Tunisia’s parliament has effectively disbanded the government of US-trained agricultural economist Habib Essid after passing a vote of no confidence in the prime minister.

FRANCE’S prime minister has condemned an apparent arson attack that destroyed the offices of a satirical French newspaper that had “invited” the Prophet Muhammad as a guest editor.

Tunisian police have arrested dozens of Islamist demonstrators set on attacking the offices of a television channel that had shown the award-winning film 'Persepolis', officials said.