Friday sermons at Prophet’s Mosque to be translated into six languages
The Agency of General Presidency for the Prophet’s Mosque Affairs has appointed six interpreters to translate Friday sermons into French, English, Urdu, Chichewa, Turkish...
Mina now a ghost city, awaits next year's pilgrims
As curtains came down on this year's Haj pilgrimage, more than 160,000 tents in Mina have been dismantled. These tents housed close to two...
Rouhani says Iran ready to help bring democracy to Syria, Yemen
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Tehran was ready to help bring democracy to war-torn Syria and Yemen, and blamed the spread...
Residents report 27 die in Yemen strike, coalition denies
A local official and residents said at least 27 people, mostly women or children, were killed on Monday in an air strike on a...
Iran raises its haj death toll to 226, 246 still missing
Iran raised the death toll of its nationals at the disaster at the haj in Saudi Arabia to 226 on Monday from 169 and...
Pakistani pilgrim saved wheelchair-bound wife from haj stampede
A Pakistani teacher has described how he saved his wife from a deadly stampede in Saudi Arabia by pulling her from her wheelchair as...
As insults fly, Iran-Saudi haj row aggravates regional rifts
Iranians are sceptical about that. But analysts across the region agree the depth of the crisis may be determined largely by the results of...
Politicizing the Hajj Stampede
It is a never-ending story. Whenever an emergency occurs during the Hajj season, certain parties blame Saudi Arabia who, nevertheless, continues to give pilgrims...
Yemeni government to sue Houthis, Saleh for “destroying infrastructure,” says spokesman
The Yemeni government will push to sue Houthis and allied supporters of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh for “deliberately destroying infrastructure and state institutions,” a...
The injured in Mina stampede incident laud the free services extended to them
A number of pilgrims lauded the great and noble services offered by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman...
