13/08/2012 | World

Thousands rally in Tunisia for women's rights

Thousands of Tunisians rallied to protest against what they see as a push by the Islamist-led government for constitutional changes that would degrade women's status in one of the Arab world's most liberal nations.

06/02/2013 | World

Tunisia protests after government critic shot dead

A fierce critic of the Tunisian government's dealings with radical Islamists was shot dead today, sending protesters onto the streets two years after their Jasmine Revolution sparked revolt across the Arab world.

09/02/2013 | World

Tunisian Islamists rally in show of strength

Thousands of Islamists marched in Tunis in a show of strength a day after the funeral of an assassinated secular politician drew the biggest crowds seen on the streets since Tunisia's uprising two years ago.

23/10/2011 | World

Huge turnout in Tunisia's Arab Spring election

Tunisians turned out in force to vote in the country's first free election, 10 months after vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in an act of protest that started the Arab Spring uprisings.

24/10/2011 | World

Islamists claim win in Tunisia's Arab Spring vote

Moderate Islamists claimed victory in Tunisia's first democratic election, sending a message to other states in the region that long-sidelined Islamists are challenging for power after the "Arab Spring."

27/10/2011 | World

Tunisian Islamists confirmed election winners

Tunisian election officials confirmed the Islamist Ennahda party as winner of the North African country's election, setting it up to form the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.

16/07/2011 | World

Tunisian police fire in air to disperse rioters

Tunisian police fired in the air and used teargas early on Sunday to disperse a crowd of about 200 people who had set fire to a police station in a suburb of the capital.

23/07/2011 | World

Gaddafi criticises Egyptian, Tunisian revolutions

Muammar Gaddafi criticised the popular uprising in neighbouring Egypt that forced Hosni Mubarak from power this year as the Libyan leader battles rebels who have claimed swathes of the country.

20/08/2011 | World

Explosions, gunfire rock Tripoli as rebels advance

Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli overnight, after days of battlefield defeats left Muammar Gaddafi's government and troops penned ever more tightly in the besieged capital by a rebel advance.

19/05/2011 | World

Obama seeks to recast ties with skeptical Arab world

President Barack Obama invoked the killing of Osama bin Laden as a chance to recast relations with the Arab world and said the top US priority was to promote democratic change across the region.

03/06/2011 | World

Tunisia finds 150 refugee bodies

The bodies of 150 African refugees fleeing turmoil in Libya have been recovered off the Tunisian coast after the vessels carrying them illegally to Europe got into difficulty, a UN official said.

20/06/2011 | World

Tunisia's Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 years in jail

A Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 35 years in jail, six months after his ouster in a revolution helped inspire the "Arab Spring."

09/04/2011 | World

Italy steps up call for EU help with migrant crisis

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stepped up calls for Europe to help deal with the "human tsunami" of refugees and illegal immigrants from North Africa arriving in southern Italian islands in recent weeks.

19/04/2011 | World

Libyan mortar shells hit Tunisia, follow refugees

Four mortar shells fired from Libya fell across the border in Tunisia this week, the latest sign of worsening violence in a remote Libyan region where residents say Muammar Gaddafi's forces are fighting rebels

28/04/2011 | World

Libya angers Tunisia as war briefly crosses border

Libya's two-month civil war spilled over the border into Tunisia, provoking outrage in the western neighbour, while rebels in Misrata said only NATO could halt the bombardment of the besieged city.

24/02/2011 | World

Spain's Zapatero to visit Tunisia interim government

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will travel to Tunisia on Sunday and meet the interim government, the government said in a statement, the first world leader to do so.

20/03/2011 | World

Over 3,800 leave Libya for Egypt, UN says

More than 3,800 refugees crossed into Egypt from Libya yesterday, up about 70 percent on the numbers seen in recent days, according to UN officials.

05/04/2011 | World

Italy, Tunisia sign deal to ease migrant crisis

Italy and Tunisia signed an accord to stem a wave of illegal migrants arriving in Italy from North Africa. Immigration crisis, set off when the ouster of former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali removed previously strict border controls, has proved a political headache for Italian government.

05/02/2011 | World

Two dead after Tunisian police fire at protesters

At least two people were killed and 17 others were wounded in northern Tunisia after police opened fire to quell protesters who threw fire bombs and stones at a police station, an interior ministry source said.

10/02/2011 | World

Pro-reform Saudi activists launch political party

Saudi Islamists and opposition activists have launched a political party in a rare challenge to the absolute monarchy, asking King Abdullah for a voice in the Gulf Arab state's governance, its organizers said.

11/02/2011 | World

Wave of Tunisian migrant arrivals alarms Italy

More than 1,000 people escaping turmoil in Tunisia have landed on an Italian island in rickety boats this week, raising fears of a new, uncontrolled wave of illegal immigration from North Africa.

22/01/2011 | World

Street pressure mounts on Tunisia PM to go

Protesters who overthrew Tunisia's president took to the streets again on Saturday to accuse his lieutenants of clinging to power and to demand new leaders now.

26/01/2011 | World

Tunisia seeks arrest of ousted president

Tunisia wants to have ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family arrested and put on trial for theft and currency offences, the justice minister said.

29/01/2011 | World

Egyptians spurned Mubarak speech and stepped up protest

President Hosni Mubarak clung to power, replacing his cabinet in an effort to appease angry Egyptians who demonstrated in their tens of thousands to demand an end to his 30-year rule.

21/01/2011 | World

Tunisia to pay abuse victims, hunt Ben Ali clan

Tunisia will pay compensation to the families of victims of human rights abuse under its ousted authoritarian leader and will send envoys to other Arab states to pursue him, its prime minister said.

21/01/2011 | World

Three shot dead at Albania anti-government protest

Three men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital, in what Prime Minister Sali Berisha called an opposition attempt to foment a Tunisia-style uprising.

22/01/2011 | World

Tunisia's PM pledges to step aside after vote

Tunisia's interim prime minister promised to quit politics after elections, a pledge intended to appease protesters demanding remnants of the old guard leave a unity coalition formed after the overthrow of the president.

14/01/2011 | World

Veteran Tunisian leader quits after protests

A surge of anger in the streets over police repression and poverty swept Tunisia's veteran strongman leader from power, sending a chill through unpopular authoritarian governments across the Arab world.

17/01/2011 | World

PM names unity government to quell Tunisia unrest

Tunisia's prime minister defended his new unity government after critics attacked his decision to retain many ministers who served under the country's ousted president.

20/01/2011 | World

Tunisia government to lift political ban, police fire shots

Tunisia's new government, faced with violent street protests for retaining members of the deposed president's cabinet, offered a blanket amnesty to all political groups including the banned Islamist opposition.

02/08/2012 | Sports

Argentina beat Tunisia to improve record

02/08/2012 | Sports

Argentina achieve historic victory in men's handball

Argentina's national men's handball team made history after achieving its first victory at the Olympic Games against Great Britain by 32-21.

06/08/2012 | Sports

Handball: Argentina fall against Tunisia