Imam Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid called Israel an ‘unjust and brutal Zionist enemy,’ casting doubts on Saudi-Israel ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...

Starting January 2026, Saudi Arabia will permit foreign nationals to own real estate in most cities, introducing a new legal ...

Revised ownership rules will allow non-Saudis to buy homes and commercial property across most cities, with limits remaining ...

Under the agreement, both Danantara and Thakher Development will acquire the Novotel Makkah Thakher City, a 1,461-room hotel, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — One million Muslim pilgrims were converging on Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on Wednesday for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one ...

Saudi Arabia is all set to allow foreigners to own property across most of the Kingdom starting January 2026. This would be a ...

(RNS) — For two years as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on, Sumaira Malik and her husband, Nauman Chaudary, left their deposit with Dar El Salam Travel for their planned hajj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Mecca slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation on Sunday as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi Arabian authorities partially lifted a coronavirus ban on performing umrah - a ...

Riyadh breaks its own record for death sentences carried out annually, with 340 executions, according to AFP tally ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia >> Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca, displaying manicured public spaces, glass-fronted stores and sleek towers. It’s part of a $26 ...