He said that a total of 30,000 pilgrims had been transported to Saudi Arabia in 94 flights and the last batch returned to the country on...
Saudi state TV said temperatures rose on Monday as high as 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Saudi Arabian authorities partially lifted a seven-month-long ban on pilgrims performing Umrah and allowed the first group of worshippers to enter the Grand Mosque on Sunday. ...