Nigerian National Arrested for Alleged Trafficking of Cocaine
Rabat – Security services at the Casablanca Mohammed V airport arrested, on Saturday night, a Nigerian national for alleged trafficking of cocaine. The suspect, 29, who arrived on a flight from Sao...
View ArticleIndia Ratifies Paris Climate Change Agreement
New York – India, which accounts for about 4.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, ratified the Paris climate change agreement Sunday at the United Nations, officials said. Prime Minister...
View ArticleOne Killed in Road Accident Northern Morocco
Tetouan – One person was killed and another seriously injured in an accident that occurred Saturday night on the road linking the northern cities of Martil and Cabo Negro, M’diq-Fnideq province. The...
View ArticleChina Seeks to Buy the World’s Entire Donkeys Supplies
Casablanca – China seeks to import donkeys to use in the production of a traditional pharmaceutical. The sale of donkeys has grown profitable for Chinese sellers, with China’s supply of donkeys...
View ArticlePentagon Paid PR Firm to Create Fake al Qaeda Videos
Rabat – A new investigation revealed that the Pentagon hired a British public relations firm to manage a classified propaganda program in Iraq that included the production of fake Al Qaeda videos. The...
View ArticleThe Suffering of Moroccan Family with 11 Blind Members
Rabat – A new documentary by Al-Jazeera follows the lives of a family living in the city of Taroudant, 11 of whom are blind or will be blind in the coming years due to a hereditary disease of the...
View ArticleJASTA: Arab Social Media Users Show Support For Saudi Arabia
Casablanca – Social media user mobilized in supports of Saudi Arabia After the US congress voted to override President Obama’s veto of JASTA, and world leaders react. Arab social media users have...
View ArticleMorocco Dismantles All-female ISIS-linked Terrorist Cell
Rabat – The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) dismantled on Monday a terrorist cell composed of 10 women linked to the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) terrorist cell active in the cities of...
View ArticleJapan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Stockholm – Japanese professor Yoshinori Ohsumi has won the 2016 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for his discovery of how cells break down and recycle their content, which could lead to a better...
View ArticleCycling: Morocco’s Haddi Wins Abidjan International Grand Prix
Abidjan – Moroccan cyclist Haddi Soufiane on Sunday won the International Grand Prix of Abidjan, which took place on a road circuit of more than 79 km. Haddi triumphed with a time of 01h 47min 43 sec,...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Switches to Gregorian Calendar to Save Money
Rabat – On Saturday, Saudi Arabia officially switched the pay of civil sector employees from the Islamic Hijri calendar to the Gregorian calendar for the first time in its history, according to local...
View ArticleKabbaj Accuses Maghraoui of Using Quranic Schools to Support PAM
Rabat – Salafist Hammad Kabbaj said on Sunday that Moroccan preacher Mohamed ben Abderrahmane Al-Maghraoui is using Quranic schools to “support the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM).” In a post on...
View ArticleSuicide Bombings Kill at Least 10 in Baghdad
Baghdad- Suicide bombers struck two Shiite-majority areas of the Iraqi capital on Monday, leaving at least 10 dead and injuring over 30 others, security sources said. In the deadliest attack, a bomber...
View ArticleGad El Maleh Plans to Perform a Show in Moroccan Darija
Rabat – Moroccan-French comedian Gad El Maleh is planning to perform a show in Darija after his successful performances in French and English, since he started his career. In his first interview,...
View ArticleMorocco Leads North Africa in Economic Competitiveness
Rabat – Morocco gained two places in economic competitiveness ahead of other North African countries, but it still faces obstacles, according to the World Economic Forum’s annual report. The World...
View ArticleHaddad Says PJD Members Lack Experience in Heading the Government
Rabat – Outgoing Tourism Minister Lahcen Haddad attributed what he considered to be the current government’s lack of achievements in the past five years to the ruling party’s inexperience in...
View ArticleTwo People Killed in Road Accident in Morocco
Rabat – Béni Mellal Two people were killed in a road accident, on Monday evening, on national road n8 linking the cities of Béni Mellal and Marrakech. The accident, which took place at 9.30 p.m. at the...
View ArticleTwo People Arrested in Casablanca for Carrying 1,050 Psychotropic Pills
Rabat – Casablanca’s Judiciary police arrested on Monday two people for carrying and dealing in 1,050 Rivotril psychotropic pills, said on Tuesday National Police (DGSN). The suspects, with criminal...
View ArticleArchives of Late Simon Levy Entrusted to ‘Archives du Maroc’
Rabat – The archives of late Simon Levy, who passed away on Dec.2, 2011, were entrusted to “Archives du Maroc” (Morocco’s archives) thanks to a donation by the Levy family. According to a statement by...
View ArticleEl Khiyame Blames ‘Education’ After Arrest of 10 Women Linked to ISIS
Rabat – Abdelhak El Khiyame, head of Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), accused “Moroccan education” after the dismantlement of a terrorist cell on Monday, composed of women who pledged...
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