The live blog is closed. Forty-five Indian pilgrims are feared dead in a bus crash that happened in Saudi Arabia on Monday (November 17, 2025). The accident took place approximately 25 kilometres ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (November 15, 2025) visited the under-construction bullet train station in Gujarat's Surat to review the progress of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail ...

Surat: As part of the events marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday launched the Surat Green Vehicle Policy-2025, which officials claimed ...

As the annual Hajj pilgrimage draws to a close, a long-settled corner of Mecca is stirring up a storm thousands of miles away in India - not for its spiritual significance, but for a 50-year-old ...

Saudi Arabia has stopped more than 269,000 people without permits for the annual Hajj pilgrimage from entering Mecca, officials said Sunday, as authorities crack down on illegal journeys into the city ...

HMH Advances Regional Growth with New Makkah Hotel and Strategic Agreements at ATM Corp Makkah Al Naseem Set to Redefine Pilgrim Hospitality in Line with Vision 2030 15 Years at ATM: HMH Strengthens ...

“I’m a huge believer in the joy of if you can keep a company private it gives you enormous leeway to make counter-intuitive decisions all the way through and you can take such a long term lens in your ...

Yaseen Al Ghalban was an ordinary child living a happy life. Then the genocide changed everything. Yaseen Al Ghalban, before he lost his legs. Khan Younis, Gaza—On a cloudy February day, surrounded by ...

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Aston Villa have confirmed the signing of Yasin Ozcan from Turkish club Kasimpasa on a pre-contract agreement. Ozcan will remain at Kasimpasa for the remainder of the season and join up with his new ...

Satellite images show that Mecca, a holy city according to Islam, has flooded after Saudi Arabia was hit with torrential rains due to a storm on Monday that swept away cars and caused havoc, the Saudi ...

Saudi Arabia has retendered the Ras Mohaisen–Baha–Makkah Independent Water Transmission System (IWTS) project with state-owned Water Transmission Company (WTCO) taking over the procurement. WTCO was ...