Mehdi Qotbi Received by French Foreign Minister
Paris – The president of Morocco’s National Foundation for Museums (FNM), Mehdi Qotbi, was received Friday in Paris by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault. On this occasion, Qotbi...
View ArticleMorocco, Canary Islands Set to Boost Bilateral Cooperation
Rabat – Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (Lower House), Chafik Rachadi, held talks here on Thursday with speaker of Canary Islands parliament Carolina Darias San Sebastian, who is on a...
View ArticleMoroccan Flag Carrier Launches Washington-Casablanca Air Route
Rabat – Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) launched on Thursday a new air route linking Washington to Casablanca. This new air route will be available three times a week, on Tuesdays,...
View ArticleApple Unveiled New Water Resistant iPhone 7 Series
Rabat – The event to release the new iPhone 7 series took place in the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California this past Wednesday. The two iPhones come in two different sizes: the...
View ArticleMorocco’s Imports of Liquor, Tobacco on the Rise
Rabat – Morocco imported over MAD 900 million of tobacco and MAD 300 of liquor in the last seven months, according to Morocco’s Exchange Office. The same source said that Morocco imported approximately...
View ArticleNorth Korea Carries Out ‘Biggest Ever’ Nuclear Test: Seoul
Seoul – North Korea is believed to have conducted a fifth nuclear test, its most powerful to date, South Korea’s military said Friday. A 5.3-magnitude “artificial earthquake” was detected near North...
View ArticleArab League Council Welcomes Morocco King’s Efforts to Defend Al Quds
Cairo – The Arab League Council welcomed, here Thursday, the efforts of King Mohammed VI, Chairman of Al-Quds Committee, to defend the city of Al-Quds and support the Palestinian resistance. At the end...
View ArticleMorocco Closely Follows Developments in Gabon
Rabat – Morocco is closely following the developments in Gabon since the announcement of the results of the presidential elections, which were a moment of democratic expression, the Ministry of Foreign...
View ArticleFrance Foils ISIS Attack in Paris
Paris – French authorities have foiled an attack by three radicalized women who were being guided by ISIS from Syria, France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor said Friday. “A terrorist cell made up of young...
View ArticleTablet Market Shrinks in Middle East and Africa
Rabat- The Middle East and Africa (MEA) has seen a decline in sales of tablets, reported the latest ‘Middle East and Africa Quarterly Tablet Tracker’ from International Data Corporation (IDC). The...
View ArticleA Moroccan Swims Across the Strait of Gibraltar
Casablanca – A 51-year-old Moroccan entrepreneur swam accros the Strait of Gibraltar without swimming outfit. At a speed of 4.2km per hour, the Moroccan entrepreneur Dino Sebti crossed the...
View ArticleMorocco and Algeria dispute over the Origin of Rai Music
Casablanca – An Algerian attempt to register Rai music in UNESCO’s World Heritage sparks debate with Morocco over the Music’s origin. The Algerian ministry of culture submitted a file last March to...
View ArticleEgyptian MP: Female Genital Mutilation is solution to men’s ‘Sexual Weakness’
Casablanca – An Egyptian member of the parliament resisted a bill to toughen punishment of people caught practicing female genital mutilation, saying that it solves the problem of ‘sexual weakness’...
View ArticleBarcelona: Pregnant Women Wearing Niqab kicked in the Stomach.
Casablanca – Football hooligans kicked a heavily pregnant woman wearing niqab in her stomach last Monday. The despicable Islamophobic act took place in Barcelona’s central Old Town area where the...
View ArticleMorocco Satisfied with UNSC Consultations on Sahara, Ambassador
United Nations – Morocco is satisfied with the outcome of the consultations of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the Sahara, Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar...
View ArticleMoroccan COP22 Presidency Aims to Increase Proportion of Climate Finance...
Skhirat – The priority of the Moroccan Presidency of COP22 is to increase the proportion of financial flows to address climate change adaptation, Special Envoy for Mobilization of COP22 and Morocco’s...
View ArticleDiamond League: Abdelaati Iguider Finishes Second in 1500m
Brussels – Moroccan Abdelaati Iguider on Friday finished second in the 1,500 meters at the Brussels meeting, the last round of the 2016 Diamond League. Iguider crossed the finish line in a time of 3:...
View ArticleTwo Muslim Women Beaten up in New York
New York – Two Muslim women pushing their strollers were viciously attacked by a Brooklyn woman Thursday. Emirjeta Xhelili, 32, of Brooklyn was charged with a hate crime after pouncing on two Muslim...
View ArticleControversial Saudi Islamic School Closed Worldwide
New York – School has started for most students around the world.But students attending the controversial Islamic Saudi Academy have had to find an alternative. The Saudi-funded educational...
View ArticleMorocco Arrests Two Nigerians Smuggling 2.5kg Cocaine in their Stomachs
Rabat – Police services of Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport arrested, last Wednesday, two Nigerian passengers suspected of hiding cocaine capsules in their stomachs, the national police...
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