Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city for Muslims, located in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. Speaking ...

Is renting a car a good idea in Saudi Arabia? While metros and buses exist in cities like Riyadh and Jeddah, they don’t offer ...

Millions of Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have flocked to the northern Indian city of Prayagraj on Monday to kickstart the world's largest religious gathering. The Maha Kumbh festival ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela, or Hindu pitcher festival, begins Monday in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. Officials expect at least 400 million attendees over the next 45 days.

Even before the American action, foreign economists believed the Iranian economy won’t get moving again for another decade. Now it is going to take even longer, and most Iranians were extremely angry ...

Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on Monday as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with ...

The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts ...

Saudi Arabia floods submerged cars in Mecca following torrential rains that hit the region. Dramatic footage shows vehicles ...

MECCA - A 51-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Mecca involving a wrong-way driver that also left two people with moderate injuries, authorities said. The crash was reported ...

The Grand Mosque in Mecca attracts Muslims in large numbers who come to the city to perform their religious duties of Umrha or Hajj. However, it was recently announced by the Saudi authorities that ...