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The old medina in Tunis, Tunisia,

I got lost in this ancient medina. It was magnificent

The alleyway hits a dead end. So does the next. And the next. Wandering deep into Tunis’ 7th-century medina and its souqs, I am lost. Blissfully lost.

  • Belinda Jackson
The utterly picturesque village of Chenini.

The spectacular movie-star country that few Australians visit

It has played a starring role in some of the biggest movies of the past 30 years, but this fascinating country still flies under the radar.

  • Belinda Jackson
Carthage ruins on a sunny day.

This vibrant capital has some dazzling sights

With a rich and turbulent history, Tunis is flush with incredible protected ruins, bustling souks and beautiful coastal villages.

  • Anthony Dennis
Hardest Geezer Russ Cook ran length of Africa.

Dodging machetes and crossing sandstorms, ‘Hardest Geezer’ runs length of Africa

Russ Cook crossed 16 countries over the equivalent of 385 marathons – more than 16,300 kilometres – surviving machete-wielding villagers, desert sandstorms and crippling bouts of food poisoning.

  • Max Stephens
An Italian Coast Guard boat carries migrants as tourists on a boat, foreground, watch, near the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, in southern Italy.

Migrants doubled the Lampedusa population in one day. Now Italy is striking back

“We will decide who comes to the European Union, and under what circumstances,” the European Commission’s president has declared.

  • Nicole Winfield, Lorne Cook and Angela Charlton
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Judge Mohamed Tahar Kanzari, 49, who has been on a hunger strike for more than a month, rests on the floor of the Judges’ Club in Tunis.

‘There is no other way’: Judges on hunger strike in fight for Tunisian democracy

Experts are not aware of judges in any other country having ever participated in such a hunger strike.

  • Siobhán O'Grady and Mohamed Bliwa
Tunisian President Kais Saied waves to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis, Tunisia.

Tunisia’s youth being paid to illegally migrate to Europe to harm ties: president

“There are people who hurt Tunisia. I ask myself how they could make 1500 youths leave,” President Kais Saied was heard saying in a video released by his office.

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Under President Kais Saied orders troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament and blocked its speaker Rached Ghannouchi from entering.

Tunisian president denies he staged a coup: ‘review your constitutional lessons’

Saied called on Tunisians to remain calm and not to respond to any provocations. He also urged people not to take to the streets.

  • Alaa Swilam
Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, appoints Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi as the new Prime Minister in July.

'No party': Tunisia is preparing to have a non-political government

The country has struggled to revive its collapsed economy since a 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab Spring.

  • Tarek Amara