A Spanish judge on Thursday remanded two suspected jihadists in custody on terrorism charges following their arrest in Spain's north African territory of Ceuta, a judicial source said.

Judge Pablo Ruz at the National Court in Madrid ordered the two to be detained pending trial on charges of belonging to a terrorist group and illegal arms possession, the source said.

Police arrested two suspected jihadists Tuesday in Spain's north African territory of Ceuta on charges of belonging to a group that was "prepared" to launch an attack on Spanish soil, the government said.

"The national police at dawn this morning carried out an anti-terrorist operation which led to the detention in Ceuta of two suspected jihadists," the interior ministry said in a statement.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Monday condemned the weekend attacks in Mali as an attempt to wreck the country's prospects of sealing a newly signed peace deal.

"These attacks are attacks on peace... At a time when we are just meters from peace, hostile forces are trying to intervene to wreck this perspective," he told a news conference in the Moroccan capital.

Jordan's King Abdullah II and his wife Queen Rania will begin a two-day visit to Morocco on Tuesday at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan royal palace announced.

The two monarchs will hold "official talks" during the visit, the palace was quoted as saying by the official MAP news agency on Sunday.

Rival Libyan factions said Friday they were upbeat about the course of U.N.-mediated talks under way in Morocco aimed at brokering a deal on a national unity government.

U.N. envoy Bernardino Leon shuttled between representatives of Libya's rival parliaments, the General National Congress and the elected and internationally recognized legislature, for a second day near Rabat.

Reporters Without Borders on Friday condemned the suppression of media freedoms in Morocco, saying journalists are under pressure to avoid "sensitive" subjects.

The Paris-based organization, which monitors media liberty around the world, said three laws that could free up journalism in Morocco have been stalled in parliament.

Representatives of Libya's two rival parliaments on Thursday held U.N.-brokered talks in Morocco aimed at reaching an agreement on a national unity government and finding someone to head it, officials said.

Libya has been wracked by conflict since the 2011 armed uprising, with two governments and powerful militias battling for control of key cities and the North African country's oil riches.

Concerned about a growing number of Canadian youths traveling overseas to join jihadists, and lacking an immediate alternative, political leaders have asked parents to keep a more watchful eye on their children for signs of extremism.

"These situations are disastrous," Quebec premier Philippe Couillard said Friday, a day after Canadians learned that six of their own, aged 18 and 19, including two young women, had left for Syria via Turkey mid-January.

Libya's internationally recognized parliament on Monday suspended its participation in U.N.-brokered talks on the future of the war-wracked North African state, officials said.

"The chamber of representatives today voted in favour of suspending its participation in the dialogue," with a new round due to open in Morocco on Thursday, MP Issa al-Aribi announced on Facebook.

Eight Spanish police officers suspected of beating a Cameroonian migrant trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla have been summoned to appear in court for questioning, officials said Friday.

The court in Melilla carrying out an investigation wants to "determine if the behavior of the officers fell within the law," a court statement said.