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Tunisia: Head of state Television sacked for “wrong covering of terrorism”

The Head and the editor-in-chief of Tunisian state television have been sacked after the network broadcast the decapitated head of a Tunisian teenage shepherd slain by terrorists on Friday in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office announced the sacking of the two men without giving reasons for the layoff. […]

Tunisia: Ben Ali security officials to be tried again

Senior security officials during the Ben Ali regime will face another trial after the Tunisian Court of Cassation overturned the rulings of the Military Court of Appeals. The officials are being held responsible for the deaths of about 70 people and events that wounded about 800 others in Tunis, Sfax, Thala and Kasserine during the […]

Diplomacy: UAE passport, most powerful in the Arab world

The  United Arab Emirates (UAE) has retained its rank as the Arab country with the most powerful passport in the Middle East on Passport index with a score of 126. The rankings published by Arton capital places the  gulf country in the 26th position on the global rankings. Emiratis can visit 126 countries on visa-free […]