2 Moroccans tried for homosexuality get 4 months
A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against ...

Pedrosa wins French MotoGP to take overall lead
Dani Pedrosa won the French Grand Prix on Sunday for his second victory of the season and took over the MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez.
Migrants scale Spanish border fence in Melilla
Spanish authorities say 200 sub-Saharan migrants tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco by climbing a 6-meter-tall (20-foot-tall) ...
Party's withdrawal threatens Moroccan govt
Morocco's second largest political party has announced it is withdrawing from the Islamist-led government elected during the Arab Spring and leaving ...

Pedrosa wins Spain GP ahead of Marquez, Lorenzo
Dani Pedrosa won his first MotoGP race of the season on Sunday, leading a 1-2 Honda finish with Marc Marquez at the Spain Grand Prix. The 20-year-old ...
Jet ski drug smugglers busted in Spain
A gang that allegedly used jet skis and boats to smuggle drugs into Spain through the country's southern coast has been busted, with police making 30 ...
UN extends peacekeeping force in Western Sahara
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to keep a U.N. peacekeeping force in Western Sahara for another year, but without a mandate to ...
Diplomats: No rights monitoring in Western Sahara
Opposition from France and Morocco forced the United States to abandon a proposal to monitor human rights in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, ...

Mideast feminists reject Europe topless protests
Bewilderment, scorn, resentment. Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in ...
Morocco suspends $1.75B in public investment
The Moroccan government announced that it will suspend 15 billion dirhams ($1.75 billion) of public investment to help balance an overstretched budget ...

France to take part in future Mali peacekeeping
French troops would take part in a proposed U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after they end their task of clearing al-Qaida-linked rebels out of the ...

Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools
Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side.
Morocco: Disputed Western Sahara a risk for region
A top Moroccan official says uncertainty over the future of disputed Western Sahara is an additional risk for a region already hit by a rise in ...

Morocco Islamists struggle with coalition rule
After just over a year in power, Morocco's Islamist-led government is struggling to fulfill the high hopes brought on by its election in 2011 on ...
Morocco summons Spanish envoy on migrants' deaths
Morocco's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Spanish ambassador after apparently learning from an online video that a Spanish Civil Guard vessel struck ...
Migrants storm Spanish border fence in Melilla
Spanish authorities say more than 150 sub-Saharan migrants charged a barbed-wire border fence and tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from ...

Is Tunisia falling apart? Here's what's going on
Tunisia now has no prime minister and is facing its worst crisis since it kicked off the Arab Spring. Here's a look at the turmoil rocking this ...
24 convicted in killing of Moroccan soldiers
A Moroccan military court convicted 24 Western Saharan activists on Sunday for their roles in the killing of 11 soldiers at a protest camp in 2010, ...

AP Interview: Morocco Islamists warn of unrest
Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab ...

Morocco to change law allowing rape marriage
Nearly a year after Morocco was shocked by the suicide of a 16-year-old girl who was forced to marry her alleged rapist, the government has announced ...

Al-Qaida flourishes in Sahara, emerges stronger
The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria. The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead ...
Family of 5 dies in plane crash near French Alps
A Moroccan family of five returning home died Saturday when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport near the French Alps, officials ...