Sources: BBC
Tunisian president Kais Saied extends a decade-long national state of emergency for 11 months. 2026-01-30
More than 577 pilgrims from Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Indonesia are confirmed to have died of heat-related illnesses during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. 2024-06-18
Three people are killed and two others injured when a wall of the Gate of Floggers collapses while it is being renovated in Kairouan, Tunisia. 2023-12-16
In tennis, Markéta Vondroušová of the Czech Republic defeats Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the women's singles title at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first unseeded player in history to win the Wimbledon title. 2023-07-15
Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair announces that it has resumed services to Libya in light of the UN-sponsored peace agreement, becoming the first foreign airline to connect to the country since the outbreak of the Second Libyan Civil War seven years ago. Yesterday, the airline flew its first flights to Benghazi and Tripoli, and it has scheduled five flights to both cities each week. 2021-05-18
Tunisia announces plans to close down 80 "propagandist" mosques following yesterday's attacks in which 39 people died. 2015-06-27
A major crisis deepens in Tunisia after the murder of Chokri Belaid. The leading party Ennahda states that it will not accept a new government, even if suggested by its leading member, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. In today's clashes at least one person died. 2013-02-7
More ministers resign from the Constitutional Democratic Rally party that had governed the country. 2011-01-20
Tunisia's interim President Fouad Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resign from the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party amid a row over the make-up of the new government. 2011-01-18
Jordanians echo events in Tunisia by staging their own protests against soaring food prices. 2011-01-15