PM Chahed cites security reasons for the niqab ban following a double suicide bombing in Tunis last month.

Prime minister signs order as country prepares for elections and busy tourism season

Tunisia’s premier on Friday banned the niqab face covering in government offices, citing security concerns after attacks in the North African country.

Presidential spokeswoman Saida Qarash has affirmed that Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi signed a presidential order that invites voters to carry out their electoral duty. Qarash also said that the president vowed to continue his presidential term to impede any ongoing debate on a possible void. Meanwhile, Head of the…

A militant who blew himself up overnight in the Tunisian capital when surrounded by police was the mastermind behind twin suicide attacks that shook the North African nation last week, officials said.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb blast in the Tunisian capital earlier this week. A wanted militant wearing an explosives belt blew himself up in Tunis on Tuesday after being surrounded by police, the government said, but there were no other casualties. It was the third such incident…