The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has officially declared 2024 the hottest year on record, and the first ...

In 2024, extreme heat enveloped whole regions of the world for weeks on end, with severe unprecedented consequences. A deadly heat wave killed at least 1,300 people during the annual Hajj ...

The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first step, analysts ...

RIYADH — The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has announced the 2025 Hajj fare, with intending pilgrims from Southern states expected to pay N8.7 million, while those from Borno and Adamawa zones will ...

It was a high-profile example of the havoc wrought by heat in 2024, which the Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday was the hottest year ever recorded. The vast majority of hajj ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has issued strict directives for the special preparations of Hajj 2025, emphasising that no negligence in serving the pilgrims will be tolerated. According to Express ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has announced that intending pilgrims from Jigawa State will pay N8.4m for the 2025 Hajj. This was disclosed in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in ...

A 2019 study published by the journal Geophysical Research Letters said because of climate change and the timing of the hajj, heat stress for pilgrims will exceed the "extreme danger threshold ...