Italy: Moroccan Kick-Boxer Condemned to Prison for Plotting Attacks against Vatican

A Milan court of justice condemned on Tuesday a Moroccan-born kick-boxer to six years in prison for planning to attack the Vatican as well as the Israeli embassy in Rome. The man, identified as Abderrahim Moutahrrick, was a former Switzerland kick-boxing champion. His wife Salma Bencharki has been also handed a five-year jail sentence. The […]

FIFA Celebrates Cultural Diversity with Guinness World Record at Mohammed VI Football Complex

FIFA broke a Guinness World Record by fielding 69 nationalities in a single exhibition match on Wednesday at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmoura, near Salé, celebrating the cultural diversity of its staff. Thanks to this match, which brought together 70 of its female and male employees, each of a different nationality, FIFA surpassed […]

Ways to foster Moroccan-Spanish partnership, cooperation in security matters reviewed in Rabat

Ways to foster partnership and cooperation between Morocco and Spain in matters of security and the fight against transnational organized crime and terrorism were reviewed at a meeting in Rabat Wednesday between Director General of National Security and Territory Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, and Director General of the Spanish National Police, Francisco Pardo Piqueras, who is […]