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The UN Security Council authorized the European Union (EU) and individual countries “to disrupt the organized criminal enterprises engaged in migrant smuggling and human trafficking (from Libya to Europe) and prevent loss of life.” The resolution, adopted on Thursday with Read more
Tension between Baghdad and Ankara has increased after the Turkish parliament approved to prolong the presence of their forces in Iraqi-Kurdistan region. Meanwhile, the UN, through spokesperson Farhan Haq, encouraged the two parties to continue working on resolving “the matter Read more
In a desperate plea to save Aleppo from “total destruction,” UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura warned that at the ongoing rate of airstrikes, the situation could be worse than “Homs multiplied by 50.” He said he is Read more
A team from the International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected in the Palestinian territories as well as in Israel to discuss with leaders on both sides and to educate populations on the court’s work, two years after the Gaza-Israel war. Read more
Morocco is crossing its fingers wishing that Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres will become the UN’s next secretary General. Guterres is set to become the next United Nations secretary-general, after he emerged as a clear favorite among the 15 Read more
A Moroccan boxer who claimed having been tortured in Morocco was found guilty of libel against the King’s private Secretary Mounir El Majidi. The Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance, which issued its ruling on Wednesday, fined the boxer Zakaria Moumni Read more
About 16 million Moroccans head to the polls on October 7th to choose their MPs for the 395-seat lower house of parliament. These parliamentary elections are the 2nd ballots since the adoption of the new Constitution in 2011 and the Read more
A meeting organized and hosted by France to discuss the Libyan crisis is being questioned because there were no Libyan officials present. Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault stated that organizing the event was an “initiative” that he took “on behalf of Read more
Algeria’s Council of Ministers approved the Finance bill for the upcoming year and tempered its expectations on oil and gas by estimating the price of a barrel at $50. The ministers meeting, held under the chairmanship of ailing President Abdelaziz Read more
Moroccan security services have announced lately the arrest of 10 women with links to terror ISIS organization. It is the first time that female militants were captured in the North African country, a key ally of the West in the Read more