Tunisia

Italy has recovered the bodies of a child and six other people from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, more than a week after a crowded migrant boat capsized off the coast of the island of Lampedusa. Men from the Italian coast guard, dressed in ...

Malta on Wednesday said it had rescued 45 stricken migrants attempting the perilous Mediterranean crossing, including airlifting a pregnant woman at risk of miscarriage. The migrants sent an SOS signal to Alarm Phone, a volunteer-run Mediterranean rescue hot-line, saying the wooden boat they were in ...

At least two people died and 14 were missing Tuesday after a boat filled with people hoping to reach Europe capsized near Tunisia. Elsewhere in the Mediterranean, a rescue ship picked up 109 people from two flimsy boats off the coast of Libya within hours ...

Late drama capped a hard-fought game between Japan and Tunisia on Sunday afternoon. The final highlight-reel play belonged to former UCLA guard Michael Roll, who spun just outside the lane and scored a jumper in the final second to lead Tunisia to a gutsy 78-76 ...

A Libyan warplane of military commander Khalifa Hifter's forces made an emergency landing in neighboring Tunisia on Monday, authorities in Libya said. The aircraft was on a "reconnaissance and patrol mission and suffered a technical problem resulting in an emergency landing" in southern Tunisia, said ...

Tunisia's Red Crescent said Sunday three more bodies had been retrieved off the country's coast, including those of a pregnant woman and toddler, days after a boat carrying scores of migrants sank. "The number of bodies retrieved (from the water) has reached 15," said Red ...

A sailboat belonging to Italian charity Mediterranea has rescued 54 people including pregnant women and children in distress off the Libyan coast, the charity said on Thursday. "All 54 survivors have been rescued and are now aboard," Mediterranea, which is made up of left-wing activists, ...

A Tunisian court imprisoned seven people for life on Saturday for their involvement in two deadly militant attacks in 2015, one on a museum in Tunis and the other on a hotel in a Mediterranean resort. Other defendants received sentences ranging from 16 years to ...

A study by a Saudi research center is challenging the notion that jihadi fighters are necessarily disenfranchised and lacking opportunity, with its lead researcher saying Thursday that a new generation of Saudi militants are relatively well-educated, not driven purely by religious ideology and show ...

Tunisian security forces on Tuesday fired tear gas at protesters in the western city of Kasserine following the funeral of a journalist who had set himself on fire over harsh living conditions. Abdel Razaq Zorgi, a 32-year-old journalist, died late Monday. His death sparked protests in ...

Japan-based supporters of Group G teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.