A performance by Elton John sparked outrage among Morocco’s anti-gay conservatives and tested the limits of the country’s modernisation drive.

GOLFING legend Jack Nicklaus and former Ryder Cup-winning captain Tony Jacklin have expressed surprise that Tiger Woods will end his five-month self-imposed exile at the US Masters in Augusta.

A minaret collapsed during Friday prayers, killing 36 people and injuring 71 at a crowded mosque in the old town of the historic Moroccan city of Meknes.

Thirty-six people died and 71 were injured when a minaret collapsed during Friday prayers at a crowded mosque in the old town of the historic Moroccan city of Meknes.

A 26-year-old engineer has been sentenced to three years in prison for “usurping” the identity of the brother of Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Facebook.

THE wide-eyed look of disbelief told it all: He kissed the track and danced a jig. This ­ for the fans of track and field at least ­ was the greatest moment of the 2004 Olympic Games

Rescue teams were combing the rubble of mud-and-stone houses today after a massive earthquake killed more than 550 people in a desperately poor region of northern Morocco.

Director Ridley Scott, whose location film work has poured millions of pounds into Morocco, is being honoured at the Morocco film festival next month with the country’s highest award.

Moroccan security agents were today questioning dozens of suspects picked up after Friday night’s deadly suicide bombings that killed 28 bystanders in Casablanca.

Investigators raided Islamic militant strongholds across Morocco today in search of suspects linked to the suicide bombings in Casablanca that killed at least 28 people.

Five “groups of kamikazes” – 14 attackers in all – carried out the deadly series of suicide bombings in Casablanca, Morocco’s commercial capital, killing 28 people, the interior minister said.

The Kingdom of Morocco has until now been an oasis of calm along the violent fault line between Islam and the West.

At least 20 people were killed when four explosions tore through the Moroccan coastal city of Casablanca damaging a synagogue, the Belgian consulate and a Spanish restaurant, officials said.

SPAIN'S Foreign Minister yesterday offered to withdraw troops from a disputed Mediterranean island recaptured from Morocco, but only if Morocco promises not to reoccupy it.

Spain’s Foreign Minister today offered to withdraw troops from a disputed Mediterranean island recaptured from Morocco, but only if Morocco promises not to reoccupy it.

Arab leaders hailed the US President for his endorsement of a Palestinian state, with the king of Morocco calling the remark a milestone in the peace process.

Twenty-nine people died and 27 injured when a packed bus flipped over on a road in central Morocco.