Child Who Wore Messi Plastic Bag Shirt to Meet His Hero
By EL Idrissi Mohamed Rabat - The Afghan Football Federation (AFF) has confirmed that there has been contact between the organization and the FC Barcelona to fix a date for the meeting between the...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo Flies to Morocco, Defies Real Madrid’s Travel Ban
Rabat - Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly travelled to Morocco on Sunday defying orders from Real Madrid President Florentino Perez who had banned his travels to the North African...
View ArticleMorocco Busts ISIS-Linked Terror Cell
Rabat - Moroccan security services arrested, on Tuesday in the southern cities of Marrakech, Laayoune and Boujdour, a seven–member terrorist cell related to the so-called Islamic state (ISIS)....
View ArticleCatherine Zeta-Jones Says Moroccan Argan Oil is Her Beauty Secret
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - Catherine Zeta-Jones has lauded Moroccan Argan oil, calling it her "beauty secret." The Welsh actress, famed for her roles in films such as Zorro, Chicago and High Fidelity...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Cristiano Ronaldo and His Family in Marrakech
Rabat - Pictures of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo’s recent holiday in Morocco are beginning to surface online. The pictures surface Following reports that Cristiano Ronaldo had flown onboard his...
View ArticleYoung Moroccan Migrants in Sweden, Norway to be Sent Home
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - Sweden and Norway have announced plans to repatriate young Moroccan and Afghan migrants. It is estimated that there are currently around 800 homeless Moroccan and North...
View ArticleMoroccan Expatriates Send $6 Billion Home, Have No Representation in Parliament
New York – With the approach of the next legislative elections scheduled to be held next fall, Moroccan expatriates (referred to in Morocco and Moroccans living abroad) are wondering why the current...
View ArticleTea Party Criticizes School for Teaching Students Allah is Same God in the Bible
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat- A local branch of the far-right US political movement, the Tea Party, have claimed that middle school students in Roane County, Tennessee are being indoctrinated into Islam by...
View ArticleRapper Rhymes in English to Represent Moroccan Hip-hop Music Throughout the...
Meknes- Ahmed Salah Zarug, the Moroccan rapper known by his stage name A.z.DANDI, dreams of representing Moroccan music all over the world. In an interview with Morocco World News, the promising...
View ArticleMatch-fixing: FIFA, Interpol to Monitor Moroccan League Matches
By Mohamed Lakdali Fez- The International Federation of Football (FIFA) and INTERPOL assigned 120 observers to follow up cases of match-fixing in various global tournaments, including the Moroccan...
View ArticleRoyal Air Maroc to Launch New Casablanca-Rio de Janeiro Flight
Brasilia – Morocco's airline company, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), will launch a new flight between Casablanca and Rio de Janeiro starting from May, RAM Director in Brazil Mehdi El Yaalaoui said, according...
View ArticleMEP Calls for Stronger EU Commitment to Hold Population Census in Tindouf Camps
Brussels - Socialist MEP Gilles Pargneaux on Wednesday called for "stronger commitments" from the European Union to hold a population census in Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria. In a statement to...
View ArticleDonald Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Standing Against ‘Radical...
New York - Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Independent. The real estate mogul’s nomination comes after he made inflammatory statements against the Latino...
View Article56% of French People Would “React Badly” if Their Daughter Married a Muslim
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - Fifty-six percent of French people said they would “react badly” if heir daughter married a Muslim man. The study, published by French magazine Le Journal Du Dimanche,...
View ArticleObama Calls Americans to Stand Against Islamophobia
Taroudant - President Obama called on all Americans to stamp out anti-Muslim prejudice during his first presidential visit to a mosque in Baltimore on Wednesday. The US President started his tour of...
View Article55% of French Muslims Ok With Their Daughter Marrying a Jew
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - A majority of French Muslims Said they would not object if they daughter married a Jew. An online survey commissioned by The Foundation of French Judaism, conducted in...
View ArticleVideo: First Tests of Africa’s High Speed Train in Morocco
Taroudant - On Tuesday, the Moroccan railway company (ONCF) published a video of tests of the high speed train known by its French acronym as TGV. The tests were performed on the line of the railway...
View ArticleMorocco: 1.4 Billion-Dirham Investments to Create 4,100 Jobs
Rabat– Sixteen industrial investment agreements were signed, Tuesday in Rabat, for the investment of 1.4 billion dirhams that will create 4,100 jobs by 2020. Inked by Industry, Investment and Digital...
View ArticleTwo Moroccan Homosexuals Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Rabat - Tiznit trial court sentenced last February two young gay men accused of homosexuality to 18 months in prison and a fine of 2,000 MAD. The charges resulted after a 20-year-old from Casablanca...
View ArticleWest Bank: Israel Demolishes Palestinian Houses in Two impoverished Villages
By Daniela Castro New York - Israeli army bulldozers destroyed 24 structures on Tuesday morning in two West Bank villages, claiming they were illegally constructed, leaving around 80 people...
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