RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 faithful died during the haj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat, and that most of...
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RIYADH: A senior Saudi official defended the Gulf kingdom’s management of the haj pilgrimage on Friday after various countries reported more than 1,100 deaths, many attributed to high heat.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 faithful died during the haj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat, and that most of...
Searing heat in Saudi Arabia appeared to at least contribute to many of the deaths.
RIYADH, June 19 (Reuters) - Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for...
RIYADH: The death toll from this year’s haj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who...
Relatives seek news of missing loved ones after hundreds reported dead as temperatures hit 51.8C in Saudi Arabia
Fourteen Jordanians have been reported dead during the annual Muslim haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, some of them due to heat stroke, while 17 others...
Hundreds of people are feared to have died during the pilgrimage and several countries have opened investigations.
Hundreds of people are thought to have died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia - most of them due to extreme heat as temperatures soared past...
Riyadh says more than four-fifths did not have permit to make pilgrimage to Mecca, where temperatures hit 51.8C
PM orders 16 companies to be stripped of licences amid hundreds of deaths, many attributed to extreme heat