HOROSCOPE: Aim to spend time with someone who feeds your need for hope, inspiration or joy. TODAY’S INTENTION: Choose ease ...

The day unfolds with a calm, steady rhythm that allows us to ease into the week with intention rather than urgency.

Syrian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mohsen Mahbash inspected the Syrian Pilgrims Affairs Office in Mecca to review preparations ...

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 ...

The zenith coincides with the Dhuhr prayer in Mecca, official says Dubai: In a rare and striking celestial event, the sun aligned directly over the Holy Kaaba in Mecca on Tuesday, allowing Muslims ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia has begun. It’s required once in a lifetime by every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it. The ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times ...

They are pressure points against the Sunni Arab order, and above all against Saudi Arabia, the guardian of Mecca and Medina.

Beauty lovers in Townsville are celebrating as cosmetics store MECCA reveals plans for a massive 500 sqm location, sparking a hiring blitz for the cosmetics giant’s first North Queensland outlet.

At the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the booming call to prayer competes with the racket of construction. The Grand Mosque is the destination for the most sacred Muslim pilgrimage and it holds ...

The Mecca, an eight-decade time capsule on East Martin Street and the city’s oldest restaurant, has been sold. But its new owner promises the downtown Raleigh landmark will live on unchanged. The ...