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Morocco and Spain have taken a significant step toward modernizing judicial collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding during the High-Level Joint Commission meeting in Madrid. The agreement was finalized following discussions between Morocco’s Minister of Justice, Abdellatif......

Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has announced the launch of a new direct flight connecting Casablanca and Los Angeles, starting on June 7, 2026. This marks the first direct link between Africa and the U.S. Pacific coast, cutting travel time to approximately 12 hours. The service will be operated three times per......

Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Luis Planas, emphasized on Wednesday in Madrid that the relations between Morocco and Spain are rooted not only in shared interests but also in friendship and close cooperation. Speaking at a business meeting held on the eve of the 13th Morocco-Spain......

Spanish Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, emphasized on Wednesday the increasingly strategic significance of the partnership between Spain and Morocco, noting that bilateral relations are currently “at their best point in decades.” Speaking at the closing......

Morocco and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to reinforce collaboration in the field of meteorology, officials announced Wednesday in Marrakech. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the 19th World Water Congress by Mohamed Dkhissi, Director General......

Duke Buchan III, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Morocco, officially marked the start of his diplomatic mission by raising the American flag over his residence, a symbolic gesture carried out with assistance from members of the U.S. Marine Corps. According to the embassy, the ambassador emphasized......

As global tensions deepen and polarization intensifies, the 17th edition of the MEDays International Forum—held in Tangier under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI—has reaffirmed Morocco’s role as a stabilizing power and strategic actor in global governance. Tangier, a historic......

Morocco has been elected as Vice President of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) during the 179th session of the UN agency held in Rome. The Kingdom will serve on the FAO Council, which consists of 49 members, until 2029. This council oversees the implementation of the organization’s......

Canada has introduced a new digital visa system, marking a significant step toward modernizing its immigration and travel procedures. Morocco has been selected as the first country to test this pilot initiative, allowing Moroccan travelers to obtain visas entirely online without visiting......

Two French citizens were extradited from Morocco and placed under formal investigation in Toulouse on Friday, authorities confirmed, as part of a crackdown on an organized drug trafficking network operating between Spain and France. Both suspects were also placed in pre-trial......

A 25-year-old Moroccan man has been sentenced to one year in prison, including eight months without parole, for directing anti-Semitic insults at a Jewish family and a rabbi in Béziers, southern France, prosecutors announced Sunday. The incident occurred in July when a 66-year-old man, along......

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has elected Lucas Philippe, a senior French police official, as its new president. The election took place during the 91st General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, on Thursday. Philippe will succeed Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, who has held the position......

Germany’s Criminal Police President, Holger Münch, has highlighted the longstanding and effective security collaboration between Germany and Morocco, calling it a partnership that continues to strengthen. Speaking after a meeting in Marrakech with Abdellatif Hammouchi, Director General of......