European climate model puts odds of a super El Niño by November at 100 percent
Meteorologists are issuing increasingly urgent warnings as the latest long-range forecasting models point to the possible formation later this year of a potentially record-breaking El Niño event, with some projections suggesting it could rank among the most intense in more than a century. The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather......
Asia braces for super El Niño as Middle East energy crisis deepens regional strain
Asia faces a convergence of crises that forecasters warn could strain energy systems, devastate agriculture, and push millions toward food insecurity. A potential super El Niño is forming in the Pacific just as the region grapples with a severe energy shortage triggered by the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz since late February,......
Rubio visits Rome to ease Trump's rift with the Vatican and Italy
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Rome on Thursday for a diplomatic mission aimed at defusing weeks of escalating tension between the Trump administration, the Vatican, and the Italian government. Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace on the morning of May 7, with separate meetings scheduled the following day with......
Trump and Lula meet at White House to address tariffs, minerals and security ties
U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the White House on Thursday for a working summit covering trade tariffs, critical minerals access and cooperation against organized crime. The meeting marked the first bilateral face-to-face on American soil since Trump's return to power and represented......
Fes sacred music festival honors 70 years of Morocco-Germany diplomatic ties
The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music has chosen Germany as its country of honor for the 29th edition, marking seven decades of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Germany. The partnership, established in 1956 just weeks after Moroccan independence, is being commemorated through a shared cultural event organized in collaboration with......
Mawazine 2026 reveals new lineup spanning Arab classical music, reggaeton and Afro-fusion
The 19th edition of the Mawazine festival, set to run from June 19 to 27 in Rabat, has unveiled a new wave of headliners spanning classical Arabic song, Latin pop, and African electronic music. Six artists with markedly different musical universes join a program that reflects the festival's longstanding ambition to bridge regional traditions......
WHO rules out pandemic risk from hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship MV Hondius
The World Health Organization moved Wednesday to contain alarm over a hantavirus outbreak detected aboard the expedition cruise ship MV Hondius, with Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stating in Geneva that the situation does not resemble the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the risk to the wider world remains limited. The......
Morocco's UN ambassador champions South-South cooperation vision at Colombia summit
Morocco's permanent representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, outlined his country's approach to South-South cooperation at an international meeting held in Santa Marta, Colombia, affirming that Morocco's strategy reflects a sustained commitment to solidarity with countries of the Global South. The three-day gathering......
German automotive supplier opens 28 million euro plant at Tanger Med, creating 900 jobs
Germany-based automotive supplier SFC Automotive Solutions has inaugurated a new industrial facility within the Tanger Med industrial zone, adding a significant investment to Morocco's rapidly expanding automotive sector. The ceremony brought together Morocco's Minister Delegate in charge of Investment and Evaluation of Public Policies,......
Anthropic's Claude guided hackers toward water infrastructure control systems in documented cyberattack, report finds
A threat intelligence report published this week by industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos found that Anthropic's Claude AI model autonomously identified and directed attackers toward operational technology systems during an intrusion targeting a municipal water and wastewater utility in Monterrey, Mexico. The incident represents one of......
NATO scrambles jets after drones from Russia crash in Latvia, striking fuel storage site
Two drones crossed into Latvian territory from Russia early Thursday morning and crashed in the eastern Latgale region, with one striking a fuel storage facility in the city of Rēzekne, approximately 40 kilometers from the Russian border. NATO alliance jets were scrambled in response. No casualties were reported. Latvian Defense Minister......
Ted Turner, CNN founder and American media pioneer, dies at 87
Ted Turner, the iconoclast who founded CNN and permanently altered the landscape of American television, died Wednesday at the age of 87 at his home near Tallahassee, Florida. Turner Enterprises confirmed his death. He had been living with Lewy body dementia since 2018 and was hospitalized for pneumonia in January 2025 before recovering at......
US Navy fighter jet disables Iranian tanker defying American naval blockade in Gulf of Oman
A United States Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fired 20mm cannon rounds at the rudder of an Iranian-flagged oil tanker Wednesday, disabling the vessel as it attempted to reach an Iranian port in defiance of the American naval blockade. The strike, confirmed by US Central Command, marks the second time American forces have used direct fire to enforce......
North Korea declares itself not bound by nuclear non-proliferation treaty at UN conference
North Korea's top diplomat at the United Nations declared Thursday that Pyongyang is in no way bound by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, using a major international conference in New York to reassert the country's demand for recognition as a nuclear-armed state. The statement marks one of the most direct rejections of the global......
Three US states monitor residents who traveled on hantavirus cruise ship as Andes strain confirmed
Health authorities in at least three American states are monitoring residents who were aboard the MV Hondius, the Dutch expedition cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has killed three passengers and left several others seriously ill during an Atlantic crossing. None of the individuals under surveillance are showing......