Ashwaq Al-Tuwairqi Okaz/ Saudi Gazette MAKKAH — Al-Nour Specialist Hospital has started taking the DNA of the next of kin of the unidentified deceased victims of the Mina Stampede. Al-Nour Specialist ...

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 ...

MINA – Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and chairman of the Central Haj Committee, visited the scene of stampede in Mina. Some 717 pilgrims were ...

The agency has also confirmed the killing of the immediate Caretaker Chairman of Illela Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello Gidan-Hamma, his mother, step-mother and two wives in the ...

TEHRAN, Iran – The death toll in the Saudi hajj disaster rose sharply Thursday as Iran announced 465 of its pilgrims died in last week’s stampede and crush, nearly doubling its earlier count and ...

AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press ADAM SCHRECK, Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- At least 453 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a stampede Thursday on the outskirts of Mecca, the ...

(CNN)Iran's Supreme Leader is threatening Saudi Arabia with "tough and harsh" retaliation after saying that the bodies of Hajj stampede victims are not being repatriated swiftly. "Saudi Arabia failed ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) yesterday put the Nigerian death toll in the Saudi stampede at 274. Forty four others are still missing while two are receiving treatment …244 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 ...