RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have raised the death toll in a construction crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque to 107. The country's civil defense authority tweeted early Saturday that ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia, July 1 (Reuters) - Thousands of pilgrims started arriving in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Friday, among some one million Muslims expected to attend the 2022 haj ...

With only twenty days remaining before the commencement of the holy month of Ramzan, the pace of arrangement works at the ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — At least 87 people were killed and scores were wounded Friday when a crane collapsed in the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authority said. The Grand Mosque ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid — one of the nine imams of ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia – At least 87 people were killed and 184 were injured when the crane collapsed at one of Islam’s most important mosques – Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, the Saudi Arabia ...

BEIRUT At least 87 people were killed Friday when a crane collapsed onto Mecca’s Grand Mosque during a storm. Saudi Civil Defense reported continually rising casualty figures as it conducted a rescue ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) | A towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — High winds were to blame for the toppling of a massive crane that smashed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque and killed at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Men were seen perfuming the walls of the Ka'aba and carrying incenses as they moved around the premises of the Grand Mosque in ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia A towering construction crane collapsed on Friday during a violent rainstorm in Saudi Arabia s city of Mecca, Islam s holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at ...