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Morocco’s Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, represented His Majesty King Mohammed VI on Wednesday during the national tribute ceremony held in Paris in honor of French philosopher and writer Edgar Morin, who passed away on May 29 at the age of 104. The ceremony took place at the Hôtel......
Paris Saint-Germain's second consecutive Champions League title, secured on penalties against Arsenal in Budapest on Saturday, triggered one of the most serious nights of football-related violence France has witnessed, leaving 780 people detained, one person dead, and dozens of cities across the......
French law enforcement has dismantled a major international drug trafficking operation linking Morocco and France, seizing nearly 2.7 tonnes of cannabis resin and arresting two suspects in a coordinated multi-agency operation carried out across four locations simultaneously. The case originated with......
A violent attack occurred in Paris on Monday afternoon, when a 17-year-old boy was seriously injured in a machete assault inside a metro train. The incident took place on line 5 near the Oberkampf station in the 11th arrondissement, according to police sources and the Paris prosecutor’s office. Reports......
French police foiled an attempted attack overnight in Paris, preventing a potentially dangerous incident outside a branch of Bank of America. According to initial reports, the incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. on a central Paris street. Officers intervened as an individual allegedly attempted to......
French-Congolese singer Gims, 39, was presented to an investigating judge in Paris on Friday in connection with a suspected money laundering case, following his arrest upon arrival at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Wednesday. Known offstage as Gandhi Djuna, Gims was placed in police custody under......
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Paris on Friday for scheduled talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, as diplomatic efforts continue amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. According to presidential spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov, Zelenskyy had already......
Morocco has joined an international coalition aimed at expanding the financing and development of civil nuclear energy projects as part of the global effort to accelerate decarbonization. The announcement was made during a nuclear energy summit held in Paris, where participating countries reaffirmed......
Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, held talks on Tuesday in Paris with France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean‑Noël Barrot. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the World Nuclear......
Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has been deemed medically able to appear before the Paris criminal court where he is being tried on rape charges, according to a medical assessment ordered by French judicial authorities. The 63-year-old academic’s trial opened earlier this week in Paris, but......
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for closer cooperation between France and India to help shape global rules governing artificial intelligence, warning that the technology has become a decisive arena of strategic competition. Speaking at a high-level AI summit in New Delhi, Macron stressed......
The Epstein case has taken a new turn in France, as police carried out searches linked to former French minister Jack Lang, at the very moment he was officially bidding farewell to the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris. French financial investigators confirmed that several locations,......
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez began a two-day visit to Algeria on Monday, aiming to restore dialogue on security issues amid ongoing diplomatic tensions between Paris and Algiers. The visit, following an invitation from Algerian Interior Minister Saïd Sayoud months earlier, marks......
