A man was killed and a car bomb detonated in the Tunisian capital of Tunis on Saturday during violent protests ahead of the funeral of an assassinated politician.

The Interior Ministry says a Jihadi cell is to blame

All flights to and from the country cancelled

Killing could derail fragile democracy in birthplace of the Arab Spring

Three European feminist activists who were jailed after a topless courthouse protest in Tunisia last month have been set free after a court lifted their prison sentence. They left the country  this morning to go to France.

Three European, female activists who protested topless outside the Tunisian Palace of Justice have been sentenced to four months in prison in Tunisia. The two French women and one German are members of the controversial Femen protest group and were charged with indecency.

Returning to Istanbul Erdogan called for the protests to end immediately and said they bordered on illegality

The trial of three European feminists charged with public indecency after demonstrating topless in front of Tunisia’s Palace of Justice began in Tunis today.

The former intelligence analyst could face life in prison for the biggest leak of classified information in US history

Three topless European women were arrested for protesting outside the Palace of Justice in Tunis against the arrest of one of their fellow activists.

The government has recovered a yacht that once belonged to the nephew of the deposed dictator.

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A young cigarette vendor has set himself on fire in Tunis, reviving memories of similar events two years ago that sparked an uprising which spread across the Arab world.