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Libyan warplane lands on road in southern Tunisia
Middle East

Libyan warplane lands on road in southern Tunisia

TUNIS (Reuters) – A Libyan warplane landed on Monday on a road in the southern Tunisian town of Beni Khadash,…
Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia
Middle East

Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia

TUNIS (Reuters) – Rached Ghannouchi, the influential leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party, will stand in the next parliamentary…
Gaddafi’s prime minister to be released for medical care abroad
Middle East

Gaddafi’s prime minister to be released for medical care abroad

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The man who served as Libya’s prime minister for the final five years of dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s…
CAPMAS: Trade exchange between Egypt, African countries $6.9 bn
Business

CAPMAS: Trade exchange between Egypt, African countries $6.9 bn

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the trade exchange between Egypt and African countries reached…
Italian coast guard brings ashore migrants on Lampedusa
Middle East

Italian coast guard brings ashore migrants on Lampedusa

An Italian coast guard ship has brought ashore 55 migrants who were rescued in waters off the island of Lampedusa on…
The Latest: Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisia
Middle East

The Latest: Boat with 86 migrants capsizes off Tunisia

CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on migrants from Libya (all times local): 3:15 p.m. The U.N. migration agency says a…
One dead, several hurt in suicide bomber attacks in Tunisian capital
Middle East

One dead, several hurt in suicide bomber attacks in Tunisian capital

TUNIS (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday,…
‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage
Middle East

‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage

FOUSSANA, Tunisia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Standing near the shrine of the Sufi saint Sidi Boughanem in western Tunisia, Karim…
Elmed interconnector aims to bring solar power from the Sahara to Europe
World

Elmed interconnector aims to bring solar power from the Sahara to Europe

It’s been a long-held European dream to shore up its supply of renewable energy with solar power from sun-rich North Africa. Now,…
Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya
Middle East

Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya

TUNIS (Reuters) – At least 65 migrants drowned on Friday when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the…
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