(Reuters) - Tunisian prime minister-designate Habib Essid proposed a new coalition cabinet on Monday including secularists, Islamists and smaller parties, after politicians rejected a line-up announced last week as unrepresentative. The new ministers included members of secularist...

(Reuters) - Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda has agreed to join its main rival secular party Nidaa Tounes in a coalition government, party leaders said on Sunday. The agreement could bolster stability in Tunisia , which is just emerging from its transition to full...

Libyan security forces on Tuesday rescued 12 foreign nationals from a prominent Tripoli hotel who, it was feared, had been taken hostage by militants earlier. "The 12 foreigners have left the 21st floor [of Tripoli's Corinthia Hotel] to the 26th floor, where they were rescued...

(Reuters) - Tunisian Prime Minister-designate Habib Essid began new negotiations over his cabinet on Monday after most political parties said they would oppose his initial choice of ministers in a parliamentary vote. Rejection by parliament would mean newly-installed President...