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Business
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Economy
10/9/2013 4:56:33 PM
Stocks rise but turnover remains weak as investors await end of Hajj to change positions
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Life & Style
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Health
9/29/2013 2:54:16 PM
No cases reported in Egypt, but caution is necessary, especially for pilgrims
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World
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Region
9/22/2013 9:34:44 AM
Around two million people are expected at this year's hajj, which begins on 13 October and lasts five days
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World
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Region
9/21/2013 2:39:55 PM
Saudi Arabia addresses the health challenges brought by the large number of people who come to the kingdom every year, a breakout of the deadly MERS coronavirus killed 58 people this year
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Life & Style
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Health
9/19/2013 10:19:58 AM
Saudi health ministry announces that two citizens have died after contracting the MERS coronavirus
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World
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Region
9/8/2013 1:18:14 PM
Saudi Arabia is the country worst hit by MERS, which has killed 47 in the Gulf kingdom
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World
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Region
7/25/2013 2:15:27 PM
As a precaution against coronavirus in hajj season, Saudi authorities cut number of pilgrims coming from within country by half and by 20 percent from abroad; no measures taken yet at airport
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World
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Region
7/13/2013 9:14:41 PM
The government moves to contain a potential health disaster
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Business
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Economy
6/10/2013 9:33:39 PM
Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou will visit Saudi Arabia to discuss latter's decision to cut number of pilgrims to Mecca, Medina by 20 percent
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
10/30/2012 3:40:48 PM
Pharaohs' midfielder Hosni Abd-Rabou set to rejoin Saudi's Al-Nasr after performing this year's Hajj pilgrimage
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Egypt
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Politics
10/29/2012 3:57:38 PM
Death toll of Egyptian pilgrims performing annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia reaches 53, say Egyptian officials
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World
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Region
10/28/2012 8:08:39 PM
Small-scale demo in the east of the holy city staged by Syrian pilgrims is dispersed by police
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World
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Region
10/28/2012 11:41:24 AM
Final rituals of annual hajj sees pilgrims leaving holy city of Mina before dusk to hurl rocks at three pillars representing Satan; Pilgrimage officially ends Monday
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World
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10/25/2012 10:33:18 PM
Senad Hadzic reaches Mecca for hajj after travelling on foot for 314 days through Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria and Jordan and Saudi Arabia
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World
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10/25/2012 2:40:46 PM
Muslim pilgrims from states undergoing revolutionary change pray for freedom and stability at Mount Arafat
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World
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Region
10/24/2012 10:52:56 AM
Moving from holy city of Mecca to Mina, more than two million Muslims begin main rituals of hajj pilgrimage
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Business
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Economy
10/21/2012 5:34:31 PM
Stocks fall in Cairo on Sunday as country prepares for Islamic festival of Eid Al-Adha
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World
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Region
10/21/2012 4:45:51 PM
More than 2 million Muslims are expected to perform hajj this year; Saudi Interior Minister insisted that pilgrims from Syria are not being barred from the world's largest Muslim annual gathering
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Business
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Economy
9/27/2012 3:43:10 PM
Expansion set to begin after this year's hajj will equip the mosque to hold an extra 1.6 million worshippers
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Business
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Economy
9/19/2012 12:58:23 PM
Kingdom says giant development projects in Mecca and Medina make it difficult to accommodate larger visitor numbers
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