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Moroccan consumers are becoming more selective about where they spend rather than simply cutting purchases across the board, according to McKinsey’s new State of Consumer Africa 2026 report, which places Morocco inside a wider shift toward value-conscious…

Saudi authorities said Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs.

Executives from Airbus, Safran and Lockheed Martin said Wednesday that Morocco is becoming more deeply embedded in global aerospace and defense supply chains, with companies increasingly relying on local production, engineering and industrial partnerships…

Moroccan security authorities arrested a French national at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca who was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by French judicial authorities, Morocco’s General Directorate of National Security (DG…

Morocco’s High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HACA) says social media have become increasingly important tools for citizen mobilization, allowing Moroccans, particularly young people, to organize, voice demands and amplify social movements.

A convicted killer was awake in a US hospital on Wednesday following a botched execution last week, with her lawyers in court after demanding prison authorities preserve evidence about the case.

A Moroccan woman and an Algerian woman were killed when an attack targeted Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabia, according to a statement released Wednesday, October 7, 2026, by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA).

Morocco’s water situation has improved sharply over the past year, with the national dam-filling rate nearly doubling from 32.5% on Oct. 5, 2025, to 65.3% on the same date this year, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Equipment and Water.

Fifteen Moroccan seasonal workers have denounced what they described as “modern-day slavery” in southern France, alleging they paid up to €12,000 to secure seasonal farm contracts and were later subjected to long hours and poor living and working conditio…

Casablanca security authorities arrested a man on Tuesday on suspicion of fraud, forgery and the use of forged documents, as well as impersonating a person whose status is regulated by law, according to informed Hespress AR sources.

Several agreements were signed on the first day of the Marrakech Air Show 2026 between Moroccan institutions and international companies, covering aerospace research, industrial development and defense technologies.

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Ghana will formally apply to join BRICS after President John Dramani Mahama’s Cabinet approved the move, Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said Tuesday.

As designated Prime Minister Fatima Zahra El Mansouri works to form Morocco’s next government, trade unions are pressing to put purchasing power, social dialogue, public services and workers’ rights high on the new administration’s agenda.

The growing international momentum in support of Morocco’s autonomy plan for the Moroccan Sahara was welcomed Tuesday at United Nations Headquarters by several petitioners, who stressed that the Moroccan autonomy initiative, enshrined in Security Council…

Morocco’s Marrakech Air Show has become a major international platform for the aerospace and defense industries, bringing together governments and companies to showcase new technologies and develop strategic partnerships, Minister Delegate for National De…

The results of the legislative elections held on September 23 showed an increase in the representation of young people in the new composition of Morocco’s House of Representatives.

Morocco’s Association of Bar Associations is entering a new phase of its protest against Law No. 66.23 regulating the legal profession, temporarily suspending its work stoppage as of Oct. 7 after nearly five months of nationwide action.

Morocco’s Ministry of Health and Social Protection has urged families to ensure their children have received all vaccines required under the national immunization schedule, saying vaccines included in the national program are available in sufficient quant…

Morocco’s U19 men’s futsal national team defeated their Portuguese counterparts 3-2 on Tuesday in Rio Maior, Portugal, in a friendly match.

Sahrawis for Peace has asked UN envoy Staffan de Mistura to widen participation in the Sahara political process to include Sahrawi groups outside the established negotiating framework, arguing that the renewed diplomatic push should also reopen the questi…

Student protests over education reforms escalated again in the Belgian city of Liège on Tuesday, with police using tear gas after vandalism and fires were reported in the city center.

Flooding caused by rising waters in Oued Rbib Lahouach cut road links between Smara and both Laayoune and Tan-Tan on Tuesday evening, temporarily halting traffic on affected sections.

Morocco’s dirham has come under increasing pressure against the dollar and euro as a rising import bill shifts the domestic foreign-exchange market from abundant liquidity toward stronger demand for hard currency.

As drums pounded and chants rang out, 16-year-old Yanis, flanked by a knot of friends, rattled off why he had joined tens of thousands surging through the streets of Paris on Tuesday to demand better learning conditions.

Morocco is showcasing its local agricultural products at Global Food Week in Abu Dhabi, seeking to expand export opportunities for cooperatives and local producers, particularly in the UAE and wider Gulf markets.

There are good reasons to doubt that much will change under Fatima Zahra Mansouri.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet key ministers late Tuesday over protests led by high school students that have rocked the country, a government source said.

Some 256,000 people took part in student-led protests over calls for better school classroom conditions across France on Tuesday, including 56,000 in the capital Paris, according to the interior ministry.

Complaints from first-year students at Morocco’s National School of Mineral Industry in Rabat have reignited debate over hazing, with students alleging forced shaving, sleep deprivation, humiliating exercises and degrading treatment by older students.

The first F-16 Block 72 fighter built for Morocco’s Royal Air Force has completed its maiden flight, Lockheed Martin said Tuesday, marking a key milestone in the aircraft’s flight-testing program ahead of its delivery.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.

Embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been accused of a potential abuse of power and conflict of interest after the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) filed formal complaints to two FIFA committees.

Moroccan citizens were the largest group of non-EU nationals holding valid residence permits in the European Union at the end of 2025, with about 2.2 million permits, according to Eurostat.

Three politicians of Moroccan origin have won seats in Quebec’s National Assembly after an election that brought the Parti Québécois back to power and dramatically changed the province’s political landscape.

Two airports in southern Saudi Arabia were targeted in attacks Monday evening, injuring three people and causing material damage, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said.

Germany has arrested former foreign intelligence chief August Hanning on suspicion of espionage and treason in a case involving the alleged theft and transfer of highly classified state secrets.

Morocco’s government and local authorities cut the average time taken to pay suppliers to 16.2 days in 2025, down from 18 days a year earlier, while payment delays between private companies remained far longer, according to the latest Payment Delays Obser…

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

PAM generated the most Facebook interactions among Morocco’s parliamentary parties in the first five months of 2026, while PJD dominated publishing on party websites, according to a new study by the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication.

Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned what it described as continued Houthi attacks on civilians, infrastructure and shipping, while reaffirming its right to take measures to defend its territory.

Spain’s two largest trade unions, CCOO and UGT, agreed Monday to call a 24-hour general strike this autumn over housing costs and wages, though the action still requires formal ratification by their governing bodies.

Morocco’s General Directorate of Meteorology said Monday that thunderstorms will continue through Wednesday in several parts of the country, particularly the southern provinces, the High and Middle Atlas, the Rif and Saiss regions.

Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Governor Younes Tazi on Monday urged the region’s elected officials to make the most of the remaining year of the Regional Council’s mandate, saying it should not become a period of “opposition for the sake of opposition.”

Wydad Casablanca’s Winners 2005 supporters group criticized authorities for preventing the club’s fans from traveling to El Jadida to attend Saturday’s league match against Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi.

AI-generated political content has emerged as another tool for criticizing and mocking Moroccan politicians after the Sept. 23 legislative elections, blurring the line between political satire, commentary and misinformation.

Morocco registered 60,908 new businesses during the first seven months of 2026, according to the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property, or OMPIC.

The Front of Democratic Forces (FFD), the Party of Equity (PE), the Party of New Democrats (PND), and the Party of Unity and Democracy (PUD) have announced the formation of a joint parliamentary caucus in Morocco’s House of Representatives, following resu…

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An Indian man went on trial behind closed doors in Paris on Monday, accused of running a neo-Nazi child exploitation ring in which young girls were allegedly coerced into performing sexual acts online and engaging in self-harm.