A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj – the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca – has killed more than 700 people and injured nearly 900 others in Saudi Arabia. The stampede ...

On Thursday, more than 700 people were killed in a stampede outside the holy city of Mecca. The disaster took place during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, which draws about 2 million Muslims to Saudi ...

Hajj pilgrims and Saudi emergency personnel carry a woman on a stretcher at the site were a stampede happened in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, Sept.

The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, was struck by tragedy Thursday, as a stampede near the holy city killed at least 717 people and left more than 860 injured, according to Saudi ...

which triggered a stampede, Saudi authorities said (per to the Wall Street Journal). The hajj attracts enormous crowds — overall 2 million visitors are expected this year — making the crowded ...

One survivor of last month’s crush and stampede at the hajj in Saudi Arabia recalled seeing so many bodies that he couldn’t tell how many there were. The Associated Press sought to answer that ...

A stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has left at least 244 people dead, the largest number killed at the event since 1997. The Hajj minister, Iyad Madani, said a comparable number of ...

With artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million ...

In 2015 a stampede in Mina killed more than 2,400 pilgrims, the deadliest incident ever to strike the Hajj, according to an AP count. Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full toll of the stampede.

At least 345 Muslim pilgrims have died in a crush during the stone-throwing ritual at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia ... barriers and stewards were added to improve safety. The stampede took ...

With artificial intelligence, more shade and misting machines, Saudi authorities are preparing to welcome more than a million ...