More than 1,000 people have died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage amid extreme heat in Saudi Arabia. The death toll has nearly doubled from yesterday, with new figures putting the number of ...

Six people have died from heatstroke during the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, amid warnings from Saudi officials that temperatures during the annual gathering could reach 48 degrees Celsius (118 ...

One of the five pillars of Islam is that each believer is called, at least once in their lives, to make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that starts and ends in the holy city of Mecca located in ...

Nearly 300,000 pilgrims to ‘stone the devil’ per hour in one of final Hajj rites Gargash: Saudi Arabia’s management of Hajj is a ‘remarkable’ success Saudi Arabia’s King Salman ...

The meeting, chaired by Committee Chairman Aamir Dogar, focused on improvements in Hajj arrangements, with private Hajj ...

A separate crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque earlier the same year killed 111. The second-deadliest incident at the Hajj was a 1990 stampede that killed 1,426 people. During this year’s ...

So far, more than 1.8 million pilgrims from all over the world have already amassed in and around Mecca for the Hajj, and the number was still growing as more pilgrims from inside Saudi Arabia ...

Ali Khamenei called on Saudi authorities to ensure the security of all pilgrims and Iranians visiting Mecca to perform Hajj in June Muslim pilgrims arrive at King Abdulaziz International Airport ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj—the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. In 2024, the pilgrimage took place in mid-June, the start of the Saudi summer. But this year ...

MOSCOW, August 25. /TASS/. Over 12,000 pilgrims from Russia will leave for the Hajj (an annual Islamic pilgrimage) to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia this year, Russia's Hajj Mission head ...

Not considered legal tender when issued, these bank notes were used by Indian Muslims during their Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ...