Regional News

January 18, 2011

Tunisia
07:26 GMT

Presidential Guard chief plotted a coup

January 17, 2011

Tunisia in crisis
18:02 GMT

Tunisia announced Monday a transitional unity government which will prepare for elections and immediately announced the release of political prisoners and new media freedoms.

Kuwait emir
15:47 GMT

Kuwait's ruler is giving 1,000 dinar ($3,559) grants and free food coupons for every citizen of his nation.

Tunisian army
13:23 GMT

News reports on Monday said one person was killed by a sniper in the northern Tunisian city of Bizerte as fresh demonstrations broke out in Tunis and Kasserine.

Tunisia turmoil
07:55 GMT

Informed sources in Tunis revealed late Sunday night that the clashes in the vicinity of Carthage Palace between the army and the Presidential Guard ended.

January 16, 2011

Southern Sudan
16:08 GMT

The first results from a weeklong independence referendum in southern Sudan indicated an overwhelming vote for secession.

Tunisia turmoil
14:20 GMT

One of the most infamous Tunisian figures and a close relative of the ousted president Zine El Abidin Ben Ali, has died .

Tunis
11:25 GMT

The Tunisian army deployed in the streets of Tunis in order to prevent violence.

Tunisia in crisis
06:28 GMT

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said late Saturday Tunisia is suffering bloodshed and lawlessness because its people were too quick to get rid of their president.

January 15, 2011

Tunisia riots
14:23 GMT

The chaos is continuing in Tunisia.

Tunisia riots
11:28 GMT

Tunisia’s ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was officially replaced on Saturday as the speaker of parliament named as his interim successor by the Constitutional Council.

Riots in Tunisia
05:54 GMT

Fleeing Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali arrived to Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia

January 14, 2011

Turmoil in Tunisia
18:13 GMT

The Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali left his country on Friday night.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
07:03 GMT

Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali declared late Thursday he would not run for another term.

January 13, 2011

Riots
11:34 GMT

Tunisian riots go on despite sacking the interior minister