A stampede at a religious gathering in northern India killed 12 people Saturday as thousands of devotees of a controversial guru tried to cross a bridge at once, police said.
Ethiopia began three days of national mourning on Monday for 52 people who were killed in a stampede at a religious festival after police clashed with anti-government protesters, according to state-controlled media.
Several people were killed in a stampede near the Ethiopian capital on Sunday after police fired tear gas at protesters during a religious festival, according to an AFP photographer at the scene.
From Asia, Africa and points in between, nearly 1.5mn Muslims began the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia to Islam's holiest sites on Saturday, undeterred by last year's deadly stampede.
Saudi Arabia has begun issuing Haj pilgrims with identification bracelets one year after a stampede killed around 2,300 people. The bracelets are a reassurance to some pilgrims.
The US pressed Russia on Thursday for a "true cessation of hostilities" in Syria ahead of a expected high-level peace talks in Geneva, warning that its patience is running thin.
Close to 1.5mn Muslims from around the world descended on Thursday on Saudi Arabia for the annual Haj pilgrimage, undeterred by last year's stampede disaster but with Iranians absent.
