A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco, killing at least 1,000 people and causing severe damage in several areas.
Residents rushed into the streets when the quake struck at 23:11 local time (22:11 GMT) on Friday.
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The UN chief expressed his profound sadness over the deadly earthquake that struck central Morocco late on Friday night reportedly leaving over 1,000 dead, assuring of his solidarity with the government and people of the country.
In a statement (...)
Saudi Arabia and Morocco signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Saturday aimed at encouraging and developing cooperation in tourism and coordinating efforts to achieve sustainable development of the tourism industry in both countries.
The MOU (...)
Saudi Arabia has been elected to chair the Executive Council of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during the organization's 117th session in Marrakesh, Morocco, from November 23 to 25, the country's Ministry of Tourism has (...)
Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs chaired the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the ministerial meeting of the international coalition against the terrorist organization of Daesh, which was held in (...)
Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, met today with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulides.
They met on the sidelines of the ministerial meeting of (...)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan affirmed that the Kingdom continues to maintain its firm stance toward supporting the efforts of the international coalition against Daesh.
Prince Faisal headed the Saudi delegation at the ministerial (...)
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) takes part in the regional seminar on "Electronic Innovation and Security" from 28 to 30 January 2020 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
The GACA will also participate in the interactive exhibition, which is held (...)
The Saudi Minister of Civil Service and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO), Sulaiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan, chaired yesterday the 110th regular session here at the level of ministers and (...)
Morocco's Minister of Economy and Finance Mohammed bin Shaaboon asserted that the strategic orientation of Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is set to enable the member countries to improve their competitiveness in the sectors enjoying (...)
The 11th Arab Energy Conference started in this Moroccan city of Marrakesh under the patronage of King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
Arab oil, petroleum, energy and electricity ministers, senior officials in pertinent ministries, secretaries general of (...)
Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih confirmed in a speech read on his behalf by Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Abdulkarim, Advisor for Corporate Affairs at the ministry, before the 11th Arab Energy (...)
China's special representative for climate
change said Thursday that his country would continue with its
policies to fight global warming no matter what course US president-elect Donald Trump decides to follow, according to dpa.
"We believe that (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has stressed its commitment to the issue of the climate change at 22nd UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakech after complete ratification of the procedures of Paris Convention.
Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, (...)
UN climate talks began in Marrakesh on
Monday, for the first such conference since a sweeping accord to keep
global temperatures rises below 2 degrees Celsius was adopted in Paris last year.
The conference is aimed at hammering out the details of (...)
Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who leads his country's delegation to the 13th Arab International Conference for Mineral Wealth and 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Arab ministers (...)
Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who leads his country's delegation to the 13th Arab International Conference for Mineral Wealth and 5th Ministerial Meeting of the Arab ministers (...)
Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, stressed today that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has, through a system of mining investment and its executive regulations, enacted a number of (...)
President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine arrived in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh today on a state visit to Morocco.
During his visit, President Abbas is scheduled to take part in the 20th session of Al-Quds Committee which is to be held here tomorrow, (...)
King Mohammed VI of Morocco awarded the Saudi ambassador to Morocco Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Bishr with Grand Hammalah class, the country's highest medal offered to foreign ambassadors serving in Morocco.
The medal was awarded to the (...)
Morocco's Prime Minister Abdul-Ilah Benkirane had a meeting in Marrakesh with Prime Minister of Cote D'ivoire Daniel Kablan Doncan who is currently visiting Morocco to take part in the annual General Assembly of the African Development (...)
Representatives of more than 100 countries and organizations were converging here on Wednesday to
discuss Syria's 21-month conflict and ways to support the opposition, according to a report of DPA.
The Friends of Syria conference is being held a day (...)
Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is also head of the Saudi delegation to the 4th Ministerial Meeting for Group of Friends of the Syrian People held in Marrakesh, Morocco, said that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is announcing (...)
The Participants in the 4th meeting of the Group of Friends of the Syrian people held here today, announced recognizing of the opposition National Coalition of revolution's forces as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
The Kingdom's (...)
Carbon markets can successfully bring revenue to poor rural communities through reforestation projects but the processes involved need reform and improvement. That is the conclusion of a World Bank report released recently which draws on seven years (...)