Blame shifted towards Saudi authorities on Friday after a stampede at the hajj killed at least 717 people, in the worst tragedy to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage in a quarter of a century. The disaster, which also left several hundred people wounded, was the second deadly...

The head of Iran's hajj organization blames Saudi "mismanagement" for a crush of pilgrims outside Mecca that killed hundreds of people, including 21 Iranian pilgrims. Saeed Ohadi told state TV by phone from Saudi Arabia that the incident might have been caused by the closure of a road. State...

 An Egypt-based affiliate of ISIS has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack in the capital, Cairo, which wounded two people. The claim was reported late Sunday by SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S.-based group that monitors militant websites. The explosion happened near a building...

Beremend (Hungary) (AFP) - Overwhelmed Croatia on Friday began bussing hundreds of migrants to its border with Hungary, threatening to create a new flashpoint in Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II. The move came as a string of countries in the Balkans closed...