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Hajj reaches climax with pilgrims on Mount Arafat

MOUNT ARAFAT(AFP) - Tears flowed and prayers filled the air as the annual Muslim hajj…

Oil prices fall amidst supply glut, stronger dollar

Global oil prices fell Friday, with the US contract hitting a 17-month low amid ample…

Saudi price cuts crash oil prices

Price cuts by key exporter Saudi Arabia helped send global crude prices to their lowest…

Muslim pilgrims in mass movement as hajj begins

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims began a mass movement out of the holy city…

3 Borno pilgrims die

Three pilgrims from Borno state have died, two of them in Saudi Arabia, according to…

Pilgrims move to Makkah

Millions of pilgrims on Wednesday departed Madinah for Makkah, Saudi Arabia, to perform the main…

76,000 Nigerian pilgrims now in Saudi for Hajj

Ahead of Monday’s closure of Saudi Arabia borders for pilgrims, the National Hajj Commission of…

Oil glut: Price falling below $100 triggers panic in OPEC

Oil's slide below $100 a barrel on Monday adds to financial worries for OPEC members,…

Saudi suspends visas for workers from Ebola nations

Saudi Arabia has stopped granting visas to workers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the…

Saudi Arabia to host meeting over IS Jihadists

 Saudi Arabia is to host a meeting of foreign ministers from several Arab states to…