More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have entered Saudi Arabia for the upcoming Hajj, surpassing last year’s international arrivals despite ongoing...

Saudi Arabia has been directly hit by missiles and drones during the Iran war, but the country is hosting the all-important Muslim pilgrimage anyway.

More than a million Muslims are gathering in Mecca for the hajj pilgrimage overshadowed by the Middle East war, as animosity smoulders across the region despite a fragile…