Tunisian opposition parties and independent figures have called for a demonstration Saturday against a controversial anti-corruption bill, defying a ban on public protests under a state of emergency. The protest on Tunis's Habib Bourguiba Avenue, a focal point of the country's 2011 revolution,...
Tunisian authorities warned of possible car bombings in the capital Tunis and banned traffic in parts of the city after receiving intelligence reports about potential attacks, the state news agency TAP said on Sunday. The North African country is under a state of emergency after...
(Reuters)- A car bomb went off in Libya's capital Tripoli on Monday in front of the headquarters of Mellitah, an oil and gas joint venture between Italy's ENI and Libyan state oil firm NOC, witnesses said. "The explosion damaged the buildings around the ENI complex and burned three...
Four Libyan soldiers were killed and six wounded in fresh fighting with Islamist groups in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday, medics and military officials said. Forces loyal to Libya's internationally recognised government have been fighting Islamist groups in the...