Nearly 500 confirmed fatalities from Hajj heatwave as hundreds more feared dead By Lauren Kent , Caroline Faraj , Hande Atay Alam and Nadeen Ebrahim , CNN 6 minute read ...

Bowie couple Alieu and Isatu Wurie, who died on their Hajj in Saudi Arabia on June 15. (Handout) “We were calling the Ministry of Health; we were calling the embassy,” Saida Wurie said.

The Hajj heatwave tragedy continues to kill people. 98 Indians have died during their visit. The temperature crossed 52° within a week.Saudi Arabia is yet to make any statements on the on-going ...

The family of an elderly Indonesian man who died during this year’s Hajj is happy he was buried in the holy city of Mecca, his daughter said, as the Southeast Asian nation mourns hundreds of its ...

The number of Bangladeshi pilgrims who have died during this year's Hajj has risen to 29 amid a searing heatwave sweeping across Makkah and Madinah, according to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Country officials said dozens of Hajj pilgrims have died as Mecca temperatures hit 120F, and seen here Muslim pilgrims using umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun near the holy city of Mecca ...

CNN By Lauren Kent, Caroline Faraj, Hande Atay Alam and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — The official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll could be ...