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Still hundreds missing after Mina stampede

Frustration is growing in several countries in Asia and Africa over slow identification process of Hajj pilgrims killed and hundreds more missing after the Mina stampede in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi official death toll from the worst disaster in 25 years at the Mecca hajj has not changed since 26 September: 769 dead and 934...

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Heart of Asia – Senior Officials deliberate upon Islamabad Declaration

NEW YORK: Senior officials of the member countries of Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process met earlier Sunday on the sidelines of the 70th UNGA Session in New York.   The Senior Officials Meeting, co-hosted by Pakistan and Afghanistan, was the 12thmeeting at this level since the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process began in 2011. The agenda of the current...

Hundreds of people were killed and more were injured in a stampede in Mecca, September 23, 2015.
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Saudi Arabia: More than 700 Hajj pilgrims killed in Mecca stampede

MINA: More than 700 faithful were killed and hundreds injured in a stampede Thursday in Mina near Mecca, one of the worst tragedies to hit the great pilgrimage in the first shrine of Islam. This is the deadliest tragedy cast a pall over the past 25 years hajj in Saudi Arabia where two million pilgrims...