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 ...

Big Ben better watch his back. Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world's largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the country's official news ...

RIYADH, Saudi ArabiaRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia will test what it is billing as the world’s largest clock in the holy city of Mecca during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the official ...

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 ...

IN THE heart of the Middle East lies a megastruture that’s bigger than six Big Ben’s and boasts the world’s largest clock. The Makkah Royal Clock Tower stands at a colossal 1,972ft tall and is the ...

In a severe case of clock envy, Saudi Arabia has erected a nearly 2,000-foot-high timepiece intended to stake a symbolic claim for Mecca as the world’s center. Islamic scholars have proposed that the ...

Videos circulating online showed the moment Mecca’s famous clock tower – overlooking the Kaaba – was struck by lightning as the Saudi Arabian city was hit with a heavy thunderstorm. Photographer ...