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Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers meet in Mecca, SPA agency reports

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud speaks during a joint press conference with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud speaks during a joint press conference with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia July 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/File Photo

More than 1,000 die in haj amid scorching temperatures

Mecca, June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman
Mecca, June 18, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman

At least 19 haj pilgrims dead in Saudi Arabia: Jordan, Iran officials

Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual as part of the haj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on June 16, 2024.
Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual as part of the haj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on June 16, 2024.

Millions head to Mecca for huge haj in Saudi heat

Haj pilgrims gather around the Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on June 22.
Haj pilgrims gather around the Kaaba in Mecca’s Grand Mosque on June 22.

234 Singapore pilgrims leave for haj; age restriction removed

Relatives and friends at Changi Airport sending off the haj pilgrims.
Relatives and friends at Changi Airport sending off the haj pilgrims.

Pilgrim bus crash in Saudi kills 20

The incident highlights persistent challenges to safely transporting worshippers to Mecca and Medina.
The incident highlights persistent challenges to safely transporting worshippers to Mecca and Medina.

Saudi Arabia to host pre-pandemic numbers for 2023 haj pilgrimage season

Haj season is expected to begin on June 26 in 2023.
Haj season is expected to begin on June 26 in 2023.

Pilgrims scale Mount Arafat for climax of biggest Covid-era haj

Saudi to host a million faithfuls for biggest haj pilgrimage since Covid-19

Coronavirus Global situation

Mecca's Grand Mosque rolls back Covid-19 restrictions

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.