The chairman of NAHCON, Prof. Abdullahi Saleh Usman, on June 5, confirmed that a Nigerian pilgrim passed away in during ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims are spending the day in prayer in Arafat to fulfil a key ritual of the Hajj in Saudi ...

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 ...

Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week ...

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

Over 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for Hajj, a vital Islamic practice. Despite intense heat, ...

Saudi Arabia has stopped almost 360,000 participants without permits from entering Mecca, after many of these illegal died ...

More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off ...