Prime Minister Habib Essid

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid lost a confidence vote in parliament Saturday, in a move that risks plunging the country into fresh political uncertainty.

In an effort to increase mutual cooperation, India and Tunisia on Thursday signed two MoUs on promotion of handicrafts and IT and communication and digital economy as Vice President Hamid Ansari met Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid and discussed a range of issues of mutual and regional interests.

Tunisian security forces pressed a search for jihadists near the Libyan border today after a deadly raid the authorities described as an "unprecedented" assault by the ISIS.

Tunisia's prime minister said he would telephone British counterpart David Cameron today to respond to his government's advice that the North African nation was unsafe for holidays, threatening unspecified repercussions.

The Tunisian gunman behind the June 26 attack at a resort that killed 38 foreigners had worked in the tourism industry, Prime Minister Habib Essid said in an interview published earlier today.

Tunisia's national museum today delayed a planned reopening after last week's attack on foreign tourists due to security concerns, its head of communications Hanene Srarfi told AFP.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has named two gunmen behind the attack on a museum in the capital that left 19 people dead as Yassine Abidi and Hatem Khachnaoui.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today at least three nationals were killed when gunmen stormed Tunisia's national museum, in what his government condemned as a "despicable act of terrorism".

Tunisia's largest political party has chosen an official of the old regime and a former interior minister as its candidate for prime minister and tasked him with forming a coalition to run the country.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid lost a confidence vote in parliament Saturday, in a move that risks plunging the country into fresh political uncertainty.

In an effort to increase mutual cooperation, India and Tunisia on Thursday signed two MoUs on promotion of handicrafts and IT and communication and digital economy as Vice President Hamid Ansari met Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid and discussed a range of issues of mutual and regional interests.

Tunisian security forces pressed a search for jihadists near the Libyan border today after a deadly raid the authorities described as an "unprecedented" assault by the ISIS.

Tunisia's prime minister said he would telephone British counterpart David Cameron today to respond to his government's advice that the North African nation was unsafe for holidays, threatening unspecified repercussions.

The Tunisian gunman behind the June 26 attack at a resort that killed 38 foreigners had worked in the tourism industry, Prime Minister Habib Essid said in an interview published earlier today.

Tunisia's national museum today delayed a planned reopening after last week's attack on foreign tourists due to security concerns, its head of communications Hanene Srarfi told AFP.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has fired police chiefs for the capital and the area of the national museum after last week's attacks on foreign tourists, the government said today.

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has named two gunmen behind the attack on a museum in the capital that left 19 people dead as Yassine Abidi and Hatem Khachnaoui.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today at least three nationals were killed when gunmen stormed Tunisia's national museum, in what his government condemned as a "despicable act of terrorism".

Tunisia's largest political party has chosen an official of the old regime and a former interior minister as its candidate for prime minister and tasked him with forming a coalition to run the country.