Tunisia
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions
Middle East
August 14, 2018
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people objecting…
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
Middle East
August 1, 2018
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has agreed to accept a boat carrying around 40 African migrants stranded for two weeks off…
Tunisian airport workers call off strike
Middle East
July 31, 2018
Tunisian airport workers call off strike
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian airport employees have called off a strike slated to take place this week after a deal…
Tunisian airport workers threaten strike in tourist high season
Middle East
July 30, 2018
Tunisian airport workers threaten strike in tourist high season
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian airport employees plan to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, disrupting the reviving tourist trade, unless the…
Productivity of Arab employees to fall during FIFA World Cup matches, survey says
Middle East
June 12, 2018
Productivity of Arab employees to fall during FIFA World Cup matches, survey says
With the FIFA World Cup 2018 just around the corner, featuring the participation of four Arab countries including Egypt,…
With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year’s deadliest migrant disaster
Middle East
June 5, 2018
With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year’s deadliest migrant disaster
At least 100 people are believed to have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia…
Paris suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout
World
April 23, 2018
Paris suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout
A Belgian court on Monday found Salah Abdeslam, the last surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, guilty of terrorism-related attempted…
Egypt down 2 spots, Tunisia up 9 spots in FIFA world rankings
Egypt
April 12, 2018
Egypt down 2 spots, Tunisia up 9 spots in FIFA world rankings
Egypt’s football team dropped two spots in the FIFA world ranking on April 12, down to 46th place. Egypt lost…
Major Tunisian union threatens protests if privatizations go ahead
Middle East
March 25, 2018
Major Tunisian union threatens protests if privatizations go ahead
Tunisia’s powerful UGTT labor union will stage protests if the government goes ahead and privatizes ailing state firms, the UGTT…
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Middle East
March 23, 2018
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Simon Slama and his family are the only Jews left in the Tunisian city of Monastir, once home to a…