Egypt to prosecute travel agents over hajj 'fraud' as death toll tops 1,300

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered 16 tourism companies stripped of their licences and referred their managers to the public prosecutor Saturday over illegal pilgrimages to Mecca, the cabinet said. The order came after countries whose citizens performed this year's hajj reported more than 1,300 deaths, many attributed to the oven-like summer heat in Saudi Arabia.