The Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia has announced penalties for individuals who violate regulations requiring a permit ...

Cairo: Saudi Arabia has unveiled a smart guide in several languages for the Islamic Hajj pilgrimage, as part of the kingdom’s preparations for the annual religious congregation, due this year in early ...

Saudi Arabia's interior ministry announced on Sunday the execution of Afghan national Badshah Qul Suleimani in the Mecca region, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle heroin into the kingdom ...

drawing millions of Muslims to Mecca. To manage the massive influx of pilgrims, Saudi Arabia allots individual Hajj spots to each country based on a quota system. The quota system is jeopardized ...

The country's main east-west highway does not have a single charging station in the 900-kilometer (559 mile) stretch linking the financial and religious cities of Riyadh and Mecca. Saudi Arabia in ...

Amnesty has claimed Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on women’s rights activists is becoming harsher. Manahel al-Otaibi, a fitness instructor, was sentenced to 11 years in prison last year for calling ...

Her name is Princess Mashael Bint Faisal Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Being a royal does not mean to sit on the throne ideally all day long. With the regal powers and networking comes a sense of ...

Muslims perform Umrah on the 27th day of the holy month of Ramadan in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, March 27, 2025. (via REUTERS) As the Hajj dates for 2025 approach ...

Newsweek has reached out via email to the Saudi Arabia government for comment. Muslim pilgrims at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024, at the end of the ...

Three emergency centres are operating inside the Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site in the Saudi city of Mecca to serve worshippers converging on the place from inside and outside the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia Visa Ban 2025: Ahead of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has temporarily suspended the issuance of visas to citizens of 14 countries. The government will ...

Hajj 2025: Hajj is the annual pilgrimage by Muslims to Kabba, also known as Masjid al-Haram, in Makkah or Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Kabba is Islam's most sacred site, and Hajj is considered one of the ...