The marginalised Rif region has long been a major source of illicit hashish smuggled to Europe while Moroccan authorities, wary of social unrest, have often turned a blind eye. Growers now hope that a change in the law last year will help them prof...

The two-time Oscar-winning star of the stage, cinema and television -- whose full name is Kevin Spacey Fowler -- has disappeared from public view since he became one of the first performers to be caught up in the freshly minted #MeToo movement in O...

He greeted relatives of the victims after arriving at the Saiful Anwar hospital in the East Javan city. He will then travel to the Kanjuruhan stadium, the scene of the disaster on Saturday evening, according to an official from the presidential off...

Police, who described the unrest on Saturday night as "riots", said they tried to force supporters to return to the stands and fired tear gas after they invaded the pitch. But survivors -- who had described the police as wielding batons and firing ...

Anna Kikina, the only female cosmonaut in service, is part of the Crew-5 mission, which also includes one Japanese and two American astronauts. Blast-off is set for noon from the Kennedy Space Center, with the weather forecast so far promising. Tw...

Authorities say at least 76 people -- more than 100 according to US television networks citing local officials -- died in one of the most powerful storms to hit the United States. The Category 4 hurricane flattened whole neighborhoods on the Sunsh...

"Final DeSmithation", the fifth episode of the sixth season, aired on Sunday and featured a characteristically chaotic storyline involving an imprisoned alien making fortune cookies. Towards the climax a series of numbers and letters flash up on th...

The runaway leader failed to secure the title at last weekend's rain-affected Singapore Grand Prix, but he will do it in Japan if he wins and nearest rival Charles Leclerc finishes lower than second. Verstappen is 104 points ahead and he needs to e...

Prize experts are split over who will get it. One camp thinks this year's award winner will be a critique of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The other believes it will highlight the urgent need to combat global heating. W...

Shortly after recording the message to her phone, Najafi was killed while participating in a street protest on September 21 in Karaj, outside Tehran. According to Amnesty International, she was shot by security forces several times at close range, ...

The Australian state of Victoria will host the event, with all competition taking place outside the capital Melbourne and scattered across several towns. There will be 20 sports and 26 disciplines, including nine fully integrated Para sports, with ...

The bases are often seen as a disproportionate burden for Japan's sub-tropical southernmost region. Okinawa comprises 0.6 percent of the Japanese archipelago's territory but contains 70 percent of the land used for US bases, and over half the 50,00...

One summer day in 2020, while sailing through the Paracel Islands -- resource-rich waters in the South China Sea claimed by both Hanoi and Beijing -- his boat was rammed by a Chinese ship repeatedly until it capsized. Thirteen of his crewmen were l...

The pair were among eight players uncapped by Samoa in coach Seilala Mapusua's 31-strong group for Tests against Italy, Georgia and Romania -- their first northern hemisphere tour since 2019 ahead of next year's World Cup in France. Luatua, 31, pla...

If implemented, it would be the first such major cut since a landmark curb on production at the start of the Covid pandemic. Energy prices soared after Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, pushing inflation to decades-high levels that have put...