Tunisia
Equating inheritance between sexes is forbidden: Grand Mufti
Society
November 26, 2018
Equating inheritance between sexes is forbidden: Grand Mufti
Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam stressed that equating the inheritance between men and women is against Islamic Sharia (law), as…
More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages
Middle East
November 22, 2018
More than half a million Tunisians hold public sector strike over wages
(Reuters) – About 650,000 Tunisians went on strike on Thursday to protest the government’s refusal to raise wages amid…
Tunisia appoints Jewish minister, cabinet reshuffle approved
Middle East
November 8, 2018
Tunisia appoints Jewish minister, cabinet reshuffle approved
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi speaks during a news conference at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, Tunisia November 8, 2018.…
Tunisia’s PM to announce a cabinet reshuffle this week: sources
Middle East
November 5, 2018
Tunisia’s PM to announce a cabinet reshuffle this week: sources
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will announce a partial cabinet reshuffle this week, three sources said…
Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10 police officers
Middle East
October 30, 2018
Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10 police officers
TUNIS (Reuters) – A woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital on Monday, wounding 15 people…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
Middle East
October 29, 2018
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
Fishers’ families call on Egypt’s Foreign Ministry to release detainees in Tunisia
Egypt
October 9, 2018
Fishers’ families call on Egypt’s Foreign Ministry to release detainees in Tunisia
Families of 14 Egyptians called on Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to release their detained sons in Tunisia’s Sfax…
Tunisia reforms face fresh strain after president ends Islamist tie-up
Middle East
September 25, 2018
Tunisia reforms face fresh strain after president ends Islamist tie-up
TUNIS (Reuters) – Efforts to rescue Tunisia’s ailing economy face the prospect of fresh turmoil after the president declared…
Fighting resumes in Libyan capital, causes mass power outage
Middle East
September 18, 2018
Fighting resumes in Libyan capital, causes mass power outage
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say fighting between rival militias in the capital of Tripoli has flared up again,…
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, at least five dead
Middle East
August 23, 2018
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, at least five dead
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s coast guard said it recovered the bodies of five migrants on Thursday whose boat sank as…