Tunisia Bound

Tunisia has repatriated at least 16 women and children accused of links to extremist jihadi fighters imprisoned in war-ravaged neighbouring Libya, rights groups said Wednesday. Two separate groups of detainees, totalling six women and 10 children, were handed over by...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied is to travel to Libya Wednesday for the first visit by a head of state between the neighbouring countries since 2012, his office announced, in a boost for its new UN-backed administration. Saied's visit aims to show "Tunisia's support...

Two children were killed and a woman wounded in a landmine blast Thursday in a mountainous region of western Tunisia known as a base for jihadists, the government said.  The explosion occurred on Mount Salloum, in a military zone in the marginalised region of...

At least 39 migrants drowned off Tunisia when two boats capsized on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, as numbers risking the dangerous crossing to Europe continue to rise. Rescuers pulled 165 survivors from the floundering boats out of the sea to safety. Defence...