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

Muslim pilgrims pray atop rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj ...

Saudi Arabia has launched a set of robots equipped with artificial intelligence technology in the Grand Mosque of Mecca, which will ... touch the Black Stone, a rock set into the eastern corner ...

Saudi officials say they have stopped more than 269,000 Muslims without permits for the Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca.

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

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.