Kais Saied's decision caps months of his sharp criticism of the judges. Saied has frequently criticized the judiciary’s delay in issuing rulings in cases of corruption and terrorism. He repeatedly said he would not allow judges to act as if they are a state, instead of being a function of the...

The Moroccan royal palace says a 5-year-old boy who was trapped in a deep well for four days has died. Moroccan King Mohammed VI expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a statement released by the palace. The boy, Rayan, was pulled out Saturday night by rescuers after a...

Moroccan rescuers have edged less than three meters close to rescuing a 5-year-old child stuck for days in a well in a village north of Morocco, according to an official on Saturday. “A small rock has delayed the process of reaching Rayan by 3 hours," Abdel-Hadi Al-Tamrani, a member of a...

A Moroccan official announced on Friday that rescue teams had reached the "most critical stage" in digging to save the life of a young boy trapped at the bottom of a well. In a statement made by Abdel-Hadi Al-Tamrani, head of the committee in charge of the operation to rescue the...