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Twelve people are killed, 29 others are rescued, and ten others are missing after a boat capsizes off the coast of Djerba, Tunisia.
2024-09-30

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

The Tunisian Health Ministry authorizes the use of the Russian Sputnik Light vaccine as a booster dose.
2021-12-29

Tunisia records its highest ever temperature of 50.3°C (122.3°F) in the city of Kairouan amid an unprecedented heat wave.
2021-08-11

Tunisia reports a record 7,930 new cases and 119 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 455,091 and the nationwide death toll to 15,601.
2021-07-6

Tunisia reports a record 5,251 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, prompting the government to extend the curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. beginning from July 1.
2021-06-29

Interpol reports that in six weeks it has detected more than a dozen people wanted for terrorism offences crossing the Mediterranean Sea using tourist routes. The joint operation involved Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.
2019-09-19

Tunisian lawmakers, dissatisfied with the lack of progress on a financial reforms package, vote (118-3) to dismiss Prime Minister Habib Essid from office.
2016-07-30

Three of the ten Tunisian consular staff kidnapped last week have been released and negotiation is ongoing about the others.
2015-06-16

The United States has ordered all non-essential staff to evacuate its embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and urges its citizens to avoid travelling to those countries.
2012-09-16