In the worst tragedy in seven years at the annual Muslim pilgrimage, 244 worshippers were trampled to death and hundreds more were hurt beneath a crush of people making their way to a ritualistic ...

Witnesses have said that at least 50 Muslim pilgrims have been trampled to death during a stoning ritual at the annual Hajj in Suadi Arabia. The Saudi Interior Ministry reported several deaths but ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Saudi ambulances arrive with pilgrims who were injured in a stampede at an emergency ...

After one of the most deadly Hajj stampedes in recent history Saudi Arabia needs to reconsider how it regulates the safety of pilgrims Before the stampede prospective pilgrims on their way to ...

At least 1,301 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage that took place during an exceptional heatwave in Saudi Arabia, according to an official death toll. This year about 1.8 million ...

Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the ...

As nearly two million Muslim pilgrims converged on Saudi Arabia’s deserts for the annual hajj, the kingdom was braced for everything from terrorist attacks to demonstrations against Israel’s ...

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CAIRO--More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extreme high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi ...

(CNN) -- More than two million Muslims are converging on the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for The Hajj, Islam's annual pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Prophet Mohammad. The ritual has in ...