The country of Tunisia is under a state of emergency with a curfew imposed on its capital city after at least 12 people were killed during an afternoon bombing that appeared to target a bus carrying members of the presidential guard.
The death toll from this morning’s attack in Sousse, Tunisia, now stands at 37. Another 36 people were wounded in the shooting.
Two gunmen opened fire at a Tunisian beach near two tourist resorts Friday morning, reportedly killing at least 37 people.
Gunmen entered the National Bardo Museum in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on Wednesday and killed eight, taking several hostages, the New York Times reports. Reports say the unnamed gunmen were wearing military uniforms.
The U.S. released five men who have been detained at Guantanamo Bay for a dozen years without trial, transferring them to Kazakhstan for resettlement.
Mohammed Brahmi, a member of Tunisia's opposition People's Movement party, was shot and killed on Thursday morning, possibly by Islamic extremists. Brahmi had been among those writing a new constitution for Tunisia, the first country to topple its government in the "Arab Spring."
The fictional city of Mos Espa from Star Wars: Episode 1, located in the real Tunisian Desert, is slowly being devoured by a sand dune.
A man in Tunisia lost a bet and his life after consuming 28 raw eggs in a single sitting for the entertainment of his friends.
As expected, the moderate Islamist party Ennahda is headed to victory in Tunisia's first post-dictatorship elections. Party leaders—who are likely to form a coalition with liberals—say the government's first priorities will be "economic development and internal security."
Almost 70 percent of registered voters in Tunisia turned out for an election today—the country's first since its former president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali fled the country in January. Ennahda, the moderate Islamist party (with a "commitment to democracy and women's rights") headed by ex-exile Rachid Ghannouchi, is…
Libyan leader/fashion icon Muammar Gaddafi might have to file for unemployment soon, as it seems rebel fighters in his country—emphasis on "his," at least until now—have put down their bongs and taken control of several cities. Now they're gearing up to take over Tripoli, the Libyan capital city. Like, for real this…
Last month, deposed Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was sentenced in absentia to 35 years in prison for being a piece of shit. And yesterday, he got an additional 15 years for illegal possession of drugs and weapons.
The first of what is likely to be several verdicts in the case of exiled Tunisian dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila was handed down today: 35 years and $65.6 million in fines, on charges of theft.
The trial of deposed Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali begins today in absentia, since Ben Ali is yukking it up with Saudi royals on his extended vacation there. Today's trial is the first of many, but this one is pretty juicy. Ben Ali is charged with theft, as well as drug and weapons possession, and the…
Aisha Qaddafi, daughter of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, has reportedly left Libya for Tunisia along with her mother, Safia. It's unclear whether they are defecting — as the Libyan oil minister did this weekend — or just visiting. [Reuters]
The UN Security Council is meeting today to discuss Libya, while Muammar el-Qaddafi continues to kill his own people. Also, parts of Tripoli are fighting back. Here's a look at what's happening across the Middle East and North Africa today:
Tunisia's justice minister today issued an international arrest warrant for kleptocratic ex-president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, his wife, and other family members for "possessing (expropriated) property and transferring foreign currency abroad." In other words, they're wanted for looting. [AP]
Tunisia has been epically chaotic lately, which is why we thought it was odd that the U.S. embassy there was closed on Martin Luther King Day. Now our ambassador there has found the time to write Gawker an angry letter.
Tunisia's interim government—basically the old regime without ex-President Ben Ali—today shut down a popular television station, Hannibal TV, for "grand treason" and arrested its owner. Hannibal was set to air an interview with a Communist party official. [NYT]
The turmoil in Tunisia can be traced to an unemployed man who set himself on fire last month in protest, and now more people across North Africa are doing the same. Today, two men set themselves on fire in Egypt.
