Couscous has been awarded the status of intangible cultural heritage.
IS claimed responsibility for the February 3 killing of four soldiers in a rugged region of central Tunisia.
Edible flowers have grown in popularity in Tunisia, and are being used in high-end hotel restaurants.
Comment: President Biden is well aware of Morocco's strategic importance to the US in the region, and is unlikely to want to destabilise that relationship, writes Samir Bennis.
A delay in the arrival of vaccines has postponed the start of Tunisia’s vaccination campaign.
Abdel Fattah Mourou, a co-founder and former deputy leader of the Islamist Ennahdha party, has shocked Tunisian society by dancing with scantily-clad actress Mariem Ben Moulehem while in clerical garb.
The Tunisian premier is at odds with the President Kais Saied over a cabinet reshuffle.
The WHO released data for the wider Middle East region, which covers countries from Morocco through to Pakistan.
Ahmed al-Mandari - director of WHO's eastern Mediterranean region - did not name the countries.
In-depth: Human trafficking has been pushed deeper into the shadows by the pandemic, with criminal gangs exploiting the economic fallout from Covid-19.