Media outlets in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt have launched a systematic campaign against Rached Ghannouchi, the intellectual leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement, to tarnish...

Tunisia will reopen mosques, restaurants and cafes as of June 4 as coronavirus outbreak has slowed down in the country, authorities announced on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. Authorities will continue...

Media campaigns launched by Emirati, Saudi and Egyptian channels against the head of Ennahda movement and Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi have become widespread and apparent. The campaigns were launched...

Tunisian authorities yesterday inaugurated the country’s first Zakat Fund since independence in 1956. The fund was launched in El Kram city, Tunis, by planting an olive tree in its...

The Tunisian government is working to win over private media organisation through measures it has put in place to support them with provisions during the economic downturn the country...

The Libyan army took control of two cities in the north-west of the country from fighters loyal to Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar yesterday. The media centre of “Operation Volcano...

Tunisia reported three additional coronavirus cases today, after five consecutive days without registering a single infection, as reported by Anadolu Agency. The new registrations take the number of infections to 1,035,...

Tunisia’s Ennahda movement yesterday condemned what it described as efforts to create rifts in some parliamentary blocs in order to form a new bloc. The movement announced in a statement...

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh reiterated his country’s rejection of partition projects in Libya, and its commitment to find an internal solution to the conflict. In an interview with French...

A Tunisian court has sentenced former presidential candidate and businessman Yassine Channoufi to five years imprisonment on charges of corruption and money laundering, Anadolu Agency reported. The head of the Media...

Tunisian President Kais Saied is encouraging his supporters to call for chaos and anarchy, the Ennahda party has warned, adding that his recent speeches “intersect with anarchistic trends that...

Tunisian Ennahda Movement yesterday announced the transfer of its executive office into a caretaker bureau. This came in an explanatory statement issued by the Movement Information and Communication Office,...

An international blitz chess tournament has been held online during which a team made up of Arab players competed against Israelis, the Jerusalem Post has reported. While the coronavirus...

On Thursday, Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi condemned the measures taken by the occupation authorities against Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem. This came in a statement issued by the Ennahda Movement,...

Deputy of State Prosecution and Head of the Media and Communication Unit of the First Instance Court in Tunis Mohsen Dali announced that Tunisia’s Public Prosecution has pledged to...

Tunisia will return to full lockdown if a second wave of coronavirus infections hit the country, Anadolu reported the health minister saying. Speaking to journalists, Abdellatif Al-Makki said that Tunisia seeks...

Ennahda yesterday called on the Tunisian government to alter its program and review the state budget in accordance with the implications and risks of the coronavirus pandemic. This came...

Tunisia is the Arab world’s best-performing country in terms of freedom of the press, the World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed yesterday. According to...

The Tunisian Parliament postponed a plenary session scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday to deliberate a set of draft agreements, including two agreements with Turkey and Qatar, to a later...

The Tunisian authorities have decided to allow remote judicial trials to maintain social distancing, in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, according to a decree published by...

Late Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s son-in-law was arrested yesterday by police on suspicion of sexual harassment after a complaint was filed by a well-known female journalist,...

On Wednesday Tunisia announced a 30-day extension of the state of emergency throughout the country. “President Kais Saied decided to extend the state of emergency in the entire territory...

New waves of protest are expected to hit the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region when lockdowns are lifted, and the global coronavirus pandemic is brought under control....

Ask anyone in France from an ethnic minority background when they first experienced a robust police document check and they will not say during the current coronavirus lockdown. Most...

Hundreds of Tunisians, working in war-torn Libya started returning home due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said. Tunisia opened its border with...

Tunisian Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi called on all state components to act quickly to end the suffering of Tunisians stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic and expedite their...

Tunisian authorities yesterday announced the failure of a “terrorist plot” to spread the coronavirus among security forces. The Ministry of the Interior said, in a statement, that “the terrorist...

Social media activists circulated reports of a “valuable catch” at the Haftar-controlled Al-Wattia air base in eastern Libya. The activists stated that a group of French and Emirati advisers...

Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Wednesday that Tunisia’s position is clear in support of the legitimate Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), and that any statement contrary to...

Hundreds of Tunisian nationals working in Libya and stranded on the borders have requested permission from their authorities to return through the Ras Jedir border crossing between the two...

Tunisian Interior Minister Hisham El-Mechishi announced yesterday that “the security forces are ready to counter any terrorist plot that might take advantage of the state’s preoccupation with combating the...

Tunisia’s vital tourism sector could lose $1.4 billion and 400,000 jobs this year due to the new coronavirus pandemic, an official document showed, as the country seeks a loan...