The Supreme Court of Spain yesterday closed the investigation into Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro (Polisario),...

Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Thursday issued a royal pardon for 1,243 convicts ahead of Throne Day, which falls on July 30th. A press release from the Ministry of...

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz yesterday denied claims that malware manufactured by Israel's NSO Group had been used to spy on the phone of French President Emmanuel Macron, Channel 13 reported....

Detained Moroccan journalist Suleiman Raissouni has entered his 112th day of hunger strike, local media reported on Wednesday. Raissouni's wife, Kholoud Mokhtari, posted on Facebook that her husband's medical...

Morocco has arrested an Uyghur activist following a warrant issued by China accusing him of terrorism. Concerns are growing that BelgiumUyghur/ will now be extradited to China, which has...

Egypt's Hedaya Malak has won her country's first medal at this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, in the women's 67kg taekwondo event, earning a bronze after defeating Paige McPherson...

Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla was disqualified from the Olympics yesterday after he attempted to bite his opponent's ear. The Boxing Task Force, which is in charge of running the Tokyo competition,...

Morocco's ambassador to France, Chakib Benmoussa, has denied that his country has acquired or used the Israeli Pegasus spyware to target French President Emmanuel Macron, RT has reported. Benmoussa...

It's not that long ago that people were preoccupied with the hacking of some social media sites, including those believed to be immune from such things, such as Facebook,...

First direct Israeli flight to Morocco

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita urged on Friday that those who accuse his country of spying must provide tangible proof, while hinting that Rabat might take legal action. This...

A military source announced on Friday that the Moroccan Coast Guard units had rescued 368 irregular migrants, mostly African nationals, off the coast of the kingdom. The Agence Marocaine...

Algeria expressed concerns yesterday following media reports that the Israeli Pegasus spyware has been used to eavesdrop on Algerian officials and citizens. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Algiers...

The authorities in Morocco are suing over allegations that it has used the notorious Israeli Pegasus spyware, AFP has reported. The government in Rabat has filed a lawsuit in...

A human rights organisation in Morocco has revealed that 238 irregular migrants infiltrated the Spanish-controlled enclave of Melilla on Thursday. The migrants were all men, confirmed NGO the Moroccan...

Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to "look into" proliferating allegations that spyware sold by a Israeli cyber firm has been abused on a global scale, an...

The Paris prosecutor's office opened a probe on Tuesday into allegations by investigative news website Mediapart and two of its journalists that they had been spied on by Morocco...

US authorities today returned Abdul Latif Nasser to Morocco after releasing him from Guantanamo Bay, 19 years after holding him there without charge or trial, rights group Reprieve has said. "Abdul...

The notorious Israeli spyware developed by the NSO Group, Pegasus, is at the centre of an international scandal involving the alleged phone hacking of more than 180 journalists, lawyers,...

Algeria has recalled its ambassador from Morocco for consultation purposes, Anadolu has reported. The government in Algiers has not ruled out "taking other measures" in protest against statements made...

Algeria strongly condemned on Friday what it described as a "serious deviation" committed by the Moroccan diplomatic mission to the United Nations (UN), after issuing an official memorandum in...

Morocco constitutes a "civilisational complex" for Spain, the Speaker of the North African state's House of Representatives, Habib El-Malki, said yesterday. El-Maliki said Spain suffers "a civilisational complex vis-à-vis...

The Moroccan Navy has rescued 344 migrants who were facing "difficulties" in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean over the past four days, the Moroccan News Agency (MAP) reported. MAP quoted a...

Morocco and Israel yesterday signed the first bilateral cooperation agreement in the field of cybersecurity. The head of the Tel Aviv diplomatic mission in Rabat, David Govrin, explained on Twitter that...

Activists condemn Moroccan judge's decision to hold the trial of journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi in a closed court session yesterday, the judge had said this was...

The Algerian military accused Morocco of trying to destablise the country, considering the move as a continuation of an old Moroccan policy based on "grudge and hatred." An editorial published...

The State Department yesterday criticised Morocco for sentencing detained journalist, Suleiman Raissouni, to five years in prison and called for press freedoms to be protected. "We believe the judicial process that...

A Moroccan national, who is one of the top leaders Daesh, was remanded in Italy, Morocco's Internal Intelligence Service announced on Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency. The militant was arrested...

The Appeal Court in the city of Casablanca, northern Morocco, has sentenced journalist Sulieman Raissouni to five years in prison. The court also ordered compensation for the plaintiff valued...

Influencers from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Morocco met in Israel last month for a tour of the country in a bid to celebrate last year's Abraham...

A new civil status law approved by the Moroccan Parliament on Tuesday recognises the terms androgynous and hermaphrodite on birth certificates as a third gender, while allowing the possibility...

Morocco's Minister of Foreign Affairs has said that his country supports Libyan efforts to prepare for the country's December general election. Nasser Bourita was speaking to journalists in Rabat...