The Hajj is one of the world's largest religious gatherings and the major annual event in Saudi Arabia. It is regarded as one of the five pillars of Islam. People who have completed the pilgrimage ...

Saudi Arabia floods submerged cars in Mecca following torrential rains that hit the region. Dramatic footage shows vehicles engulfed in the deluge in the Al-Awali area and Al-Naseem Walkway on ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Rain has been falling in Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia since Monday, January 6, 2025. A number of amateur videos on social media show flash floods inundating Mecca with ...

Flash floods sparked by torrential rain in largely desert Saudi Arabia have killed seven people over the past three days, the civil defence authority said on Wednesday. Five other people are still ...

The death toll from two days of rains and flooding in western Saudi Arabia rose to at least ... will stay closed until Thursday. Floods killed 123 people in the Red Sea city in 2009, and about ...

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As Washington steels itself for a battle with China over critical minerals and Brussels struggles to beat back a flood of Chinese electric vehicles, Saudi Arabia has offered to help Beijing ride ...