The central courtyard at Mecca's Great Mosque was left deserted except for cleaners on Thursday in near-unprecedented scenes as it was disinfected to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Saudi Arabia's three biggest mobile phone providers sent millions of requests for location data to a major US carrier starting in November last year, which can be used to track the phones' users.

800 people have been executed in the Kingdom since King Salman bin Abdulaziz ascended to the throne in January 23, 2015.

English football's biggest overseas broadcast partner beIN Sports have reportedly urged the Premier League to block Newcastle's proposed takeover from the Saudi Arabian-led consortium.

A year has passed since the beheading of 37 Saudi men and still the families wait to receive the bodies. At the time, they did not even know their loved ones had been executed.

It is the news Newcastle fans have been dreaming about for years - a big-money takeover and the possible departure of Mike Ashley. But how does a deal actually happen? Our expert reveals all.

A source said more deals with entertainment businesses in America are to be expected as the country tries to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from plunging oil prices.

It's 1929. A freight train arriving at Kings' Cross carries rhubarb fresh from the West Riding. Not so fresh is the corpse found in one of the trucks.

Chris Atkins was sentenced to a five-year 'stretch' in jail. He wrote about his seven months in HMP Wandsworth in A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner.

It is a tough life for Peter Diamond. As head of Bath's CID he is used to doing battle with the criminal class.

Rachel Johnson reveals the challenges of life in the public eye and behind the scenes of the 'Westminster bubble' in her book, Rake's Progress, My Political Midlife Crisis.

A life-class model, a woman of some notoriety as a sexual predator, is found murdered at her place of work, an art school built on high ideals but down on its luck

Missing by Richard van Emden follows the story of Francis Mond who died on May 15, 1918, aged 23, when his RAF plane was shot from the skies and plummeted into no man's land in Northern France.

American professor of classics Michael Fontaine, has translated Vincent Obsopoeus's Latin poem The Art Of Drinking into English. The poet penned the work in 1536.

Clare Hastings reflects on the life of her mother Ann Scott-James in a new memoir. The journalist who read at Oxford, once continued a dinner party although her husband had collapsed.

Jonah Berger who is a marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has advised Apple and Nike. In a new book, he shares advice for changing people's minds.

Georgina Le Grice is no stranger to horror stories, but she never expected to find herself in one when her family's picturesque 18th-century property was falling apart, and there was no money to save it.

An article on 12 January 2010 about the murder trial of Jessica Davies - in which she was found guilty of stabbing Olivier Mugnier to death in her Paris flat - said that she had joined him in smoking cannabis on the night of the murder. In fact tests for cannabis after her arrest proved negative.

The Man In Black, The Woman In White and many other other mysterious presences have been detected in the spooky Legal tender saloon

The lucky escape occurred in Utah this Friday, and if that were not extraordinary enough, the entire incident was caught on camera.

From cut-price Dreamliners and tented cities to SeaWorld's sales plunge: Take a look at the business stories that got us talking this week

Greg Lee, 41, from Williamsburg, Virginia, was fed up with battling his 6.5 stone Rhodesian Ridgeback Jax every fortnight to cut his nails so started squirting canned cheese on his head.

The matriarch, 45, shared a sweet snap of Brooklyn, 20, hugging little sister Harper, eight, but couldn't help but mock the aspiring photographer's 'dodgy' fashion choice.

The pop star-turned-fashion designer, 45, looked sensational in a monochrome ensemble from her collection in a snap shared a day after she revealed her incredibly healthy morning routine

The designer, 45, draped a stylish black tailored coat over her shoulders and added a splash of colour with green trousers as she sat with David ahead of the Dior fashion show in Paris on Friday.

The fashionista, 45, arrived in style at the Dior Homme Menswear Fall/Winter 2020-2021 show, which was held as part of Paris Fashion Week in the French capital on Friday.

It is thought that the aspiring photographer, 20, who is the eldest son of David and Victoria Beckham, could 'win over new fans' with his 'cool image'.

The fashion designer, 45, swapped her signature wide-legged trousers for a pair of spray-on black jeans, showcasing her lithe pins to perfection.

Rebecca Judd is considered the 'queen bee' of the Melbourne WAG community.

The fashion designer, 45, took to Instagram to share a make-up free video of herself after applying the serum to her face to show her fans the results.

The fashion designer, 45, cut a stylish figure in a £520 lemon yellow polo neck from her the new season of her own collection as she posed for the snap.

According to The Sun , the 45-year-old former Spice Girl's alleged actions led to fellow fashion designer Stella, 48, uninviting the Beckhams from a family soirée.

The star said that after the group's managers threatened to sack her over the incident at the Brit Awards, she started becoming 'really hard on myself', which came at a cost to her mental health.

Victoria Beckham celebrated her mother Jackie Adams' birthday in style on Tuesday.

The son of David and Victoria Beckham partied with his close friends at his £6 million Cotswolds home during his 21st birthday bash, said to be worth £100,000, on Saturday evening.

Meghan Markle, 38, dazzled in a string of vibrant ensembles as she carried out her final official engagements in the UK. It was a 'masterclass in revenge dressing', according to Vanity Fair.

American actress Nicola, 25, took to Instagram to share a loved-up video with Brooklyn, 21, as they packed on the PDA in her US home.

The photographer son of David and Victoria Beckham is isolating away from the rest of the family at Nicola's billionaire father's  27 bedroom mansion in Bedford, New York.

Victoria Beckham has been using her time in lockdown to sort through old baby photos of herself - and comparing them to her fashion designs.

Victoria Beckham, pictured, has reversed a decision to seek a taxpayer bailout for her fashion firm by furloughing 30 staff which would have cost the taxpayer £150,000.

He may be celebrating his 45th birthday in lockdown, but that didn't stop David Beckham from having a good time on Saturday.

Items from Victoria Beckham's designer fashion label have appeared on Net-A-Porter discount site The Outnet for up to 70 percent off.

Glasgow-born Abigail Forsyth, 48, based in Melbourne, has recalled how one of the first designers she approached to help with KeepCup was very dismissive.

It's no secret that Rebecca Judd enjoys the finer things in life - and on Thursday, the 37-year-old WAG offered fans a glimpse of the living room inside her $7.3 million home in Melbourne

Paramedics were called to a stone supplier in Dingley Village, in Melbourne's south east, at about 10am on Thursday.

Jetstar and Qantas continued to offer a select number of routes - including Sydney to Melbourne - throughout the coronavirus pandemic and government-imposed restrictions on travelling.

Shane Warne's 'favourite' Melbourne's mansion in affluent Brighton has been partly knocked down by its new owner.

She is currently isolating inside her $7.3million mansion with her four young children and husband Chris Judd.

Married At First Sight's Stacey Hampton has never been one to hide her wealth.

Married At First Sight's Stacey Hampton has revealed that she has lost some of her beloved designer items.