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Dubai Crown Prince to chair Higher Committee for Future Technology and Digital Economy

Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum will chair the Higher Committee for Future Technology and Digital Economy set up to help shape the future of artificial intelligence (AI) by investing in the metaverse and establishing partnerships to boost Dubai’s digital economy. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime […]

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Justice: Morocco & Israel ink cooperation accord, giving more momentum to partnership

Morocco and Israel agreed Tuesday to step up their legal and judicial cooperation as partnership between the two countries is gaining momentum following the normalization of their relations in 2020 within the frame of the US-brokered Abraham accords. The agreement was signed in Rabat by Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi and his Israeli peer Gideon […]

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Bahrain joins integrated industrial partnership founding fathers

Bahrain has officially joined the integrated industrial partnership alongside Egypt, UAE, and Jordan, Egypt’s Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a statement on Thursday. The announcement came during the second higher Committee meeting of the integrated industrial partnership, in the Egyptian capital Cairo. Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea who chaired the […]

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Morocco’s agency for sustainable energy, India’s largest energy conglomerate sign MoU on renewable energy projects

The Moroccan Agency for sustainable energy (MASEN) and India’s National thermal power corporation (NTPC) signed a memorandum of understanding, providing for carrying out of joint projects in the field of renewable energy. Under the MoU, MASEN and NTPC will work on capacity building and share their experiences and expertise in the renewable energy field. The […]

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Vladimir Putin phones Saudi Crown Prince after Joe Biden’s visit

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman, received a phone call from the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday to discuss a host of issues including bilateral relations between their countries and ways to develop them in various fields, the kingdom’s news agency SPA has reported. The two leaders also touched on the most […]

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Six Iraqi police forces killed in north of capital Baghdad

Six Iraqi police forces were slain Wednesday after their position was attacked by Islamic state group (ISIS) fighters, in north of capital Baghdad, AFP reports citing a military source. “Between 10 and 15 ISIS group fighters attacked this federal police forward position around 12:30 am (2130 GMT Tuesday). The attack lasted around an hour,” the […]

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Morocco seeks Israeli defense industry know-how

Morocco and Israel are fostering their relations on all fronts including in the defense industry as Israel’s top general and Moroccan minister in charge of defense discuss means to develop cooperation to cover military manufacturing. Following talks with Israel’s army chief Aviv Kohavi in Rabat Tuesday, Minister in charge of defense, Loudiyi reiterated Morocco’s determination […]

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Morocco – Israel military cooperation on fast track

Israel’s army chief Aviv Kohavi, who arrived Monday in Rabat on a three-day working visit, was received Tuesday at the HQ of the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR) by Lt. General Belkhir El Farouk, Inspector General of the FAR, announced Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on twitter. During his visit, the Israeli Chief of the General […]

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Intellectual Property: Morocco & Israel seal cooperation deal

Morocco and Israel agreed on Monday in Geneva to enhance cooperation ties in intellectual property on the sidelines of the 63rd Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The five-year agreement was inked at WIPO headquarters by Abdelaziz Babqiqi, chief of the Moroccan Industrial and […]

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Moroccan King’s mediation for opening of Allenby Border Crossing commended as a diplomatic, humanitarian breakthrough

The mediation conducted by King Mohammed VI that led to opening of the Allenby Border Crossing 24/7 has been commended by many politicians, MPs, and analysts, who described the opening of the border crossing as a diplomatic and humanitarian breakthrough. The opening, without interruption, of the Allenby/King Hussein border crossing, linking the West Bank and […]