Maghreb is the Arab-speaking area of North Africa, comprising Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, with a combined population of about 90 ...

Tunisian police have arrested dozens of Islamists for an attempted attack on a TV station which had showed the award-winning film Persepolis. Officials said the activists had tried to set Nessma TV ...

The head of Tunisian station Nessma TV, Nabil Karoui (pictured), went on trial Thursday for "undermining" sacred Islamic values when his channel broadcast the animated film Persepolis, about Iran’s ...

9 May 2012 In a move drawing sharp criticism from free speech advocates, a Tunis court fined the Nessma TV head for showing "Persepolis". A Tunis district court Thursday (May 3rd) convicted Nessma TV ...

TUNIS, Tunisia – A lawyer says a Tunisian court has fined the head of a private TV station for allegedly disrupting public order by airing an animated film that some religious groups claim violates ...

The director of Tunisia's Nessma TV appeared in court briefly Monday before his trial was adjourned until April 19. Nabil Karoui is accused of "offending decent morals and causing public unrest" for ...

Mediaset SpA, the television company of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Tarak Ben Ammar's Quinta Communications agreed to buy a 25 percent stake each in Nessma TV. The satellite TV ...

Maghreb is the Arab-speaking area of North Africa, comprising Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania and the disputed territory of Western Sahara, with a combined population of about 90 ...

Tunisian police have arrested dozens of Islamists for an attempted attack on a TV station which had showed the award-winning film Persepolis. Officials said the activists had tried to set Nessma TV ...