Saudi Arabia's Hajj overhaul includes policy updates and high-tech safety measures following last year's heat deaths.

A Saudi government spokesperson says more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in the country for this year's Hajj.

More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with the Saudi hosts scrambling to avoid last year's ...

In the coming days, people will immerse themselves in religious rituals and acts of worship that originated more than 1,400 ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Dubbed the world's largest tent city, Mina is located in a small valley five kilometres east of the Grand Mosque in Makkah. The landscape is dominated by vast arrays of white tents specifically ...

In the bustling city of Makkah, surrounded by skyscrapers and technology, stands a simple cube-shaped structure made of stone ...

According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Saudi Arabia's Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Tawfiq Al-Rabi'ah, has urged pilgrims ...

More than a million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with ...

Saudi authorities issued an advisory for pilgrims to avoid heat-related incidents by staying inside their camps during a ...

Millions will make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The kingdom faces scrutiny over safety after more than 1,300 people died ...