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Moroccan Authorities Seize 102,000 Pills in Bab Sebta Smuggling Attempt
Berlin – A coordinated operation between Morocco’s national police and customs services stopped a major drug trafficking attempt at the Bab Sebta border post on Saturday evening. The interception involved a vehicle registered abroad, driven by a...

Travel warning to holidaymakers after woman dies from rabies following dog bite
A British holidaymaker died after being infected with the fatal disease in Europe. A warning has been issued to holidaymakers after a British woman died after contracting rabies following contact with a stray dog whilst abroad. The female was...

Social Media and Tourism: The New Follower Magnet
In today’s digital world, social media and tourism content have become “partners in crime” across platforms. Fashion comes and goes, memes flash briefly, and tech reviews grow stale in an instant, but something is always enticingly out there: the...

AP News: One tireless Jesuit keeps alive a pilgrim path for St. Ignatius in Spain
MANRESA, Spain (AP) — Josep Lluís Iriberri helps celebrate Mass at a mountaintop basilica, swaps his priest’s robe for a hiking backpack and rallies his latest group of pilgrims literally following him in the footsteps of the 16th-century St....

‘The Dream Hotel’ Review: Deeply Philosophical But Exaggeratedly Didactic
In a near-future dystopia, wife, mother, and archivist Sara Hussein is taken to a women’s retention center after a misunderstanding during which customs gave her too high of a risk score as she travelled back to LAX. However, this risk score isn’t...

WAFCON 2024: Ajibade criticises CAF over poor accommodation
Super Falcons captain, Rasheedat Ajibade, has criticised the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over an alleged poor accommodation for players ahead of the 13th Women African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. On her Instagram page, she...

Morocco, Russia Discuss Expanding Civil Aviation and Road Transport Ties
HESPRESS English – Morocco News with MAPSaturday 28 June 2025 - 21:01 Morocco and Russia held talks on Saturday aimed at deepening cooperation in civil aviation and road transport, as part of the Global Transport Connectivity Forum underway in...

New opening: Royal family reveals medi-spa in Morocco
A4,300sq m medi-spa offering a doctor-backed longevity programme has made its debut at Royal Mansour Tamuda Bay in Morocco. The property is the third site in the Royal Mansour Collection, a hotel company owned by the country’s royal family, led by...

WAFCON 2024: A tournament in Morocco nearly forgotten could be the best one yet
Three years ago, the world welcomed African women’s football with a roar. Close to 60,000 Moroccans squeezed into the 53,000-seater Stade Moulay Abdellah in Rabat to watch the women’s national team play in their first Women’s Africa Cup of Nations...

‘I knew she wasn’t going to make it’ – Brit tourist caught in ‘deliberate’ bar explosion in Spain
A BRITISH tourist has described the terrifying moment a bar exploded around her while she was ‘buying a shirt from a market stall.’ Debbie Scholefield, 48, a former paramedic, was visiting her mother in the Mar Menor region when she was caught up...

Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa ranked among world's best countries
Three African countries, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa, have been ranked among the world’s best countries in the 2024 Best Countries Rankings compiled by U.S. News & World Report, in collaboration with Wharton School and global marketing firm...

Morocco, Turkiye Sign Transport Cooperation Agreements in Istanbul
Tangier — Morocco and Turkiye are joining forces to strengthen cooperation on road safety and maritime corridors. The two countries signed two cooperation agreements on Friday in Istanbul to foster bilateral ties in the transport sector. Morocco’s...

Tabitha Chawinga unveils new Wafcon trophy in Morocco
OPENING NEW CHAPTER—Tabitha poses with the trophyMalawi National Women’s Football Team captain Tabitha Chawinga represented Malawi at the official unveiling ceremony of the new TotalEnergies Caf Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) trophy in...

Ozempic Is Affecting Travel
With 1 in 8 American adults — about 32 million people — saying they have tried a semaglutide during their lifetime and 6% currently taking one, according to a spring 2024 KFF Health Tracking Poll, it would be fair to say that this is no longer a...

EasyJet to launch new flight between major UK airport and popular Spanish holiday hotspot
British budget airline easyJet has announced it will launch eight new international connections between Spain and a UK airport which handled an impressive 15.8 million passengers last year, making it one of the UK's top transport hubs. The new...

Wales football fans stuck in hotels after historic match hit by travel chaos
14:02, 04 Jul 2025Updated 14:03, 04 Jul 2025 Welsh football fans are facing disruption ahead of a historic match, as French air traffic control strikes continue to cause chaos for those headed to France. Welsh women's team made history after...
A trip to Morocco with my mother-in-law made us closer than ever. We talk like we're friends.
I first met Kathy, the woman who would later become my mother-in-law, on a small island in the Pacific Ocean thousands of miles from where I, she, or her son grew up. My future husband, Uriah, and I were living on Kaua'i at the time, and he had...

Morocco braces for 'Chergui' heatwave, temperatures to exceed 47°C
Morocco is set to experience an excessive heatwave, locally known as “Chergui,” starting today, Friday, June 27, 2025. Described as early for June, this intense heat is expected to persist until at least next Tuesday, according to the General...

As Morocco Battles Drought, Avocado Exports to Canada Reach Record High
Rabat – While Morocco faces its worst drought in decades, the country has exported a record 1,180 tons of avocados, a water-intensive crop, to Canada this season. According to EastFruit, citing official data from Statistics Canada and Global Trade...

Fouzi Lekjaa: Algerian Fans will be Warmly Welcomed in Morocco
Morocco’s football chief Fouzi Lekjaa has promised Algerian supporters a warm reception during the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, stressing the long-standing bonds of respect between the two nations. Speaking to French newspaper L’Équipe, the...