Floodwaters have engulfed cars, stranded buses, and prompted widespread rescues in Mecca and its surroundings, including ...

The kingdom is home to Islam's holiest cities, Mecca and Medina. Saudi Arabia is bordered by the Red Sea, Jordan, Kuwait, and Iraq while surrounded to its east by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

The Hajj is a pilgrimage made by millions of Muslims every year to the holy city of Mecca in western Saudi Arabia, a journey they are expected to make at least once in their lives. This year it ...

A significant diplomatic shift looms with Syria’s new Foreign Minister, Asad Hassan al-Shibani, planning his first official ...