Tunisia
Tunisia ‘making progress’ against terror groups
Egypt
May 23, 2013
Tunisia ‘making progress’ against terror groups
Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Thursday that Tunisia is making progress in its bid to dismantle "terrorist" cells despite…
New jail term for deposed President Ben Ali
World
April 16, 2013
New jail term for deposed President Ben Ali
Tunisia's deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was given a five-year jail term in absentia and fined 3.5 million euros…
Tunisia football fans clash again with police
World
April 16, 2013
Tunisia football fans clash again with police
Clashes broke out for the second day on Tuesday between police and angry supporters of a top Tunisian football club…
Tunisia and IMF reach agreement on $1.78 bln loan-govt official
Egypt
April 15, 2013
Tunisia and IMF reach agreement on $1.78 bln loan-govt official
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Tunisian government have reached agreement on a $1.78 bln precautionary loan which will…
Tunisia releases photos of politician’s suspected assassin
World
April 13, 2013
Tunisia releases photos of politician’s suspected assassin
Tunisia's interior ministry released on Saturday the photos of five Islamists wanted for the assassination in February of secular opposition…
Tunisia recovers millions of Ben Ali’s ‘looted assets’
World
April 11, 2013
Tunisia recovers millions of Ben Ali’s ‘looted assets’
Tunisia received US$28.8 million on Thursday in the first such retrieval of what it calls looted assets held abroad by…
Man who set himself on fire in Tunisian capital dies
Egypt
March 13, 2013
Man who set himself on fire in Tunisian capital dies
A Tunisian cigarette vendor who set himself alight in a street of the capital Tunis has died from the severe…
Tunisian representatives rejects pro-circumcision remarks
Egypt
March 11, 2013
Tunisian representatives rejects pro-circumcision remarks
A secular-leaning member of Tunisia’s Constituent Assembly demanded that a representative of the ruling Islamist Ennahda movement apologize or resign…
Egypt, Tunisia strive to woo back tourists
Egypt
March 10, 2013
Egypt, Tunisia strive to woo back tourists
Two years after the Arab Spring uprisings, Tunisia and Egypt are trying to win back holidaymakers in a lifeblood sector…