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Vice President of Tunisia's Ennahdha Party allegedly detained

Noureddine Bhiri, Vice President of Tunisia's Ennahdha Party and former Minister of Justice, was detained by plain-clothes agents on Friday, the party said in an earlier statement on its official Fac

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North African maritime exercise Phoenix Express set to begin

Phoenix Express 2021, the 16th iteration of the North African maritime exercise, will begin Sunday in Tunis, Tunisia, and throughout the Mediterranean Sea, the U.S. Sixth Fleet announced in a stateme

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Two COVID-19 variant cases reported in Tunisian capital

VCG A senior Tunisian health official on Saturday announced that two people have been tested positive for a new variant of COVID-19 in the governorate of Tunis."The first lab tests did not dem

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Tunisian president assigns current interior minister to form new govt.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has assigned the current interior minister Hichem Mechichi to form a new government, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported on Saturday.The prime minister-designate shou

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Tunisia's Sidi Bou Said sit empty amid pandemic

Sidi Bou Said, a famous attraction in the capital Tunis noted for its white walls, blue doors and windows, has not received foreign tourists for many weeks. Tunisia's tourism industry has been severel

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Five injured after man blows himself up near U.S. embassy in Tunis

At least one man riding a motorcycle blew himself up in front of the U.S. embassy in Tunisia's capital, Tunis, on Friday, leaving at least five police officers injured, local media reported.The embas