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'Terrorist attack' kills six Tunisia security force ranks in restive border area
Six members of Tunisia's security forces were killed Sunday in a "terrorist attack" near the border with Algeria, the interior ministry said, the country's deadliest such incident in over two years. A national guard border patrol in the Ain Sultan area of the Jenduba border ...
World Cup views from Tokyo, Group G: England, Belgium and Tunisia
Japan-based supporters of Group G teams fighting it out for the ultimate prize at the FIFA World Cup speak to The Japan Times.
Over 50 migrants die in Mediterranean crossings; Italy adobts hard-line stance
More than 50 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean on Sunday, the majority off the coasts of Tunisia and Turkey, while Italy marked a sea change in its policy. Tunisian authorities said 47 bodies were recovered off the country's southern coast, close to the city of ...
An Arab world first: LGBT radio goes online in Tunisia despite threats
An online radio station catering for the LGBT community, believed to be the first of its kind in the Arab world, started broadcasting in Tunisia on Monday. The outlet — set up by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights group Shams — aims to tackle deep-rooted ...
Brother of Marseille attacker, who fought in Syria, faces extradition from Italy to France
A brother of Ahmed Hanachi, the Tunisian who stabbed two young women to death in the French city of Marseille this month, served as a jihadi fighter in Syria, Italian police said Monday. Anis Hanachi was arrested Saturday night in Ferrara, Italy, after French authorities ...
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. ...
Why Tunisia's path looks brighter than Egypt's
Egypt and Tunesia both underwent regime five years ago and face similar economic problems, but Tunesia's embrace of political inclusion means it could soon be on the path to a healthy recovery.
Tunisian lawmakers pass no confidence vote in U.S.-trained leader
Tunisia's parliament passed a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Habib Essid on Saturday, effectively disbanding the government of the U.S.-trained agricultural economist. The no-confidence motion was passed by 118 votes, easily crossing the country's 109-vote threshold after a debate that stretched late into ...
Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet members lay wreaths at Hiroshima cenotaph
Three representatives of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, offered flowers Friday at the cenotaph dedicated to A-bomb victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. Visiting Japan at the invitation of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, they visited the Hiroshima ...
53 killed in Tunisia border city in suspected Islamic State raid out of Libya
Exceptionally deadly clashes between Tunisian forces and extremist attackers left at least 53 people dead Monday near Tunisia's border with Libya, the government said, amid growing fears that violence from Libya could destabilize the whole region. Gunmen attacked the city of Ben Guerdane at dawn ...
Tunisian police and unidentified gunmen clashed Monday near the Libyan border, killing at least 26 people, authorities said, amid increasing concern that violent extremism in Libya could destabilize the region. The dead included 21 attackers, one Tunisian soldier and four civilians, the interior and defense ...
Tunisia imposed a nationwide overnight curfew Friday in response to growing unrest over unemployment as protests across the country descended into vandalism in several cities. The curfew from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m. would begin Friday because the attacks on public and private property "represent ...
