TUNIS, Tunisia – The leadership of this troubled country changed hands for the second time in less than 24 hours Saturday as security forces and ordinary Tunisians struggled to quell mayhem that some ...

TUNIS, Tunisia - Unrest engulfed Tunisia as a popular rebellion that forced the president to flee turned to looting, and a deadly prison riot ended when the jail gates were opened, allowing about ...

The unrest in Tunisia has continued. Ghannouchi’s attempt at a “soft coup” has been rejected, and the speaker of the parliament, Fouad Mebazaa, is currently acting as interim president. He has ...

Soldiers and police have exchanged fire with assailants in front of Tunisia’s Interior Ministry amid unrest after the longtime president was ousted. Associated Press reporters saw the shootout ...

Fouad Mebazaa was sworn in as Tunisia’s acting leader today after the country’s longtime authoritarian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and his family took refuge in Saudi Arabia, the result of ...

Tunisia’s interim president, Fouad Mebazaa, called for election of a council that he said will write a new constitution for the North African country, which set off a wave of anti-government uprisings ...

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