Tag: Tunisia

Tunisia interested in enhancing bilateral trade with Pakistan

    Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia Adel Elarbi said on Monday that his country was interested in enhancing bilateral trade relations with Pakistan as...

Tunisia declares state of emergency after beach attack

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a state of emergency, a week after a beach massacre in which 38 foreign tourists were...

Envoy says Tunisia’s ties with Pakistan strengthening

The Tunisian government wishes to upgrade its strategic partnership with Pakistan for mutual benefit of their people. This was stated by Tunisian ambassador Adel Elarbi,...

Tunisia vows ‘merciless war against terrorism’ after museum attack

Tunisia’s president promised to wage a “merciless war against terrorism” after gunmen killed 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians in a daylight attack in...

Tunisian wins Muslim beauty pageant, calls for free Palestine

PRAMBANAN, Indonesia - A Tunisian woman called for a free Palestine as she won a pageant exclusively for Muslims in Indonesia Friday, seen as a...

Pak-Tunisia economic relations are on Mamnoon’s mind

  ISLAMABAD INP   President Mamnoon Hussain has underscored the need for greater efforts by Pakistan and Tunisia to strengthen economic interactions as the existing level of mutual...

11 killed in Libyan military plane crash

TUNIS- A Libyan military rescue plane crashed Friday in Grombalia city in Tunisia killing 11 people on board, a spokesman of the Tunisian defence ministry...

Tunisian MP’s murder suspect arrested

TUNIS- Tunisian security forces in detention a suspect in the murder of opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi after a severe gun battle during an overnight raid...

Salafist group clashes with police in Tunisia

A Tunisian man has died after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of supporters of the group Ansar al-Sharia who defied a government...

Salafist group clashes with police in Tunisia

Clashes have broken out between police and supporters of the Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia in two places in Tunisia. One clash occurred on Sunday...

Man sets himself ablaze in Tunisia

A man has set himself on fire in central Tunis, just hours before the country's legislators were to vote on a new government entrusted...

IMF, Tunisia drafting loan details

Negotiations between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund on a $1.78 billion loan are underway in the aftermath of a political turmoil which resulted...

Tunisia marks Arab Spring revolution

Tunisians is marking the second anniversary of veteran dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s flight into exile in the first of the Arab Spring...

49 police hurt in Djerba clashes: Tunisia ministry

Forty-nine policemen were injured in clashes with demonstrators protesting against the reopening of a rubbish dump on Tunisia's tourist island of Djerba on Saturday,...

Topless women protest at Venus de Milo against Tunisia rape

Members of the topless protest movement Femen rallied at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Wednesday and hung a sign on the Venus de...

Tunisia extradites former Kadhafi PM to Libya

Tunisia has extradited Moamer Kadhafi's former premier to Libya, igniting a fierce row between Tunis's president and prime minister, who disagreed over the move. Baghdadi...

Tunisia extradites former Kadhafi PM to Libya

Tunisia on Sunday extradited Moamer Kadhafi’s former prime minister to Libya, the government announced, despite protests from his lawyers and rights groups that he...