Italy: Moroccan Team Victim of Racism
Taroudnat, Morocco- A team of Moroccan immigrants playing in a minor league in Italy is considering to quite the league after its players were the target of racists attacks after rival fans told them...
View ArticleMorocco: Violent Gunfire Exchange Between Police and Drug Dealers
Casablanca- Is Tangier becoming the nest of crime in Morocco? A violent gunfire exchange erupted between the police in Beni Makada, a neighborhood in Tangier, and armed drug dealers on Saturday night....
View ArticleSpain deports Madrid train bombing convict to Morocco
MADRID - Spain on Sunday deported a Moroccan man after he completed a 10-year jail sentence for obtaining the explosives used in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, the government...
View ArticleOver 14kg of cocaine seized in Mohammed V airport: police
Casablanca- The police services at the Mohammed V airport arrested, on Saturday, a sub-Saharan national carrying 14.280 kg of cocaine. The drug was hidden in the suitcase of the trafficker who was...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI holds phone call with Emir of Qatar
Fez- King Mohammed VI on Sunday held a phone conversation with Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar. The conversation comes few days after Sheikh Abullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa...
View ArticleEmbarrassing Video Incriminates the Polisario, Shows Other Side of the Coin
Taroudant, Morocco- Members of the Sahrawi movement "Youth for Change" inside the Tindouf camps managed to break the state of silence imposed on them for almost forty years by the Polisario leadership,...
View ArticleMorocco ranks 129th in World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index
Rabat- The results of the 2013 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Index have been released, with the Nordic countries continuing their streak at the top and Morocco holding its position at...
View ArticleMorocco: Arrest of Hackers of International Companies’ Bank Accounts
Rabat- After stealing huge amounts of money from international companies by hacking their bank accounts, three internet hackers have been arrested in Dar Bouaaza, near Casablanca. According to...
View ArticleCNN Arabic Features Photo Gallery of Princess Lalla Salma
Casablanca - CNN Arabic devoted a section on its website to introduce Morocco’s First Lady, Princess Lalla Salma, by displaying some of her photos at different events. Entitled “We chose for you,” the...
View ArticleMorocco to switch to daylight saving time on Sunday March 30th
Rabat - The Ministry of Civil Service and Modernization of the Administrations on Monday announced that the standard time of the Kingdom will be advanced sixty minutes starting from Sunday, March 30,...
View ArticleKing Mohammed VI Chairs Working Session on Progress of Moroccan Solar Plan NOOR
Rabat - King Mohammed VI chaired, on Monday at the Rabat royal palace, a working session to examine the progress of the implementation of the Moroccan solar plan NOOR, as well as means to enhance it in...
View ArticleMorocco: Senior official at Ministry of Higher Education Commits Suicide
Rabat- A senior official of the Ministry of Higher Education committed suicide last Thursday afternoon, in Temara, near Rabat, by jumping from the window of his apartment, according to Moroccan news...
View ArticleKidnapped for 7 months in Bolivia, 9 year-old Moroccan girl returns to Spain
Madrid - A 9 year-old Moroccan girl, kidnapped for seven months in Bolivia, was recently set free and arrived on Monday to Madrid-Barajas airport, Spanish security sources said. The girl will be taken...
View Article100-year-old Saudi beggar dies leaving million-dollar fortune
Jeddah- Over 50 years of panhandling on the streets of Jeddah had taken its toll on her and residents of the downtown al-Balad district never suspected that their blind, haggard centenarian neighbor...
View ArticleItaly: Unknown People vandalize Mosque, Burn the Quran
Taroudant, Morocco- According to the Italian newspaper Ilmessaggero, “Moschea della Pace” the mosque of peace in the city of Rieti in the Lazio region, 80 kilometer from Rome, Italy, was damaged Sunday...
View ArticleCasablanca Among World’s Top Financial Centers
Rabat- Casablanca has made a remarkable entry into the GFCI ranking of global financial centers, according to a statement published on Monday in London by Z / Yen, the institution in charge of the...
View ArticleKenitra’s Police Prefect Slaps, Humiliates a Moroccan Citizen
Casablanca- Kenitra’s new Police Prefect, Mr. Abdellah Mahsoun, recently slapped a Moroccan citizen in public, according to daily Assabah. The new Police Prefect of Kenitra, Abdellah Mahsoun, who was...
View ArticleWill Herve Renard Coach Morocco’s National Team?
Rabat- After the Moroccan media published many articles about the failure of Moroccan officials to convince French coach Herve Renard to lead the Moroccan national team, the manager of French FC...
View Article500 migrants force way into Spain’s Melilla: official
MADRID- About 500 African migrants stormed over the border fence from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Melilla on Tuesday, an official said, in one of the biggest such crossings in years. Roughly...
View ArticleMorocco, Algeria, Top Africa’s Arms Importers: Report
Rabat - Morocco received 22% of Africa’s global arms imports while Algeria headed the region’s ranking, with 36% of Africa’s imports, according to a new report. In a tight arms race, Algeria and...
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