Saudi Arabia takes pride in hosting the Hajj every year, when millions of Muslims travel to Mecca, but once again the pilgrimage has turned deadly. Less than two weeks ago a construction crane crashed ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—High winds were to blame for the toppling of a massive crane that smashed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque and killed at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage ...

(CNN) -- A stampede during one of the last rituals of the Hajj season -- the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca -- has killed more than 700 people and injured 800 others in Saudi Arabia. The stampede ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia—A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more Thursday, Sept. 24, on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to ...

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The stampede is being called the worst in 25 years. It occurred on a street in Mina, a large valley where thousands of pilgrims camp overnight. The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, was ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia- A massive 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.

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 strike ...