Muslim worshippers prayed on Mount Arafat during the high point of the Hajj pilgrimage on Thursday, as authorities urged them to avoid the hottest hours of the day after tragedy struck last year.

Muslims from around the world are in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj, one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who ...

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the ...

The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can ...

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

Of this number, 1,506,576 men and women arrived to the Kingdom from other countries, Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics reported ...

Braving the heat and uneven surfaces, Muslim pilgrims scaled Mount Arafat to perform a key ritual of the annual Islamic ...

Hundreds of people climbed Mt. Arafat during Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as ...

Millions of Muslims have gathered in Mecca, marking the beginning of the five-day Hajj pilgrimage —the world's largest annual religious gathering. It is year 1446 in the Islamic calendar. Pilgrims are ...

Muslim worshippers prayed on Mount Arafat in the high point of the hajj pilgrimage Thursday as authorities urged them to ...

In Mombasa, the price of goats in various markets has risen from between Sh8,000 and 10,000 last year, to between Sh15,000 ...