Saudi authorities are increasing their use of technology to protect Hajj pilgrims from the heat, with more than 1.8 million expected at the world’s largest annual religious gathering.

Wednesday marked the beginning of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca that brings more than a million observant Muslims to Saudi Arabia every year. Authorities have ratcheted up heat ...

AFP More than a million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off ...

Muslims from across the globe are gathering in Mecca for Hajj, one of Islam’s Five Pillars. Over the coming days, pilgrims will take part in centuries-old religious rites. But this year, they also ...

More than 1.4 million pilgrims have begun the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, under extreme heat, as authorities step up safety efforts following over 1,300 deaths during last year’s ...

Saudi authorities issued an advisory for pilgrims to avoid heat-related incidents by staying inside their camps during a ...

More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj, with authorities vowing to ...

More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off ...

Saudi authorities have asked pilgrims performing the Hajj to remain in their tents for several hours during the high point of this week's pilgrimage, citing high temperatures.  According to a report ...

Thousands of pilgrims, including Nigerians, have defied the heat wave and stormed mount Arafat for prayer and reflection for the 2025 Hajj pilgrimage.

Abdullahi Usman, chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), in a statement, said the return trip for ...