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They renew backing to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative as a compromise solution to the Sahara issue. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Bahrain have renewed their backing to Morocco’s position on the Sahara issue, to its territorial integrity, and to its sovereignty over its southern provinces. In their addresses on Monday before the UN […]
The UAE has lifted the ban on trips or holidays to Lebanon in place since 2011 following the eruption of the Syrian crisis for insecurity concerns. The permission will be effective from today, October 8, reports say. The Gulf country and its regional strong ally Saudi Arabia in 2011 issued the travel advisory over security […]
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry last weekend said the country is working on removing Sudan from the United States’ list of terrorism sponsors. Riyadh made the announcement following a visit to Saudi Arabia by the head of Sudan’s transitional sovereign council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. The duo met with King Salman. In […]
Casablanca’s two major teams, Raja and Wydad, have booked their tickets for the knockout stages of the Arab Cup of Champion Clubs, the Mohammed VI Cup, named this year after Morocco’s King. Having won the first leg 1-0 against the Palestinian Hilal Al-Quds, Raja also won the return game played at Faisal Al Hosseini […]
One Raja player and a group of fans have been refused access to the West Bank by Israeli authorities for the second leg match between the Moroccan club and the Palestinian Hilal Al-Quds as part of the Mohammed VI Cup. The visiting club landed Monday in Jordan before setting sail to the West Bank through […]
Japan and Morocco have agreed in principle on a tax convention that will promote further mutual investments and economic exchanges between the two countries, announced the Japanese Foreign Ministry on its website on Tuesday. The Convention includes provisions for the purposes of clarifying the scope of taxation in the two countries, eliminating international double taxation […]
King Mohammed VI has called on Islamic countries to adopt a common action to counter the challenges of climate change, saying no single country, whatever its capabilities, can effectively address the pressing environmental problems and their negative effects which go beyond geographic borders. In a message addressed to the 8th Islamic Conference of Environment ministers, […]
The Arab Media House in Turkey is mulling plans to buy the Saudi consulate compound in Istanbul where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and decapitated and convert the premises into a museum to honor his life and work. The Arab Media House in Turkey says it is working to convert the Saudi consulate in […]
Turkish Foreign minister Mouloud Jawish Oglu said that president Erdogan has received an invitation from Morocco’s king to visit the Kingdom. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in New York, Oglu said that he will be visiting Morocco to prepare for such a high level visit. He said […]
The UNICEF and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Thursday launched an innovative fund that will open new opportunities for Muslim philanthropy to reach the millions of children currently in need of humanitarian support and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UNICEF announced. The Global Muslim Philanthropy Fund for Children (GMPFC) is the first […]