Hajj stampede: witnesses blame Saudi officials and police as King Salman...
Some pilgrims say they are afraid to continue the ritual stoning of the devil amid complaints of inexperienced police and a lack of organisation...
View ArticleHorrific stampede at hajj in Saudi Arabia kills 717 pilgrims
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia urged to improve safety at Mecca after fatal hajj stampede
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames government for disaster that left more than 700 pilgrims dead as investigation begins...
View ArticleHajj stampede: Saudis face growing criticism over deaths
Iran has led growing criticism of Saudi Arabia after at least 717 people died and 863 were injured in a stampede near the holy city of Mecca on Thursday. Iran's Supreme National Security Council...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Stampede at hajj kills hundreds of pilgrims
MINA, Saudi Arabia — A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike the...
View ArticleStampede at Saudi hajj kills 717, leading to question: Why again?
How could it have happened again? Anguished relatives and stunned pilgrims demanded answers after at least 717 people were killed and 805 injured Thursday in a crushing crowd outside the holy city of...
View ArticleCritics question Saudi safety focus after hajj tragedy
The worst disaster in 25 years at the annual hajj pilgrimage has left critics questioning the Saudi government's attention to safety, despite billions of dollars invested in improving conditions. A...
View ArticleHaj stampede: Witnesses say they are afraid to continue rituals
Mina, Saudi Arabia: Witnesses to a stampede that left more than 700 people dead at the Haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday blamed Saudi authorities and said they were afraid to continue the rituals. The...
View ArticleHAJJ HORROR AS STAMPEDE KILLS HUNDREDS
A huge stampede killed at least 717 people and injured more than 860 at the hajj in Saudi Arabia yesterday, in one of the worst tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage. //--> Friday, September 25,...
View ArticleHaj stampede kills over 700
Four Indians among dead A huge stampede killed at least 717 people and injured hundreds more at the Haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage....
View ArticleStampede kills more than 700 in one of worst-ever hajj tragedies
A stampede killed at least 717 people and injured hundreds more at the hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage. It was the second deadly...
View ArticleSaudi criticised after hajj stampede kills more than 700
Blame shifted towards Saudi authorities on Friday after a stampede at the hajj killed at least 717 people, in the worst tragedy to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage in a quarter of a century. The...
View ArticleSaudi criticised after Haj stampede kills more than 700
Mina, Saudi Arabia: Blame shifted towards Saudi authorities on Friday after a stampede at the Haj killed at least 717 people, in the worst tragedy to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage in a quarter of...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: 310 pilgrims dead in hajj stampede
At least 310 people were killed and hundreds were injured in a stampede Thursday on the outskirts of Mecca, the deadliest such tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in nearly a decade. It was...
View ArticleHaj stampede claims over 700 lives near holy city
A huge stampede killed at least 717 people and injured hundreds more at the Haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, in one of the worst-ever tragedies at the annual Muslim pilgrimage. The stampede, the second...
View ArticleAt least 717 killed, 863 injured in Haj stampede at Mina
MINA: At least 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Makkah, where some two million people are performing Haj. Teams on the ground are leading...
View ArticleHaj pilgrims begin rite which caused deadly crush
Pilgrims heading to Mecca An aerial view of the tents of Muslim pilgrims is seen on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, during the annual haj pilgrimage September 13,...
View ArticleMore than 700 pilgrims die in crush in worst haj disaster for 25 years
By Nidal al-Mughrabi MINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the...
View ArticleThe Latest: Saudi king offers condolences over hajj tragedy
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The latest developments from a crush of Muslim pilgrims on the third day of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia that killed hundreds of people. --- 8 p.m. The Saudi...
View ArticleThe Latest: Death toll in Saudi hajj tragedy reaches 719
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The latest developments from a crush of Muslim pilgrims on the third day of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia that killed hundreds of people. --- 10:10 p.m. The...
View ArticleAs hajj nears, questions about deadly 2015 stampede remain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Marching with thousands of other pilgrims at last year's hajj in Saudi Arabia, 23-year-old Sobia Noor of Pakistan felt the crowd get tighter and the air grow thicker...
View ArticleSaudi prince says kingdom will remain in charge of hajj after deadly stampede
Turki al-Faisal says pilgrimage is a “matter of sovereignty”, following accusations of mismanagement of the event...
View ArticleOver 700 killed in crush of hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Two giant waves of Muslim pilgrims collided at an intersection Thursday near a holy site in Saudi Arabia, and more than 700 people were crushed and trampled to death in the...
View Article717 killed in hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia
A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual hajj pilgrimage in more...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia: Stampede at hajj kills 717 pilgrims
A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual hajj...
View ArticleHaj stampede: Saudi Arabia under pressure for answers
As the body count from the horrific Hajj stampede reached 719, the backlash started. Within hours, Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran had laid the blame for the deaths squarely on the heads of the...
View ArticleHajj stampede: At least 717 killed in Saudi Arabia
At least 717 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, officials in Saudi Arabia say. Another 863 people were injured in the incident...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia accused of neglect over deadly disaster at hajj
Saudi Arabia faced new accusations of neglect Friday in the hajj disaster that killed over 700 people, the second tragedy at this year's pilgrimage overseen by the kingdom's rulers who base their...
View ArticleIran blames Saudi Arabia for over 700 killed in hajj crush
Iran ratcheted up blame on archrival Saudi Arabia on Friday over the disaster at the hajj the previous day that killed more than 700 pilgrims, as Muslims solemnly resumed the final rites of the annual...
View ArticleI Survived a Hajj Stampede
Thursday’s killing of more than 700 is a tragic reminder of Saudi Arabia’s dangerous exploitation of the Muslim pilgrimage. I should know—my baby and I were once nearly crushed, too. It was 13 years...
View ArticleHajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, explained for non-Muslims
At this moment, some 1.3 million people from 164 different countries are in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performing the hajj, the Islamic religious pilgrimage — including, according to the US State Department,...
View ArticleOver 700 pilgrims die in Mecca crush
ReutersMINA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster...
View ArticleIn Iran, bitter denunciation of Saudis over latest hajj disaster
An outpouring of grief for the dead and indignation against Saudi Arabia’s leadership swept across Iran on Friday, a day after more than 700 pilgrims were killed and more than 800 injured in a crush...
View ArticleWitnesses blame Saudi officials for Haj horror
MINA: Witnesses to a stampede that left more than 700 people dead at the Haj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday blamed Saudi authorities and said they were afraid to continue the rituals. The worst tragedy in...
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