MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Thousands of Muslim pilgrims rushing to complete a symbolic stoning ritual during the hajj tripped over luggage Thursday, causing a crush in which at least 345 people were ...

Saudi Arabian authorities say 717 people are confirmed dead and more than 800 others are injured after a stampede in Mina, just outside the holy city of Mecca, The Associated Press reports. The ...

CAIRO (AP) — 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 ...

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 ...

The Stoke City striker has been informed that his mother was one of the dead victims of the stampede in Mecca Mother of Stoke City striker, Mame Biram Diouf was among the people that died during a ...

Saudi ambulances arrive with pilgrims who were injured in a stampede at an emergency hospital in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 24, 2015. (Photo: AFP) ...