34 Indian, 18 Pak pilgrims among stampede dead; many still missing
The number of Indian pilgrims who died in the Mina stampede rose to 34 and many others are still missing. There are 18 Pakistani...
Train for pilgrims’ Makkah–Madinah travel by end of 2016
Buses will no longer be used for transporting pilgrims to and fro Makkah and Madinah when the Haramain Highspeed Railway commences operation by December...
Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum gains star canopy dome
The last of nearly 4,500 metal stars was placed Sunday on the outer layer of the dome on Abu Dhabi’s Louvre museum, expected to...
OFWs vow to defend KSA at any cost
At least two separate gatherings of Filipino workers, mainly from Mindanao, pledged to defend the Kingdom at any cost.
They expressed their willingness at a...
Saudia starts return journeys for pilgrims with 667 flights
Saudi Arabian Airlines has completed preparations to fly pilgrims back home to various destinations around the world which started on Sept. 27 following the...
Bodies of stampede martyrs to be buried in 6 cemeteries in Makkah
The Makkah Secretariat is preparing 74,700 graves across six graveyards which could accommodate some of the martyrs of the stampede in Mina among others,...
Riyadh reiterates support to Hadi
Yemen’s President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi on Sunday urged Houthi militias to lay down their arms and resume dialogue to end the conflict, as...
100,000 tweets support hashtag defending Saudi Arabia
“If my denunciation came from an imbecile, it is a testimony to my perfection,” is how the Twitter hashtag that defends the Kingdom and...
King, Putin discuss Syria crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman about finding a solution to the Syria crisis, just...
Heartbreaking tales of missing pilgrims compound tragedy
Three days after the tragic stampede in Mina during this year’s Haj, the whereabouts of dozens of pilgrims, both from the Kingdom and from...
