Days after PM’s overthrow fears grow that Kais Saied will undo democratic gains achieved by Arab springTunisia’s president has launched a purge of senior officials, including prosecutors and judges, and taken on judicial powers, days after overthrowing…
Ancient Gilgamesh tablet seized from Hobby Lobby by US authorities
The craft store had acquired the 3,600-year-old artefact for its Bible museum, but court says it had been smuggled and should be returned to IraqA rare and ancient tablet showing part of the epic of Gilgamesh, which had been acquired by Christian arts …
‘We will return’: the battle to save an ancient Palestinian village from demolition
Activists say Lifta, abandoned during the 1948 war, must be preserved in the face of Israeli construction plansThe ancient Palestinian village of Lifta sits on a quiet hillside minutes from Jerusalem’s bustling modern centre. Abandoned when its residen…
What is going on in Tunisia? All you need to know
Has the president staged a coup as the opposition allege, and what is likely to happen next?Ten years after the revolution that triggered the Arab spring, Tunisia, long regarded as one of the few democratic transition success stories to come out of tha…