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Tunisian govt to loosen drug laws

(Al Arabiya)- Tunisian government met Wednesday to discuss adopting a new system of penalties regarding drugs that exclude jail time for the first and second offense. An official statement run by the state news agency said that the draft law on drug intends to repeal “the law number 52 dated...

UN Security Council backs Libya unity accord

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council voted Wednesday to endorse an agreement between rival Libyan political factions to form a government of national unity. The 15-nation body gave its support to the deal signed last week in the...

Tunisia dismantles cell recruiting women for militants

Tunisia said on Monday it has dismantled a cell in the northern region of Bizerte recruiting women to marry militants fighting abroad and has made four arrests. The interior ministry said in a statement that anti-terrorist units led the operation to bust the “takfiri” radical Sunni Muslim...