Media: Morocco transferred T-72B tanks to Ukraine
Ironically, these tanks were purchased in Belarus 20 years ago. T-72 tanks in Ukrainian “camouflage” / photo by Ukroboronprom The Kingdom of Morocco transferred to Ukraine an…
I stole my husband’s secret trick to finding the best food on holiday – here’s why you should too
In Madurai in southern India, we hired a foodie guide (foodiesdayout.com) to take us on a street food walking tour, stopping at the best stalls. There, we…
The 10 greatest holidays of all time, according to our experts
Not convinced? There are alternatives. Venice’s vaporetti waterbuses are a means of getting from A to B, certainly, but they can also be an attraction in themselves,…
Rayan Awram: Moroccan boy dies after four days trapped in well
A five-year-old boy trapped down a Moroccan well for four days, whose plight garnered worldwide attention, was last night pronounced dead. Rayan Awram fell into a 100-foot…
Morocco rescuers dig by hand to free boy from well as mission enters fifth day
Moroccan rescuers worked for a fifth day to free a young boy from a deep well on Saturday, digging by hand as fears grew that they might…
10 reasons to book February’s greatest short-haul holiday destination
Jetting off to Morocco in the early spring means two things: you’ll get all the thrills of a long-haul destination on a short-haul flight, and guaranteed sunshine….
Rescuers race to save five-year-old boy trapped in well for days
Authorities said Friday they were in the final stages and were stabilising the earth in order to dig a three-metre tunnel to safely extract the boy, an…
The countries that might finally reopen to British travellers in 2022
Vietnam Reopening prospects: Good Unlike some other countries in south-east Asia, which are doubling down on border closures, the outlook for holidays to Vietnam in 2022 is…
Is this the pandemic’s unluckiest traveller?
Perhaps I should have read the signs. It was November 4, Diwali day in Mumbai, where my brother Samir and I now live looking after our mother,…
Andrew Cotter: ‘I had this quasi-transcendental experience climbing Mt Fuji’
We’d also do a driving holiday to Europe every few years Half of my mother’s family was from Germany, so one of my earliest memories is of…
Claudia Roden: ‘Morocco taught me to be free and joyful’
The courtyard was where they did their cooking: each family set up their brazier in a different corner. I ate so well. The white-magic man’s wife made fish…
The countries banning all travellers over the ‘mild’ omicron variant
Britain has added 10 African countries to its travel red list, and beefed up its testing requirements for overseas arrivals, a tactic copied by most EU countries…