Married in Israel, a Moroccan couple can’t get their marriage legally recognized by the kingdom. A court in Sefrou refused to validate the marriage, ruling that Israel is an «unrecognized entity».
On the run for 16 years, a Moroccan- American national has finally been arrested by the American authorities. The man convicted of defrauding small businesses in the US was hiding in Morocco.
Settled down in the United States, Khalid Sossey-Alaoui is a Moroccan oncologist who had cloned a gene on which he was working for seventeen years to develop a treament for breast cancer.
Three people were killed and three others injured by a gunman who took several people this morning in hostage in southern France. Shot dead by the police, the hostage-taker is believed to be a French-Moroccan national inspired by ISIS.
After ousting State Secretary Rex Tillerson, President Trump sacked HR McMaster as his national security adviser, appointing in his place John Bolton, a close friend of Algeria and the Polisario.
JLL believes that Morocco’s new exchange rate regime is to strengthen the real estate sector. For the American company, the new reform is expected to make Moroccan property cheaper for investors.
In order to renew the fisheries agreement, the European Commission wants to relaunch negotiations with Morocco. In a document, the EU body wants to include a human rights and democratic principles clause.
Waiting for Antonio Guterres to submit his report on Western Sahara to the Security Council, the floor was given to Horst Köhler. During a closed session, the UN organ expressed its worries regarding the situation in the Guerguerate.
On Monday, the Saudi's Sports Authority's chairman tweeted saying that his country might not support the Moroccan bid to host the 2026 World Cup. Two days later, the Saudi ambassador to Rabat assured that such tweets shouldn't affect the diplomatic relations between the two nations.
A documentary on North African Jewish immigrants has pushed Israel to declassify documents revealing details on how they were treated by the Hebrew state.