TUNIS (Reuters) - Hardline Islamists threw stones and bottles at young women in a student hostel in Tunis to stop them staging a performance of dance and music, witnesses said on Thursday, in another blow to secular freedoms in the country that spawned the Arab Spring. Full story
Tunis (Reuters) - Tunisia received $28.8 million on Thursday in the first such retrieval of what it calls looted assets held abroad by ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family. Full story
Tunis (Reuters) - Tunisia's new Islamist-led government, broadened to include independents to defuse unrest after the assassination of an opposition leader, began work on Thursday pledging to tackle grave economic woes before elections later this year. Full story
Tunis (Reuters) - An unemployed man who set fire to himself in the Tunisian capital died in hospital on Wednesday, a development which could provoke renewed anger against the Islamist-led government. Full story
Protestors and police have clashed in Tunis in scenes reminiscent of the revolution that sparked uprisings across the region. The violence followed the funeral of an opposition leader who was assassinated outside his home. ITV’s John Ray reports.
TUNIS (Reuters) - A second Tunisian Salafist held in custody since protesters ransacked the U.S. embassy in Tunis in September has died after a hunger strike, his lawyer and the Justice Ministry said on Saturday. Full story
Fans of Tunisia's Esperance Sportive de Tunis light flares during their African Champions League soccer match against Algeria's JSM Bejaia at the Rades stadium in Tunis, May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
Maher Kanzari, coach of Tunisia's Esperance Sportive de Tunis, reacts during their African Champions League soccer match against Algeria's JSM Bejaia at the Rades stadium in Tunis, May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
Players of Tunisia's Esperance Sportive de Tunis celebrate after scoring a goal against Algerian's JSM Bejaia during their African Champions League soccer match at the Rades stadium in Tunis, May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh gestures as he speaks with French Socialist Party deputy Elisabeth Guigou during a meeting in Tunis May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS)
