At least 60 dead in stampede at India religious event
Officials say at least 60 people have been killed after a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India.
Officials say at least 60 people have been killed after a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India.
Authorities in northern India say at least 121 have been killed in a stampede that occurred at a Hindu religious gathering.
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll amid the heat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, required of every able Muslim once in their life.
Pope Francis has presided over the Vatican's sombre Easter Vigil service, a day after he decided to skip a Good Friday procession as a health precaution.
A suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Pakistan has killed at least 52 people and injured dozens more, police say.
Australian cardinal George Pell has been farewelled at St Peter's Basilica by the same pope whose papacy he described as a "disaster".