Saudi Arabia tightens surveillance in Grand Mosque through digital system and vehicle restrictions during the Umrah Ramadan rush.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi man in a speeding car crashed into the outer gates of Mecca's Grand Mosque late Friday ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A towering construction crane toppled over Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — At least 87 people were killed and scores were wounded Friday when a crane collapsed in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authority said. The Grand Mosque ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia allowed its own citizens to return to Islam’s holiest site for daily prayers for the first time in seven months.

A massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque in stormy weather on Friday, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual hajj pilgrimage ...

In this Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, photo, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers with the four-faced clocks stands over the holy Kabaa, as Muslims encircle it inside the Grand Mosque during the annual pilgrimage, known ...

A video from Mecca shows a pigeon cleverly using its body to activate a Zamzam water cooler. The bird then drinks the sacred water, delighting worshippers. This unusual moment has gone viral online.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have raised the death toll in a construction crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque to 107. The country's civil defense authority tweeted early Saturday that ...