Iran on Thursday nearly doubled its death toll from the hajj stampede to 464, giving up hope of finding missing pilgrims alive after a tragedy that has sparked a major row with Saudi Arabia./ After Iran threatened a "fierce" response to delays repatriating its dead, Tehran and Riyadh reached an ...
A female Iranian hajj pilgrim, right, weeps as she and her travel companion, second left, are welcomed by their relatives upon arrival at Tehran Imam Khomeini airport, Iran./ Iran's death toll from the Saudi hajj disaster has nearly doubled to 464 pilgrims killed, state media reported Thursday, ...
Saudi medics tend to injured pilgrims after they arrived at an emergency hospital following a deadly stampede in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, on the first day of Eid al-Adha on September 24, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)/ Dubai (AFP) - Hundreds of people were still unaccounted for ...
Tehran says 464 pilgrims died, with 241 still missing/ DUBAI—Iran on Thursday doubled the number of its pilgrims who died in last week’s hajj stampede in Mecca to 464, state media reported, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and regional rival Saudi Arabia. Another 241 of the 64,000 ...
Fighters loyal to Yemen's exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, fire a mortar shell during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels at a military site near the country's third-largest city of Taez on September 9, 2015 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Basha)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran rejected as "propaganda" on ...
Bodies line the road after hundreds of pilgrims were killed in a stampede at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia, on September 24, 2015 (AFP Photo/)/ Tehran (AFP) - Iran on Thursday nearly doubled its death toll from last week's hajj stampede to 464, saying there was no hope of finding pilgrims ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The website of Iran's state television is reporting that the Iranian death toll from the Saudi hajj disaster has risen to 464 pilgrims killed. Thursday's report saw the death toll rise dramatically — almost doubling — from the previously reported death toll of 239. It wasn't ...
Iranian protesters outside the Saudi embassy in Tehran on September 27, 2015 (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)/ Riyadh (AFP) - Saudi authorities have yet to provide a breakdown of the nationalities of the 769 Muslim pilgrims killed in the hajj stampede, but several countries have announced the deaths of ...
The death toll of Iranians killed at the disaster at the haj in Saudi Arabia last week has risen to 464, Iran Haj and Pilgrimage Organization said on Thursday. "Seven days after the incident and after visiting hospitals [in Saudi Arabia] ... we sadly announce that number of Iranians died is ...
Iranian women demonstrate outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran on September 27, 2015 (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)/ Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Saudi and Iranian health ministers have agreed to repatriate Iranian pilgrims killed in last week's Hajj stampede, Saudi state media said, after ...
An Iranian pilgrim pushes his luggage upon his return from Saudi Arabia after performing the annual haj pilgrimage, at Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran September 28, 2015./ Iran and Saudi Arabia sought to tone down a war of words over last week's haj disaster, with Riyadh offering condolences to ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Saudi-led coalition battling Yemen's Shiite rebels says it has foiled an attempt by Iran to smuggle missiles and other weapons to the rebels aboard a fishing boat bound for Yemen. The coalition says in a statement released Wednesday that the seizure took ...
An armed Yemeni Shiite Huthi rebel stands next to a national flag in the capital Sanaa on September 21, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mohammed Huwais)/ Riyadh (AFP) - The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Sea of Oman loaded with weapons destined for Shiite ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader on Wednesday warned Saudi Arabia of "harsh" measures if the kingdom fails to promptly repatriate the bodies of more than 200 Iranian pilgrims killed in last week's hajj stampede. 's warning came as Iran summoned Riyadh's envoy for the fourth time since last ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of the 22-year-old Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and ...
A homeless man on parole for an assault conviction dragged a jogger by her hair on a beach near before attempting to rape her earlier this week, police said. The alleged incident occurred at around 7:15 a.m. on the Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica. Witnesses told a 911 dispatcher that a woman, ...
's administration said Thursday it will now cost more than $20 billion to build a giant tunnel aimed at catching more water when it rains and storing it to better prepare for longer droughts caused by climate change. State regulators have been trying to build some version of for decades. The ...
A former Orlando police officer, David Arenas, passed away earlier this week after jumping into Lake Minneola in Clermont. Arenas served with the department from 1992 until his retirement as a lieutenant in 2020. The tragic incident occurred on Monday, May 13, while Arenas was enjoying the water ...
Colonial Williamsburg American Revolution Barracks/ WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a military barracks from the Revolutionary War, including chimney bricks and musket balls indented with soldiers' teeth. The site is on the ...
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on Thursday rejected a conservative-led attack that could have undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices ruled 7-2 that the way the CFPB is funded does not violate the Constitution, reversing a lower court and drawing praises from consumers. wrote the majority opinion, ...
Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The measures imposed on Wednesday for at least 12 days boost security forces' powers to quell deadly unrest that has left four ...
LONDON (AP) — They appear like ghosts in the night, standing outside your house, one holding up an antenna while the other crouches next to the car parked on the driveway. Within seconds, your car is gone, yet another victim amid enabled by the technology designed to make it easier to unlock and ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, the end of an era for a property credited with helping transform Sin City into an ultra-luxury resort destination. The July 17 closure will clear the way for major renovations and construction ...