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A group of 75 migrants who have been stranded on a boat in the Mediterranean sea for 12 days and who are in critical condition have refused food and medical assistance offered by the Tunisian Red Crescent. The migrants, mostly from Bangladesh, have refused aid from medical doctors and have demanded to be sailed […]
Tunisia is on the verge of buying 110 trains to replenish its aging railway sector, Transport Minister told media on Monday. The state has issued a tender for the trains, Hichem Ben Ahmed told local media La Presse. The trains will replace current ones which on average are 35 years old, Ben Ahamed also noted […]
The Tunisian army has thwarted an attempt by an armed group from Libya to sneak onto Tunisia. A security source from Ben Guerdane, southern Tunisia, near the Libyan border told local radio Mosaïque FM that the army repelled the attempt. The source did not identify the armed group but said the two sides traded gun […]
A Tunisia couple in trial for planning a biological attack in Germany face up to 15 years in prison, if found guilty. A court in Germany started on Friday the trial of the couple, Seifallah H. (husband) aged 30 and his wife Yasmine H., 43, a Germany woman who converted to Islam, AFP reports. The […]
Tunisia was among the five countries that will join the UN Security council as non-permanent members for a two-year term starting in January. The North African country was elected along with Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the 15-nation body responsible for maintaining international peace and security. Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said […]
Tunisia’s 10 MW Tozeur photovoltaic solar power plant will be completed by the end of June 2019. The solar power plant located in the west of Tunisia will be connected to the national electricity distribution grid. The Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract between an Italian company and the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (Steg) […]
The emergency executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), convened Wednesday in Paris following the chaotic return match of the African Champions League between WAC of Casablanca and Esperance Tunis (EST), decided to withdraw the trophy to the Tunisian club and to replay the return match on neutral ground just after the African […]
President Beiji Caid Essebsi Monday extended the state of emergency for an additional month as of June 5, at the time British authorities warn their nationals and foreign tourists about likely terror attacks in the country and in other Mediterranean states. President Essebsi first decreed the security measure in November 2015, in the wake of […]
An Iraqi court has sentenced to hanging a Tunisian national for fighting for the Islamic state group (ISIS). The verdict announced Wednesday charged Briri, aged 24, for fighting for the terror group. The man was among 12 French nationals extradited from Syria to Iraq according to the AFP. A Bagdad court also sentenced two French […]
The UN has placed on its terror blacklist 26 Tunisian citizens and 3 organizations following an update of the list of people connected to terrorism around the world. The UN Security Council sanction committee Wednesday reviewed the list and placed the Tunisians and the organizations on its backlist. Head of the national counter-terrorism commission, Mokhtar […]