General

Rabat - The 1st Dhu al-Hijja of the year 1444 of the Hegira will correspond to Tuesday June 20, 2023 and Eid Al Adha will be celebrated on Thursday June 29, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced on Sunday.

Beni Mellal - Judicial police in the city of Beni Mellal arrested on Friday, in close coordination with the services of the General Direction of surveillance of the national territory, a Swiss national aged 62 years old being the subject of an international arrest warrant for a case of sexual exploitation of minors, according to a security source.

Abuja - A delegation from the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), led by Managing Director Amina Benkhadra, held talks in Abuja on Friday with the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project.

Rabat - A tripartite agreement on the use of the national card's digital identity to simplify and improve access to healthcare services was signed on Friday in Rabat.

New York - Thanks to the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, Morocco sets itself up as a model of living together and otherness and as a bulwark against fanaticism and violent extremism, underlined the Executive Director of the American Sephardi Federation (ASF), Jason Guberman.

Marrakech - Speaker of the House of Councillors Enaam Mayara called, on Wednesday in Marrakech, for the Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue to be a historic and crucial step in initiating communication between parliamentarians and religious leaders and deepening dialogue between religions.

Washington - U.S. expert Calvin Dark has underlined that the message sent by HM King Mohammed VI to the participants in the International Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue is a strong plea for coexistence and tolerance.

Marrakech - HM King Mohammed VI's message to participants in the Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue is addressed to the whole world, not just to parliamentarians, said the Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Salim M. Al Malik.

Marrakech - House of Representatives' Speaker Rachid Talbi El Alami called, in Marrakech on Wednesday, for parliaments to become active players in interfaith dialogue to promote coexistence.

Tel-Aviv - Director general of the National Electricity and Drinking Water Board (ONEE), said that Morocco is currently developing a new model to ensure its water security by setting up seawater desalination plants, instead of relying solely on surface water, and to overcome the constraints of climate change, which is the cause of many problems including water scarcity.