Saudi Arabia has confirmed that children will not be allowed at Hajj this year. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said the move ...

"Indeed, there have been stampede and deaths during Hajj too, over the years," he said in a detailed post on X. "After a 2015 stampede, the Saudi govt tightened the rules significantly, strictly ...

Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full toll of the stampede. A separate crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque earlier the same year killed 111. The second-deadliest incident at the Hajj ...

Grieving families in India are cremating their loved ones while others are caring for their injured relatives in hospitals a ...

A stampede during the massive Hindu pilgrimage of the Kumbh Mela left at least 15 people dead and many others injured in northern India. The leader of the Indian opposition condemned the authorities ...

The hajj takes place over five to six days, mostly outdoors. It has seen a number of disasters over the years, including in 2015 when a stampede during the “stoning the devil” ritual in Mina ...

The world's largest religious gathering, the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India, turned deadly Wednesday, with officials ...

Moments before a deadly stampede at the world's biggest religious gathering in India, Hindu devotees queuing to take a spiritual bath in a river said they pleaded with police to open barricaded routes ...

The Uttar Pradesh state government ordered a retired judge to investigate the stampede and submit his findings ... were in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage last year.