Section: Morocco
British Lionhearts Vs Atlas Lions Declares Draw after Moroccans Denied Visa
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Taroudante – The British Lionhearts have been confirmed as the winners of Group B in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) after the board decided to declare the match a draw because four boxers on the Moroccan team were denied visas to Britain. “Given that the reason for the cancellation was outside...
Russia prepared to propose launch options for new Moroccan Satellite
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said it was prepared to propose launch options for a new remote earth sensing satellite for Morocco if the African kingdom restarted its satellite program. “Moroccans are in principle showing interest in high-tech cooperation,” the agency said in a statement...
FlyDubai Plane Crashes in Russia, 62 People Dead
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rabat – A FlyDubai plane from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) crashed on the night of Friday to Saturday at the airport of Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, in conditions of poor visibility, resulting in the death of 62 people, according to AFP. The airline has confirmed the crash of the Boeing...
Western Sahara: Slamming U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon Will Not Help Morocco
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Washington – I have watched Polisario representatives at work for years. Unlike Moroccan officials who lobby top officials, Polisario activists abroad always target staff members and young activists working in key government agencies around the world or assisting high-ranking international...
Morocco Ranks ‘Worst Country’ in the World for Netflix Subscribers
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Zainab Calcuttawala Rabat – A new list published by Extremist, an entertainment news site, ranked Morocco as the “worst country” in the world for Netflix subscribers on Tuesday. The report ranked 184 countries based on the number of television shows and movies available to their citizens after...
Video: Noam Chomsky on the war against ISIS
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In this episode of UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to the renowned American academic Noam Chomsky about his public spat with the Turkish president, the war against ISIL and Russia’s annexation of Crimea.We also look at the ramifications of the Saudi Arabia-Iran feud, and debate the state of...
Morocco Not on the List of Unstable Countries for 2016: Survey
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); New York – Morocco earned another recognition as a safe country as it has been excluded from a list of “potentially unstable areas for 2016”. According to “Preventive Priorities Survey: 2016”, an annual study on conflict prevention published in December by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR),...
Morocco: Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Attempted Murder of 2 Tourists
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rabat – A young man from the town of Taounate, in northern Morocco, was sentenced to two years in prison in Fez for attacking two Eastern European tourists. The suspect was charged with “attempted murder with premeditation,” of two tourists from Ukraine and Lithuania, according Moroccan daily...
‘Russia 24’ Channel Urges Russian Travelers to Visit Morocco
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rabat – State-owned channel Russia 24 has aired a special reports, inviting Russian travelers to visit Morocco. Russia’s report highlighted Morocco’s tourism assets and portrayed the North African kingdom as “a stable and tolerant Muslim country with great tourist attractions.” Urging...
America the Beautiful, Where Are You Now?
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Abdelghani Bouchouar Agadir – The American image and reputation around the world is being tarnished little by little, blackened and rendered ugly by the abuse of the power of the federal government by an elite who is spreading havoc, death and destruction in many corners of the world in the...
