In confronting Tunisia’s radical Islamists, the Nahda-led government is being forced to address a problem of its own making, says a leading analyst. Since they took over the reins of government early last year, Nahda leaders have focused on …

The Arab spring came as a golden moment for Islamists to establish political influence in the post-revolutionary political orders of Egypt and Tunisia. Two years later, however, the impact of non-Islamist currents on the political scene of both countries …

Tunisia is making progress in its efforts to dismantle “terrorist” cells, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said today. But he declined to apply the “terrorist” label to the radical Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia (right) that has been linked with Al-Qaeda and …

Tunisia’s acting president and labor unions have called for dialog and consensus on contentious issues hindering the democratic transition, as the country braces itself for anticipated violent unrest ata planned Salafist gathering this weekend.

“Everyone must make the necessary concessions” …

Death threats from government security services have forced Iran’s most prominent labor union leader into exile.

Mansur Osanlu, the head of the Tehran bus workers’ union, told RFE/RL’s Golnaz Esfandiarithat the Islamic republic is becoming more repressive “day by …

Tunisia’s major parties may have ended a months-old stalemate by negotiating a provisional agreement on the country’s future constitution, but the country’s democratic transition faces an overlapping threat from violent jihadists and ultra-conservative Salafists, say analysts.  

“We have overcome …

Venezuela’s opposition will legally contest last month’s presidential poll results and press the government to hold a new presidential poll, said its leader Henrique Capriles.

“An appeal will be lodged with the Supreme Court of Justice so as to exhaust …

“Bolivian President Evo Morales has said he will expel the US Agency for International Development (USAID)” the BBC reports:

Mr Morales (above right) accused the agency of seeking to “conspire against” the Bolivian people and his government. USAID has …

Iranian authorities today deployed Special Forces to break up a strikers’ blockade, as workers used today’s May Day international holiday celebrating the dignity of labor to demand better wages at a time of spiraling inflation. 

The Islamic Republic …

“Forty people have been found alive in the rubble of an eight-story factory outside the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka as rescuers desperately tried to reach survivors nearly 36 hours after the building collapsed,” The Guardian reports:

Victims were …