To handle the millions of pilgrims visiting Makkah Royal Clock Tower every year, Saudi Arabia launched one of the largest construction projects in modern history. Completed as part of the massive ...

As Ramadan starts, so does a giant clock in the holy city of Mecca, an intended challenger to Big Ben and Greenwich Mean Time. When construction is completed, it will be the largest clock in the world ...

Big Ben better watch his back: Saudi Arabia will test the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Here's how it measures up. Saudi Arabia will test ...

At a height of 607 meters, it stands as the world’s third tallest building, dwarfed only by 632-meter-high Shanghai Tower and Dubai’s 828-meter-high Burj Khalifa. Visitors to the holy city of Makkah ...

Islam's holy month of Ramadan is a lot about the calendar and the clock. The world's biggest clock began ticking in Mecca this week, to signal the beginning of Ramadan. It took 90 million pieces of ...

Lightning strikes the clock tower in the Saudi city of Mecca, home to Islam's holiest site — Hammad Al-Huthali Fierce storms closed schools Wednesday in Saudi Arabia's Mecca region, home to Islam's ...

JEDDAH (Reuters) - A giant clock on a skyscraper in Islam's holiest city Mecca began ticking on Wednesday at the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, amid hopes by Saudi Arabia it will become the ...