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Tunisia: Security authorities hunt for hotel attack culprits

Tunisian authorities said on Thursday they are in search for two other gunmen believed to have received training in Libya with the 23- year old gunman who killed 38 tourists at Sousse hotel resort last Friday. 12 people have been already arrested in connection with the attack. Tunisian authorities are still finding it difficult to […]

Tunisia warns IMF against red lines as talks for loan continue

Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar indicated Thursday that the North African country is still in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.9-bllion loan, but warned there are red lines not to cross. “Tunisia will not break off negotiations with the IMF and its partners, but there is no question of crossing red […]

Morocco recalls its ambassador to Stockholm, summons Sweden’s Chargé d’Affaires in Rabat over burning of the Quran, an offensive and irresponsible act

On the high instructions of King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, the Chargé d’Affaires of Sweden in Rabat was summoned on Wednesday to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Morocco’s ambassador to Stockholm was recalled “for indefinite consultations,” after the Swedish government once again authorized a demonstration during which the Holy Quran was burned […]