Newsweek

Mecca’s Grand Mosque, the World’s Holiest Muslim Site, Is Under Attack by Locusts

The holiest site in Islam, the Grand Mosque in Saudia Arabia's sacred city of Mecca, has been bombarded by a swarm of insects, and local authorities are struggling to clean up the mess. Droves of ...
KLFY News 10

87 dead after crane collapse at Mecca mosque

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 ...
Yahoo

At Mecca’s Grand Mosque, Saudi imam prays for Jews to be punished during sermon

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 ...
HeraldNet

Saudis: 107 die in crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque

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

Saudi Arabia resumes prayers in Mecca’s Grand Mosque for first time since Covid-19 struck

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saudi Arabia allowed its own citizens to return to Islam’s holiest site for daily prayers for the first time in seven months.
The State

Crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque kills at least 87

In this Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014, photo, the Abraj Al-Bait Towers with the four-faced clocks stands over the holy Kabaa, as Muslims encircle it inside the Grand Mosque during the annual pilgrimage, known ...