Soccer Jun 15, 2022
The Samurai Blue, 23rd in the FIFA rankings, wasted several first-half chances before conceding twice from defensive errors by captain Maya Yoshida against the 35th-ranked North Africans.
World / Social Issues Mar 7, 2022
Sentenced for a selfie: Middle East police target LGBTQ phones
by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Maya Gebeily
Around the world, marginalized communities are worried the internet is no longer a safe space for them as surveillance grows and hate speech goes unchecked.
World / Politics Feb 21, 2022
Fears of a lurch to dictatorship blight Arab Spring’s last hope
by Jihen Laghmari and Souhail Karam
As freedoms shrivel and the economy sputters, unrest threatens to explode across the country once more.
National Feb 8, 2022
Japan-backed African development confab to be held in August
A Japan-supported international conference on African development will be held in late August.
Summer Olympics / Swimming Jul 25, 2021
'Unbelievable': Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui in shock after Olympic 400-meter freestyle win
The 18-year-old only scraped into the final after posting the eighth fastest time in qualifying but he delivered a sizzling last 50 meters to touch in 3:43.36.
World / Social Issues Feb 19, 2020
Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams and teachers amid wariness over 'separatism' risk
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on what he called the risk of "separatism. Macron has so far stayed away from issues related to France's Muslim community, ...
World Dec 27, 2019
Turkey to send troops to Libya at Tripoli's request, Erdogan says
Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of Tripoli as soon as next month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, putting the North African country's conflict at the center of wider regional frictions. Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in ...
World / Social Issues Oct 18, 2019
Italy retrieves seven bodies from Oct. 7 migrant shipwreck off Lampedusa
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 ...
Basketball Aug 25, 2019
Michael Roll's late bucket gives Tunisia hard-fought win over Japan
by Ed Odeven
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 ...
World Feb 10, 2019
Tunisia imprisons seven for life over massacres at museum and hotel in 2015
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 ...
Voices | VIEWS FROM THE STREET Jun 18, 2018
World Cup views from Tokyo, Group G: England, Belgium and Tunisia
by Megha Wadhwa and Ben Stubbings
Japan-based supporters of Group G teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.
Business Oct 3, 2017
Flying since 1968, U.K.'s Monarch Airlines goes bust, marooning over 100,000 tourists
Britain's Monarch Airlines collapsed on Monday, causing the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of holidays, after falling victim to intense competition for flights and a weaker pound. The failure of Monarch, the largest British airline to go bust, will affect nearly 900,000 passengers in total. ...