Hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators calling for economic and political reforms broke through police barriers on Tuesday and began marching in Cairo’s streets, in a protest inspired by Tunisia's uprising.

Tunisian authorities arrested 33 members of toppled leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's family as protesters rallied again on Thursday to demand the rooting out of the dictator's former ruling party.

Tunis: Tunisia held its breath on Tuesday as a new transition government unveiled unprecedented freedoms but also left powerful posts in the hands of old regime figures braced for protests.

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A total of 240 Russian tourists, including five children, have returned to Moscow on Monday after they had to cut short their vacations in Tunisia over the tense situation in the country.

Cairo: A man set himself alight outside parliament in Cairo on Monday, the official MENA agency said, in an apparent copycat replay of the self-immolation of a Tunisian graduate which sparked a popula

A national unity government would be feasible and "totally normal" for Tunisia, its foreign minister Kamel Morjane said Friday, as the country looked to move on from weeks of deadly social unrest.

Troops patrolled the streets of the Tunisian capital after an overnight curfew, as the government tried to quell weeks of violent protests and fend off mounting international criticism of its crackdown.