Moroccan authorities arrested a suspect on Friday in connection with a disturbing case involving a six-year-old child who was filmed being encouraged to consume what appeared to be an alcoholic beverage. The video circulated widely on social media, prompting a swift response from law enforcement agencies across multiple branches of the country's......
VFS Global, the Dubai-headquartered visa processing company majority-owned by private equity giant Blackstone, has built a quietly dominant empire atop what was once a straightforward government function. A year-long coordinated investigation involving more than a dozen media partners across Europe and Africa has exposed how the firm, which......
Ryanair has confirmed it will maintain its full summer flight program in Morocco, shielding itself from the fuel price surge triggered by the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, which has severely disrupted jet fuel supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. While the broader aviation industry absorbs the impact of......
The European Commission has issued a warning that aviation fuel supplies across the European Union could tighten in the coming weeks if instability around the Strait of Hormuz continues, highlighting the deepening impact of Middle East tensions on global energy markets and air transport. Following meetings of the EU's oil and gas coordination......
French aerospace manufacturer Daher is preparing to shift a portion of its production and assembly operations from its plant in Tarbes, southwestern France, to Morocco, as part of a restructuring effort designed to restore profitability at its industrial division by 2028. The move falls under an internal program called "Edge," which......
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez has publicly rejected speculation that Franco-Moroccan businessman Anas Laghrari is positioning himself to take over the club's presidency, calling the reports false and pointing to clear regulatory barriers that would make such a candidacy impossible under current statutes. Pérez addressed......
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 preliminary investigation opened by the......
The third edition of the Prix Maroc Jeunesse 2026 ceremony took place Monday in Rabat, bringing together prominent figures from the fields of culture, media, and science to honor exceptional young talent across five competitive categories: scientific research, technological innovation, artistic and cultural creativity, volunteering, and entrepreneurship.......
The prefecture of Inezgane Ait-Melloul opened its ninth edition of the Bilmawen carnival on Thursday, May 28, 2026, drawing local associations and international delegations to celebrate one of Morocco's most distinctive forms of intangible cultural heritage. The multi-day event runs through June 1 and is organized in the days following......
Morocco laid out the scope of its constitutional and legislative reforms on gender equality before an international gathering of donors at the 7th UN Women Funding Dialogue, held in Ottawa on May 27, 2026. Ambassador Souriya Otmani, representing the Kingdom at the event, outlined the pillars of Morocco's gender parity strategy, framing......
Morocco is experiencing a sustained period of intense heat, with temperatures ranging between 40 and 43 degrees Celsius across several provinces. The General Directorate of Meteorology has issued a new weather alert covering a broad swath of the country, forecasting dangerous conditions that will persist from Friday through Monday. The most......
Spain recorded its highest annual number of naturalizations since statistics were first compiled in 2013, with 299,732 foreign residents acquiring Spanish citizenship in 2025, an 18.7 percent increase compared to the previous year. The figures, released by Spain's National Statistics Institute, position Moroccan nationals at the top of......
Morocco's permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, declared at a regional seminar of the UN Committee of 24 in Managua that the continued inclusion of the Sahara question on that body's agenda represents an outdated approach that undermines the primary authority of the Security Council over matters of international......
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