By Omar Chatriwala in Mecca Millions of Muslims from around the world have gathered in the Saudi city of Mecca in anticipation of the start of Hajj - the ...

All those fans are also turning the Emerald City into a soccer mecca - with a lot of help from Sounders fans, even though the team isn't playing. ...

20, 1979, Sunni religious fanatics led by a dark-eyed charismatic Saudi named Juhayman bin Seif al Uteybi seized Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site. ...

The arrested employees, including the ministry's treasurer, allegedly extorted money from landlords around Mecca in return for directing pilgrims to their ...