million people who live everyday life there.

FILE- In this Monday, Feb. 18, 2002 file photo, thousands of Muslims gather around the holy Kabaa during evening prayer in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Mecca, Islam's holiest city, is the world's hottest city. It is the warmest inhabited place on earth, with an average annual temperature of 87.3 degrees Fahrenheit. In summer, ...

- The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.More than 100 ...

'MECCA-HATTAN': Islam's Holiest City Is Being Overhauled, And People Are Furious Associated Press Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage ...

Mecca residents have mixed feelings about the dramatic transformation of the city. “It is not the Mecca that we know,” said Fajr Abdullah Abdul-Halim, a 57-year-old who was born and raised in ...

Many outside the Muslim faith do not fully grasp the spiritual sanctity of the holy city of Mecca, mistakenly using it as a metaphor, as in "Seattle is the Mecca of coffee." Such metaphors are a ...

Hey, Beauty Loopers! You’re going to want to clear your schedule on this day: Friday, August 8. Yep, after months of ...