Lawyers

• Ancient Slug Fossil’s Spiky ‘Armor’ Reveals Hints of Evolution

  A tiny, hat-like shell that adorns a 478-million-year-old spiky slug is helping scientists figure out how mollusks could have evolved, suggesting the theory of “evolution”, according to a new study.

• UN envoys to spare no effort to revive peacekeeping mission in Morocco

  The UN Security Council announced its support for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara, calling for the controversy between Morocco and the U.N. secretary-general to be addressed so the mission can resume full operation.

• Migrants and relatives might have hard time entering Germany as asylum rules tighten

  Deputy Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel just detailed the reporters that Germany might give refugees another Asylum Package which includes blocking of family relatives for 2 years.

• Germany limits migration from North Africa and repatriates refugees from Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia

  After being the brunt of the biggest immigration wave since World War II, Germany cuts down on receiving refugees from North America by repatriating those coming from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, declaring them 'safe havens.'

• Belgian man with direct links w/ Paris terrorists arrested in Morocco

  A Belgian man who was believed to have ‘direct links’ with the Paris attackers had been arrested in Morocco last Friday.

• Saudi Arabian king leaves France after holiday controversy

  Saudi Arabian King Salman left the south of France for Morocco on Sunday, cutting short a planned three-week stay after a petition from some 150,000 residents over the closure of a public beach outside his villa.

• Libya could agree on unity government leaders this week: U.N. envoy

  Libya's warring groups could agree this week on the leaders of a national unity government to try to overcome the conflict in the North African country, but it will not be easy, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.

• Bureaucratic infighting hampers action on droughts: U.N. official

  Infighting between competing government departments has weakened the world's ability to tackle droughts, a U.N. official said as scientists meet at an international conference in Mexico this week to discuss desertification.

• France to award Moroccan intelligence chief Legion d'honneur after row

  France will give its highest award, the Legion d'honneur, to the head of Morocco's domestic intelligence, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who faces lawsuits over alleged torture.

• France, Morocco resume judicial cooperation after row

  France and Morocco will resume judicial cooperation, the French justice ministry said, ending a row sparked by a French probe into alleged torture by Moroccan intelligence services.

• French court approves stripping nationality of Franco-Moroccan jihadist

  France's top court ruled on Friday it was possible to strip the nationality of a Franco-Moroccan man naturalized as French who was convicted on terrorism charges, paving the way for more dual nationality jihadists to lose their passports.