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Abdul Latif Nasir, a Moroccan detainee who had been deemed a “forever prisoner,” became the latest accused jihadist held at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to be cleared for release by President Barack Obama’s parole board.

Actress Meryl Streep and First Lady Michelle Obama joined Princess Lalla Salma in Morocco on Tuesday night for a traditional dinner to break the fast of Ramadan, after the three spent the afternoon speaking with local high school girls about the importance of female education and empowerment.

Actresses Meryl Streep and Frieda Pinto are set to join First Lady Michelle Obama and First Daughters Sasha and Malia Obama for a trip to Liberia and Morocco in late June to promote the White House’s “Let Girls Learn” female education initiative.

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A Frenchman described as “radicalised” was arrested in Morocco after arriving on a Ryanair flight with knives and a gas bottle in his luggage, a local government official said on Wednesday. The 31-year-old man, who had previously been under house

The Moroccan government has broken up an Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) cell that planned to carry out attacks across the country.

On the same day that President Obama unveiled his plan to close the Guantánamo Bay prison facility, a former Guantánamo inmate who fought for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan has reportedly been captured by police in a raid against an ISIS terrorist cell in Spain.

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Interior Ministry says Spanish and Moroccan police have arrested four suspected members of a jihadi cell that sought to recruit members for the Islamic State group. A ministry statement Tuesday said three Spaniards were arrested in

JAFFA, Israel – Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Saturday ordered his government to review religious education in the country, in an attempt to curtail the spread of terrorist groups like the Islamic State. The government was instructed to “review religious education in state

RABAT, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Moroccan authorities have arrested a Belgian national of Moroccan origin directly linked to the attackers who carried out the Paris shootings and bombings in November that killed 130 people, the government said in a statement

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A self-described “Moroccan living in the UK” has been appointed serjeant at arms at the House of Commons, a role which requires him to sit in the Chamber and carry the mace. Kamal El-Hajji, the first non-white in the 600

ROME – Italy has expelled a Moroccan man after investigations revealed he wanted to commit acts of terrorism and planned to travel to Syria, the interior minister said on Tuesday. The 40-year-old, who had briefly acted as a Muslim cleric

Hundreds of migrants stormed Spain’s border with Morocco at Ceuta early on Christmas Day. Two drowned and over 100 were intercepted, but many more reportedly reached Spanish territory. The storming of the Spanish border in the north of Ceuta took

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Nearly 100 migrants attempted to storm the disputed border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Saturday, with two managing to breach the metres-high fence. Authorities have said that at the weekend a number of migrants attempted to cross

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Fear over terrorist attacks are pushing British people away from Muslim countries, with many now ruling out countries they would have once considered safe. While a remarkable three-quarters of British holidaymakers surveyed by holiday agent Travelzoo said they were actively

Ten suspected terrorists have been arrested in a series of raids in Spain and Morocco, all thought to have recruited jihadi fighters for the Islamic State (IS). One burka-clad woman, 18, who was paraded on a busy Gandia street, disseminated decapitation videos

Washington (AFP) – The United States announced Thursday it has repatriated a Moroccan prisoner who spent 13 years at Guantanamo Bay, as part of a long-running effort to close the military prison in Cuba.

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Morocco’s Islamist party – which is actually called that, their proper name being the “Islamist Party for Justice and Development” – did extremely well in this weekend’s elections, particularly in urban areas.

Fifteen people have been arrested in Spain this month for smuggling migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar on the back of high-powered jet skis. Each smuggler can carry one or two migrants while they make the eight-mile journey from Morocco

Defeated railway jihadi Ayoub el-Khazzani has been claiming he wasn’t embarking on a murder spree at all, when he emerged from the bathroom of a high-speed train in France with an arsenal of weapons and 300 rounds of ammunition, only to be tackled and beaten senseless by heroic passengers.

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An American soldier who was part of a group who took down a terrorist attempting to shoot up an intercity train in France has spoken of his experience to British television. In an interview with Sky News, National Guardsman Alek

A gunman who opened fire on a train in northern France Friday was restrained by two U.S. Marines before he could do any further damage, according to initial reports of the incident.

A stampede at a mosque in which 80 people were injured was caused when a woman spotted a mouse, officials say. The rush happened in Casablanca’s Hassan II mosque during Monday evening prayers when a mouse scurried over a woman’s

A 17-year-old Connecticut girl has been found safe in Morocco after jetting off to the country to meet her Facebook boyfriend, police announced Friday.

Moroccan officials arrested two women, ages 23 and 29, last month because they wore skirts. The arrests occurred after a market trader caused a ruckus over the outfits.

Sam Mansour, also known as ‘The Bookseller from Brønshøj’ and ‘al-Qaeda’s PR man in Denmark’, made history this week when he became the first ever Dane to have his citizenship revoked for criminality. The Eastern High Court sentenced him to

Maroc Hebdo (Morocco Weekly) pulled its latest issue off shelves after the cover story asked if gays and lesbians should be burned to death. Homosexuality is illegal in the North African country.

An eight-year-old boy whose father allegedly attempted to smuggle him into Spain from Africa in a suitcase has been reunited with his mother, Spanish authorities say, in the Spanish territory of the Canary Islands. He will be allowed to stay for one year, despite entering the country illegally.

Jennifer Lopez may have built a career around her famous backside, but that booty may have landed her in some serious legal trouble after a televised concert in Morocco drew the ire of Islamist members of the ruling Justice and Development Party and at least one educational group.

Following a rocky year in their often-delicate relationship, France and Morocco have announced they will cooperate on counter-terrorist activities — especially in light of the ISIS threat, whose militants has been recruiting Muslims in both countries.