Dubai: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has advised pilgrims to avoid stopping next to the Black Stone (Al Hajar Al Aswad) during Tawaf, cautioning that lingering can obstruct the ritual, ...

Mecca slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation on Sunday as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi authorities partially lifted a coronavirus ban on performing umrah - a pilgrimage to Islam's two ...

Saudi Arabia has barred more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca this week, authorities said, as the world's largest annual gathering of people has ...