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At least 17 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunis

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At least 17 African migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, the Tunisian...

UN opens Libya peace talks in Tunis with eye on elections

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The United Nations opened talks on Libya’s future in Tunisia on Monday aimed at ending nearly a decade of chaos and bloodshed by arranging...

Islamic State claims Tunis blast

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb blast in the Tunisian capital this week, the militant group’s Amaq news agency said. A wanted militant...

Two suicide bombers strike in Tunis

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital, killing a police officer and wounding several people, government...

Nine hurt when suicide bomber strikes in Tunis

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A 30-year old woman blew herself up in the centre of Tunisian capital Tunis, wounding nine people including eight police in what...

Suspected Islamist arrested near Tunis parliament building

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A suspected Islamist militant was arrested after wounding two policemen in a knife attack near the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia's interior...

UN Libya talks end in Tunisia

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Month-long UN-backed talks aimed at bridging differences between Libyan factions ended on Saturday with no discernible progress toward stabilising the country and...

Tunisians march against corruption amnesty law

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Several thousand Tunisians marched through central Tunis to protest a bill that would grant amnesty to businessmen accused of corruption when autocrat...

Tunis jihadist cell dismantled

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Tunisian authorities dismantled a jihadist cell planning attacks against a security station and a commercial centre in the capital, a security source...

Security tight after 13 killed in Tunisia bomb blast

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At least 13 people were killed in Tuesday's apparent suicide bombing of a Tunisian presidential guard bus in central Tunis, prompting the...

Tunisian policeman killed in clash with militants

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One Tunisian policeman was killed on Thursday when security forces clashed with Islamist militants on the outskirts of Tunis just days before...

Militants test Tunisia’s new democracy

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When protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in Tunis last year, they hoisted a black jihadist flag that exposed the militant Islamist undercurrent...

Woman killed as Tunisia troops fire to halt fight

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A young woman was killed and several people were wounded in Tunisia overnight when soldiers opened fire to break up street fighting...