A court in France has dropped a charge of rape against Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred, but the star is set to face two charges of sexual assault in the...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has asked Morocco to join a three-country bid with Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup, Spanish El Pais newspaper reported yesterday. The Spanish...

“The depression at the level of the Atlantic Ocean, with winds of more than 100 km/h, led to the formation of waves of more than six meters high on...

Morrocco’s Justice and Development Party (JDP) has announced the appointment of a delegation to meet Algerian political formations in an attempt to convince them of the “usefulness” of  King Mohammed VI’s proposal...

A new report has revealed that a number of Middle Eastern countries are safer than the USA or many countries when it comes to travel. The report – undertaken...

Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, Saeb Erekat, praised the Kingdom of Morocco, its King, government and people for the positions they have taken on the...

Some 47.2 per cent of Moroccan undergraduate students drop out of university before graduation, the Ministry of Education revealed this week. Some 860,000 students are currently enrolled at universities in...

Algeria is still silent about the invitation made by Mohammed VI of Morocco, four days ago, to engage in “mutual dialogue in order to solve problems between both sides.”...

The General Assembly of the International Union of Muslim Scholars elected on Wednesday the Moroccan Islamic scholar Ahmed Abdessalam Al-Raissouni as President of the Union, succeeding Dr Youssef Al-Qaradawi...

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has expressed a desire to restart dialogue with neighbouring Algeria, calling the division between the two countries an “unreasonable situation is utterly inconsistent with...

Construction on the tallest skyscraper in Morocco, which is to be located in the Moroccan capital of Rabat, has begun, it was reported on Friday. According to CNN, the...

Moroccan King Mohamed VI sent a congratulatory letter to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to mark Algeria’s anniversary of the 1 November 1954 revolution. In this letter, the King of...

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has congratulated Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the 95th anniversary of Turkey’s Republic Day. “In view of the strong bonds of brotherhood and...

Two children have drowned in the Mediterranean as hundreds of migrants were attempting to reach Spain from Morocco, Spanish Coastguard reported on Saturday. The coastguard authority added that another...

Moroccan prosecutors yesterday pressed for a charge of manslaughter against a train driver who was at the helm of a locomotive when it derailed killing seven passengers earlier this...

A new campaign aimed at tackling sexual harassment has launched in Morocco, in the aftermath of a spate of high-profile sexual assaults in the country. Masaktach, meaning “I will...

Morocco yesterday said it would deported 141 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa who attempted to storm the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Sunday. “The public forces have intervened to thwart...

The driver of a train that crashed in Morocco on 16 October, killing at least seven, was travelling more than twice the speed limit on the section of track...

One African migrant died and three others were injured when around 300 stormed the border fence separating Spanish enclave Melilla from Morocco on Sunday, the local authorities said. About...

Amnesty International has called on the Moroccan authorities to rescind the conviction of Nawal Ben Aissa, an activist in Hirak Rif. This came in the organisation’s statement that Anadolu...

Former French Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, current President of the Foundation for Islam in France, and Head of the France-Algeria Association said that the Algerian community in France is...

Six people were killed and 86 were injured when a train overturned in north-west Morocco today, local media reported. The train, travelling between the cities of Kenitra and Rabat,...

The former Prime Minister of Morocco, Abdul Ilah Benkiran, has praised King Mohammed VI, but insisted that differences of opinion with him are natural because he is “not a...

Moroccans come together to protest against corruption and bribery in Casablanca, Morocco

Abdelhak Al Khayam, head of Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ), a security apparatus specialised in terrorist crimes inquiry, revealed that since 2002 Morocco has dismantled 183 terrorist cells that sought to carry out...

Noureddine Ben Ysaad, the head of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights, reported that 27 death sentences were issued in Algeria last year. However, the total number...

The unprecedented wave of repression and tyranny that the Arab world is currently witnessing, which has reached the level of blind brutality, cannot be a good thing for the...

Hundreds of trade unionists and teachers demonstrated yesterday in front of Morocco’s Ministry of Education in the capital Rabat, demanding better education conditions. The protest was called by the...

The Vice Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, insisted that Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara is not recognised, in the context of the...

Hollywood star Robert De Niro will be celebrated at next month’s Marrakech International Film Festival. The 17th edition of Marrakech International Film Festival will be held from 20 November...

A Tunisian radio station has joined a growing boycott of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred’s songs, after the artist was arrested for the third time on charges of sexual assault....

Moroccan protesters have called on King Mohammed VI to answer the people’s demands, blaming him for the deteriorating situation in the country. Observers have said this is a shift...