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Moroccan PM recalls 5 resigned ministers
RABAT - 5 resigned ministers have been recalled by the Moroccan Prime Minister as the ruling party seeks to form a coalition in parliament Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, and leader of the...
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Morocco unveils long-awaited judicial reforms
RABAT- Morocco's Islamist-led government has unveiled a charter outlining a raft of long-awaited judicial reforms, including strengthening the independence of the judiciary, that have been a priority...
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Muslim Publics Share Concerns about Extremist Groups, Survey
TAROUDANT- Concern about Islamic extremism remains widespread among Muslims in 11 Islamic countries surveyed by the Pew Research Center in March 3 to April 7, 2013. According to the survey released on...
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Quebec to prohibit citizens from wearing religious symbols in public spaces
Washington- Quebec is following in the footsteps of secular France by prohibiting citizens from wearing overt religious symbols in public spaces. The new Charter of Quebec Values’ objective is to...
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‘Muslimah World’:Indonesians hold ‘Islam’s answer to Miss World’
JAKARTA- The Miss World beauty contest, which has attracted fierce opposition by hardline Islamic groups in host country Indonesia, is now facing another challenge -- a rival pageant exclusively for...
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Program of the U.S. Institute for Scholars: a Golden Opportunity for Moroccans
SIDI IFNI, Morocco - Sponsored by U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Study of the United States Institute for Scholars is a golden opportunity for Moroccans to...
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Ronaldo renews contract with Real Madrid
MADRID- Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has renewed his contract with the club, which had been due to expire in 2015, the Spanish giants said on Sunday. The Portuguese international will attend a...
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Hundreds missing in Colorado floods
WASHINGTON- Hundreds of people were reportedly missing as floods devastated homes and businesses in Colorado, pushing the confirmed death toll to five and forcing thousands to evacuate. Flooding in...
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Sudanese President Applies for U.S. Visa to Attend U.N. General Assembly
WASHINGTON - U.S. Reacts to Sudanese President’s Application for U.S. Visa to Attend U.N. General Assembly The Sudanese president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has applied for a U.S. visa in order to attend...
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Migrants break through Morocco border into Spain
MADRID- Hundreds of migrants broke through a border fence from Morocco into Spanish territory on Monday, clashing with police in a raid that left seven people injured, officials said. About 300...
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Morocco arrests website editor for airing Qaeda video
RABAT - Moroccan police on Tuesday arrested the editor of a popular news website for airing a video posted by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb that incites "acts of terrorism" in the kingdom. Lakome's...
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Netherlands welcomes the King Mohammed VI’s initiative for new immigration...
Amsterdam -The Netherlands welcomed the initiative taken by King Mohammed VI to adopt a new comprehensive policy on immigration and to take on this challenge in collaboration with Morocco's...
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Morocco, World Bank launches preparation of their new Partnership Strategy...
Washington- The government of Morocco and the World Bank Group have launched the preparation of their new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for the period 2014-2017, the WB says in a press release....
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Five commissions set up to implement new immigration policy
Rabat- Three inter-ministerial and two ad-hoc commissions were set up to implement the new immigration policy in Morocco, says a joint release of the ministries of foreign affairs and cooperation, of...
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Canada: Muslim Woman Verbally Assaulted on Public Bus for Wearing Hijab
Washington- In a video submitted to the Huffington Post, we witness a man, completely unprovoked, shout at a woman wearing the Islamic veil, using the Quebecois new Charter of Values as his defense for...
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Terrorism: Morocco to Sue Spanish Newspaper for Airing AQIM video
Washington- The Moroccan government has decided to sue the Spanish newspaper El Pais for airing a video of jihadists calling on the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb [AQIM] to mobilize and...
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Morocco: Woman Tries to Infect Men with AIDS by Mixing Blood with Ketchup
Washington- A woman in Agadir has found the most gruesome form of revenge: she has been mixing her blood with ketchup and feeding it to men in the hopes that they will contract the AIDS virus from her....
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Assad welcomes support of Russia
DAMASCUS (AA) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad received a Russian delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Wednesday Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad received a Russian delegation...
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Moroccan famous actor, Hmidou, dies
Rabat- Moroccan actor Hamidou bin Masood , known as "Hamidou," passed away on Thursday at a hospital in Paris, according to MAP news agency. Hamidou was undergoing a treatment in Paris over the past...
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Morocco: Arrest of a journalist sparks controversy
Casablanca- The arrest of Ali Anouzla, chief editor of electronic website (Lakome.com), sparked controversy in Morocco. The public persecutor in the capital city of Rabat ordered the arrest of the...
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