Sources: Euronews
Morocco declares October 31, starting next year, to be a national holiday in celebration of Friday's UN resolution backing Morocco's plan of autonomy for Western Sahara in a 50-year dispute between the country and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front. 2025-11-4
Eighteen people are killed and four are missing during floods caused by torrential rains in southern Morocco. Fifty-six homes are destroyed and 110 roads damaged. 2024-09-9
Four people are killed and several others are injured by floods in Lombardy, Italy. Heavy rains also occur in Veneto. 2023-07-25
The death toll from the ongoing floods across Nigeria, which started in early summer, increases to more than 600. 2022-10-17
At least 25 people are killed during floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Megi in the Philippines. 2022-04-11
Eight people are killed, 14 more are injured and two are missing during flash floods in southern Iran, primarily in Fars Province. 2022-01-4
Morocco begins a COVID-19 vaccination program for children aged 12 to 17 years old in an effort to ensure their return to schools. 2021-08-31
Twenty-four workers die in a flooded illegally-run textile workshop in a private house in Tangier, Morocco, which occurred as a result of intense rains that hit the region. Ten others were rescued and hospitalized. 2021-02-8
The first batch of one million doses of Sinopharm's vaccine arrives in Casablanca, Morocco. Morocco has ordered an initial 10 million doses. 2020-11-28
Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni and her husband Rifaat al-Amin are each jailed for a year by a Rabat court for premarital sex and unlawful abortion, with doctor Mohammed Jamal Belkeziz receiving two years for carrying an abortion out. Her lawyer claims the evidence was fabricated to dissuade Raissouni and others from criticising the government. Observers including Amnesty International criticise the verdicts. 2019-09-30