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A gunman firing from a car killed one person and wounded five — including a 12-year-old girl shot eight times — in the Paris suburbs Friday, in what the French president branded a “racist terrorist attack”. The man was “firing at random, wanting to cause a bloodbath” as he drove through the working-class town of
Morocco’s 2027 Finance Bill authorizes the minister delegate to the head of government in charge of National Defense Administration to commit up to 190.5 billion dirhams ($19 billion) in advance during the 2027 fiscal year, against appropriations to be allocated in 2028, for the acquisition and repair of Royal Armed…
The Polisario Front has threatened to withdraw from the UN-led peace process on the Moroccan Sahara if the UN Security Council adopts a US draft resolution on MINURSO without major changes. In a letter sent Thursday evening to Security Council President Aglaia Balta, Sidi Mohamed Omar, the Polisario’s representative…
France will deploy some 70,000 police nationwide as it braces for new protests this weekend after some of the worst urban violence in years erupted on the sidelines of demonstrations a week ago, the government said Friday. President Emmanuel Macron, who according to aides is postponing a visit later this month to…
Sustained investment in youth leadership is essential to fostering a new generation of committed decision-makers capable of building on existing achievements and advancing sustainable development, President of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) Amina Bouayach said on Friday in Rabat. Speaking at a seminar on…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a major military operation in the occupied West Bank on Friday after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in an attack near Hebron, days ahead of Israeli elections in which security has been a central focus. Netanyahu is locked in a tight race to keep his job in Tuesday’s…
Morocco plans to cut income taxes for employees, raise minimum pensions, increase direct social assistance and expand public spending on health care and education under its 2027 Finance Bill, Economy and Finance Minister Fouzi Lekjaa announced Friday during a presentation before Parliament. The proposed measures…
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita held telephone talks Friday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, discussing bilateral cooperation and coordination at the United Nations amid negotiations over a new Security Council resolution on the Moroccan Sahara. The conversation took place at Morocco’s initiative…