Earthquake of 6.1 Magnitude Strikes Southern Philippines
Philippines – An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km, 12 km...
View ArticleTeacher Trainees’ Crisis Continues: Hunger Strike During Eid Al-Adha
By Asmaa Bahadi Rabat – The ten thousand teachers included in the government’s Teacher Trainee program decided to start a hunger strike on the day of the Eid al-Adha festival, in front of the...
View ArticleMorocco to Give 600 Mosques Green Makeover: The Guardian
London – Mosques across Morocco will be fitted with solar energy systems in government scheme to boost clean energy awareness, The Guardian said Monday. Six hundred “green mosques” are to be created...
View ArticleSyria: At Least 40 Killed in Bombings in Government-Held Areas
Damascus – At least 40 people have been killed Monday in four bombings in government-held areas of Syria and one in a city dominated by Kurdish forces, state media reported. The attacks took place...
View ArticleMarine Le Pen attacks Nicolas Sarkozy for Meeting Saudi King in Morocco
Rabat – Marine Le Pen lashes out at Nicolas Sarkozy for visiting Morocco’s Tangier to “pay allegiance” to the Saudi King Salman Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. In the French city of Brachay, leader of the French...
View ArticleCAN 2017 Qualifiers: Morocco Beats Sao Tome e Principe 2-0
Rabat – Morocco’s football national team wrapped up its qualification campaign for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with a comfortable 2-0 win over Sao Tome e Principe in Rabat’s Moulay Abdallah stadium...
View ArticleMorocco to Take Part in ASEAN Summits in Laos
Vientiane – Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, is paying a working visit to Laos to attend the 28th and 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
View ArticleImam Caught With His Mistress in Mosque in Fez
Rabat – A video shows an imam caught by the residents of a neighborhood in Fez, in the act of sexual intercourse. The video, which was published on YouTube on September 4, has gone viral on social...
View ArticleMoroccan Radiololgist Latifa Gharbaoui Among Leading Physicians of the World
Rabat – Morocco-born Radiologist Latifa Gharbaoui has been ranked as one of the world’s leading physicians. The International Association of HealthCare Professionals has recognized Dr. Latifa...
View ArticleBernard Henry Levy Urges World Leaders to Join Morocco’s King in Fighting...
Rabat – French philosopher, Bernard Henri-Lévy, hailed the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI’s speech on August 21, where he criticized the Takfiri ideology of ISIS and other terrorist groups. In an...
View ArticleAmal Chammout: First Female Police Officer to Wear Hijab in U.S.
by Asmaa Bahadi Rabat – Amal Chammout recently became the first uniformed policewoman to wear a hijab on duty. Chammout’s picture went viral on social when she was announced as the first female police...
View ArticleShocking Story of Egyptian Man Who Picked up Leukemia in Prison
Rabat – Among the thousands of cases of political imprisonment in post-coup Egypt, the tragic story of one young Egyptian man has shocked the world. The story of Muhanad Ehab was featured in Sharq TV...
View ArticleEuropean Investment Bank Official to Visit Morocco Sept 7-9
Brussels – Vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), in charge of EIB activities in the Maghreb, Román Escolano, will visit Morocco on September 7-9 to participate in the EIB-MED...
View ArticleMorocco Joins ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation
Vientiane (Laos) – Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, signed, Tuesday in Vientiane, the instruments of Morocco’s accession to the Treaty of Amity and...
View ArticleLondon: Radical Preacher Jailed for Five Years
London – Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for the so-called Islamic State group. The 49-year-old was convicted after backing the group in...
View ArticlePAM Promises to Create 150,000 Jobs a Year
By Asmaa Bahadi Rabat – The Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) organized a press conference on Monday to discuss “the broad guidelines” of its election project program for the upcoming...
View ArticleSalafist Preacher Predicts PJD’s Defeat in Morocco’s Legislative Elections
New York – Sheikh Mohamed Fizazi predicts a defeat for Morocco’s Party of Justice and Development (PJD) in the legislative elections scheduled to take place in October. “The PJD will lose many, many...
View ArticlePresident Obama Nominates Muslim as Federal Judge
New York – U.S. President Obama has nominated Abid R. Qureshi to serve as a federal judge yesterday. It is the first time in the history of the United States that a Muslim has been considered for a...
View ArticleRoads Kill 13 People in Morocco’s Urban Areas Last Week
Rabat – Thirteen people were killed and 1,499 were injured, including 62 seriously, in the 1,118 road accidents in urban areas last week, the Moroccan police said. These accidents were mainly ascribed...
View ArticleMoroccan, British Tourism Professionals Meet in London
London – The Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT) organized, on Tuesday in London, a meeting between Moroccan and British tourism professionals to discuss partnership opportunities and promote...
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