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Tunisia's Islamist movement leader Rached Ghannouchi was allowed to return home after a court hearing on Tuesday in a money laundering investigation that his Ennahda party rejects as a political ploy.

The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity. The accused, Rached Ghannouchi, was among a dozen top Ennahdha party officials whose bank accounts the north African country’s…

Tennis trailblazer Ons Jabeur, who became the first African woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final, was honored by Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday for "her remarkable sporting successes". The 27-year-old Jabeur, defeated in the Wimbledon final by Russian-born Elena Rybakina last weekend, was awarded the country's Great…

Several cars and signs celebrating Tunisian-Algerian friendship marked the reopening Friday of land borders between the two countries, more than two years after they closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities expect more than a million Algerian visitors, most of them tourists, to enter Tunisia during the summer months. After…

Tunisia's Rached Ghannouchi is coming full circle.

Tunisia's president is using a referendum on a new constitution to move back towards dictatorship, the head of the biggest Tunisian opposition party, the Islamist Ennahda, warned on Friday.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received on Wednesday a number of telephone calls from Arab leaders, who congratulated Saudi Arabia on the successful organization of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. He received calls from United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bahrain’s King…

A Tunisian opposition alliance renewed calls Monday for a boycott of a July 25 referendum on a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied, despite the publication of an amended draft. The draft constitution is the centerpiece of Saied's program to overhaul Tunisia's political system, but rivals say the text…

Tunisian President Kais Saied published an amended version of a draft constitution late Friday in an attempt to ward off criticism after the original was slammed for the nearly unlimited power it gave his office. The new constitution, which will be put to a referendum this month, is the centerpiece…

Tunisia's President Kais Saied published on Friday in the official gazette a new draft of the proposed constitution that included minor amendments and did not affect his power.

Tunisia's President Kais Saied said that there are some mistakes in the constitution draft he proposed late in June and added these mistakes need to be amended.