`Little` security at Tunisia attack resort: Inquest
A report on security at hotels in the Tunisian resort of Sousse had found security failings just months before a terror attack, an inquest into the killings of 30 British tourists there heard on Tuesday.
Jan 17, 2017, 23:16 PM IST
Tunisia fears return of jihadists from foreign battlefields
Fears are mounting in Tunisia that the return of jihadists from foreign battlefields could destabilise a country already reeling from a wave of attacks since its 2011 revolution.
Dec 27, 2016, 17:07 PM IST
Tunisia arrests nephew, two jihadist linked to Berlin attack suspect
Tunisia arrested the nephew of the suspected Berlin truck attacker and two other jihadist suspects who are "connected" to the assailant Anis Amri, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
Dec 24, 2016, 18:47 PM IST
Tunisia arrests nephew, two others linked to Berlin suspect
A statement said that the three suspects were members of a "terrorist cell... connected to the terrorist Anis Amri who carried out the terrorist attack in Berlin".
Dec 24, 2016, 18:32 PM IST
Berlin Christmas market attack: German police looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia
German police are looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia after finding an identity document under the driver`s seat of a truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market and killed 12 people, officials and security sources said on Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2016, 23:27 PM IST
German police hunt Tunisian man over Berlin attack: Reports
German police are searching for a Tunisian man in connection with the deadly truck attack on a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, media reported Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2016, 16:51 PM IST
Tunisians protest killing of Hamas drone expert; 10 arrested
Protests are planned in Tunisia over the killing of the head of Palestinian militant group Hamas' drone program in a Tunisian beach resort. Hamas accuses Israel of assassinating him.
Dec 20, 2016, 18:00 PM IST
Tunisia extends state of emergency by another month
Tunisia announced on Saturday that a state of emergency in force since a deadly attack on the presidential guard last November will be extended by one month.
Sep 18, 2016, 02:11 AM IST
Tunisia calls for ban on radical Islamist party
Tunisia's government has asked a military court to outlaw the radical Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir movement, which has been regularly accused of undermining public order since its legalisation in 2012, an official said Wednesday.
Sep 07, 2016, 17:22 PM IST
Tunisian parliament approves new unity government
Tunisia`s parliament on Friday resoundingly approved the unity government of Youssef Chahed, backing a new cabinet line-up which will have to tackle the country`s pressing socio-economic and security challenges.
Aug 27, 2016, 05:58 AM IST
Some 38 of 84 killed in Nice truck attack were foreigners: Ministry
Some 38 of the 84 people killed on the seafront in Nice by a truck-driving man as they celebrated Bastille Day on July 14 were foreigners, the French foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Jul 20, 2016, 09:46 AM IST
With 84 dead, France investigates whether truck attacker acted alone
French authorities tried to determine whether a Tunisian who killed at least 84 people by ploughing a truck into Bastille Day crowd.
Jul 18, 2016, 09:14 AM IST
Tunisia`s president backs national unity government
The economy has also been hit by several jihadists attacks, including one in June when 38 tourists were killed when gunmen stormed a beach resort.
Jun 03, 2016, 10:43 AM IST
India, Tunisia sign 2 agreements in IT, handicrafts sectors
The MoUs were signed after Vice President Hamid Ansari met Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid held one-on-one talks.
Jun 03, 2016, 03:26 AM IST
Hamid Ansari arrives in Morocco
Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived in Morocco on Tuesday on the first leg of his two-nation tour as part of efforts to build on diplomatic gains from the India-Africa Summit and lay platform for a future partnership.
May 31, 2016, 00:26 AM IST
Pakistani, Tunisian Islamic State supporters jailed for terror threats
A court in northern Italy has sentenced a Pakistani and a Tunisian Islamic State sympathiser to six years in prison for terrorist threats against targets including a Nato base and iconic national monuments.
May 26, 2016, 23:04 PM IST
Algerian army kills 4 Islamists near Tunisia border: Govt
A brutal civil war in the 1990s between the government and Islamists claimed the lives of some 200,000 people.
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Mar 19, 2016, 10:57 AM IST
Tunisia hunts jihadists after deadly raid near Libya border
Tunisian security forces pressed a search for jihadists near the Libyan border on Tuesday after a deadly raid the authorities described as an "unprecedented" assault by the Islamic State group.
Mar 08, 2016, 16:38 PM IST
21 jihadists, 4 civilians killed in Tunisia fighting: New toll
Tunisian security forces killed 21 jihadists who attacked police and army posts near the Libyan border on Monday triggering fighting in which four civilians were also killed, the government said.
Mar 07, 2016, 16:11 PM IST
