Tunisia Prolongs State of Emergency

Tunisia's president has extended by two months the state of emergency he imposed after a gunman killed 38 tourists in June at a Mediterranean beach resort in the North African nation. President Beji Caid Essebsi's office said the decision was made after consultations with the prime minister and the speaker of parliament. The order was first imposed on July 4, days after the attack that killed mostly British tourists in the seaside city of Sousse. In March, two gunmen killed 21...

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