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 ...

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 ...

One man posted video from his car window showing the road more like a fast-flowing river ... and dry desert weather, with the average temperature in April 33ºC. However, flash flooding can ...