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 A reported 300 Tunisian local police officers as of Tuesday will be patrolling cities to ensure that laws aimed at safeguarding the environment are respected and will fine all those who will not abide by them. The new police corps will be progressively placed under the authority of local governments ...

A Tunisian court Monday sentenced to one month in prison a man who smoked a cigarette in public during the Muslim dawn-to-dusk holy fasting month of Ramadan, a spokesman said. The man was seen smoking outside the Bizerte courthouse by a judiciary official who informed the police before they arrested ...

The Tunisian authorities have given all charity organizations in the country a month to submit a statement on the foreign donations and grants that they receive. The Tunisian government of Prime Minister Yousef Chahed is seeking through this measure to crack down on the suspicious activities of several of these ...

President Béji Caïd Essesbi  discussed recent developments in the Gulf as he met on Wednesday with Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui. Essebsi underlined the need to work to reach solutions for the outstanding issues so as to preserve the security of GCC states in particular and national Arab security in general. In ...

The foreign ministers of Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt have called on those responsible for the latest phase of the Libyan Dialogue in which changes are to be make to the Libyan Political Agreement so as to make it acceptable to both the House of Representatives (HoR) and the State Council ...

China and Middle Eastern states are working together to promote the use of China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System in the region, according to a statement following an industry forum on May 24, 2017. All parties concerned have pledged to strengthen their communication and collaboration in satellite navigation and to bring ...

France and Tunisia have stressed the importance of strengthening security cooperation between the two countries in their “common fight” against terrorism. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, in the Tunisian capital Tunis, on Monday said that Tunisia was a “priority” for new French President Emmanuel Macron. Le Drian also met ...

The foreign ministers of Tunisia and Egypt arrived in Algiers Monday for the latest round of tripartite talks seeking to find a solution to the Libyan crisis and the political deadlock. The Algerian foreign ministry says this is the latest step in concerted diplomatic drive by the three countries to ...

Tunisia is following with concern the developments in the Gulf region and hopes for a speedy resolution of the crisis, Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui said on Monday. Jhinaoui was reacting to the decision of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt to cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. “The ...

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has warned that no one would be spared in the government’s massive anti-corruption fight. “We aim to tear down the systems of corruption,” Chahed said Sunday, vowing that in coordination with Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi “no one will be protected in this war against corruption.” ...