Tunisia News

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani receiving Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh.

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced nine Shias to jail terms ranging between 10 and 15 years yesterday after convicting them of forming a "terrorist" group, a judicial source said.

Activist Amina Tyler is led away by riot police during a May Day march marking International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, at the Avenue Habib Bourguiba in Tunis May 1, 2013.

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, AFP reported.

In 2010, Ra di Martino, a prominent artist and photographer, adventured into the Tunisian desert in search of the abandoned movie sets from Star Wars.

Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency.

Tunisian security officers stand guard, in the city of Kairouan, where ultraconservative Islamic group Ansar al-Shariah's annual conference was supposed to be held, Sunday May 19, 2013.

Carthage - Chairmen of Tourism Professional Chambers and the Turkish Travel Agencies Federation pledged on Friday to launch a promotional campaign to better introduce Tunisia's assets, which according to them "is a charming and attractive destination to tourists." During a meeting with President Moncef Marzouki, the Turkish officials expressed will ... (more)

Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to society.

Tunisia is taking a harder line on preaching by ultraconservative Muslim groups, a crackdown that has sparked demonstrations by rock-throwing protesters and ominous warnings of terrorist attacks to come.

Tunisian security forces deployed in strength on Saturday after Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.

KAIROUAN, Tunisia: Tunisian security forces deployed in strength yesterday after Salafist movement Ansar Al Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.

The increased awareness of health and wellness issues led many consumers, notably middle- and high-income Tunisians, to spend more on healthy and natural products such as honey.

"We are not asking permission from the government to preach the word of God and we warn against any police intervention to prevent the congress from taking place," the group's spokesman Seifeddine Rais told a news conference in Tunis.

Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai has set the tone for his party's election campaign, saying the terrain "will be determined by those that are able to give answers to Zimbabwe's challenges". Tunis - The Tunisian government will decide by Saturday whether to allow or ban Salafists from holding their annual congress, the interior minister said on ... (more)

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The radical Ansar al-Sharia group threatens to defy Tunisian government efforts to control its activities.

Egyptian folk singer Dina El Wedidi performs at Qasr El Nil Theater during the Downtown Cairo Arts Festival.

Adel Khedri's self-immolation is one of 178 in Tunisia in the past two years as the Middle East and North Africa continue to struggle with problems of poverty and joblessness despite the hope fanned by the 2011 uprisings.