"The advisories come after Monday's slaying of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella in Dhaka The U.S. and U.K. embassies in Bangladesh have restricted their diplomats’ movements and warned visitors to …
Hajj Stampede Near Mecca Leaves Over 700 Dead
"In streaming ribbons of white, great masses of Muslim pilgrims made their way between cities of air-conditioned tents toward the next stop on their holy tour of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Then something …
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Saudi officials: Over 450 dead in hajj pilgrimage stampede
"More than 450 people were killed and over 700 injured in a stampede Thursday during the annual hajj pilgrimage just outside Mecca, Saudi officials said." Source: Saudi officials: Over 450 dead in …
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Saudi Arabia boosts security for start of hajj pilgrimage
"Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from around the world on Tuesday began moving from the holy city of Mecca to nearby Mina for the start of the hajj, the world's largest annual gathering." Source: …
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Saudi Arabia says 100,000 troops to secure this year’s hajj
"Saudi Arabia has deployed 100,000 security personnel to oversee the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage that begins on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry spokesman said, underscoring both the massive …
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Venezuela fighter jet crashes near Colombia border
"A Venezuelan fighter jet with two people on board crashed near the Colombian border late on Thursday evening after an 'illicit aircraft' believed to be Colombian was found violating airspace, …
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Missing Medevac plane may have collided with Boeing in Senegal
"A Senegal-bound medical evacuation plane with seven people aboard appears to have collided with a much larger Boeing plane shortly before vanishing from radar screens, Senegal's aviation authority …
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Desperate Syrian refugees take arctic route to Europe
"As more European countries erect walls and deploy barbed-wire fences in a bid to stop the irrepressible flow, the circuitous northern route via Russia has emerged as a safer option than the often …
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Dozens of young Swazi women die on road to royal ceremony
"At least 38 young women have died in a road accident in Swaziland on their way to an annual ceremony where the king might have chosen one of them as his wife, an advocacy group said on Saturday. …
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Migrant crisis: 71 bodies found in Austria lorry
"Police in Austria say the bodies of 71 people, believed to be migrants, were discovered in an abandoned lorry found near the Hungarian border on Thursday. The victims included 59 men, eight women and …
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