Tunisia's ruling party and opposition coalition have agreed to start three weeks of negotiations on a transition plan under which the government will resign and allow a caretaker administration of technocrats and new elections, mediators say.
Tunisia's ruling moderate Islamic Ennahda Party has agreed to resign in order to put an end to the ongoing political deadlock in the North African country.
Saudi Arabia's spymaster Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is planning to topple the Tunisian government following the ouster of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Saudi Arabia's spymaster Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is planning to topple the Tunisian government following the ouster of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
Top leaders of Tunisia's ruling party and the main labor union UGTT held a meeting on Tuesday in a bid to make a compromise amid the political crisis triggered by the assassination of a major opposition figure late last month.
Tunisian security forces have killed two militants and arrested two others with officials stating that they were linked to recent assassinations of opposition politicians.
Tens of thousands of protesters in Tunisia have taken to the streets to call for the resignation of the government amid the political crisis in the country.
Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab uprisings of 2011, is locked in a standoff between its Islamist-led government and secular opposition that could be decisive for the success of its experiment in democracy
Tunisia's interior ministry on Saturday urged for calm, calling on people to shun violence and " ensure that the country's higher interests prevail," official TAP press agency reported.
Following the funeral of a slain opposition figure, hundreds of Tunisians headed toward the Constituent Assembly on Saturday to call for its dissolution, Radio Mosaique FM reported.
Tunisia's Rebel movement, or Tamarrod, is hoping to gather two million signatures demanding the dissolution of the Constitutional Assembly by August, a spokesman said at a press conference Friday.
Tunisia has extended the state of emergency for another three months, the official TAP press agency reported Monday quoting a statement of the presidency.
Tunisian presidency's spokesman announced Monday the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Mohamed Salah Hamdi as the new army chief of staff, the official TAP press agency reported.
An international defense committee will soon be designated to find out the truth in the killing of Chokri Belaid, a secular Tunisian opposition figure, earlier this year, said a spokesman of the investigation initiative late on Saturday.
Tunisia's military Chief of Staff, General Rachid Ammar announced his retirement on Monday night, sparking further debate on the country's security situation.
unisian President Moncef Marzouki on Monday slammed media reports that pointed to the army's lack of progress in pursuing insurgents hiding in a western mountain.
