At least 15 people, including six children, have been killed after two vans collided in south-western Saudi Arabia.

Iran has vowed to take international legal action against Saudi Arabia’s rulers over the crush of Muslim pilgrims at this year’s hajj, which killed at least 769 people, including 136 Iranians.

Four more people have died in Saudi Arabia from a new respiratory virus related to Sars, bringing the total number of deaths to 32 in the kingdom at the centre of the growing crisis.

The death toll from a stampede during the stoning ritual at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca rose to 251 today.