The weekend capsizing off Tunisia of an overloaded smuggling boat is now believed to have killed 112 migrants, making it the deadliest shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the UN migration agency said.

Perennial favourite destinations such as Turkey and Tunisia are beginning to become popular with Irish holidaymakers once more as the threat of terrorism has receded.

The husband of one of three Irish victims of the 2015 Tunisia terrorism attack has told an inquest into their deaths how he found his wife lying on the beach “with her head to one side as if she was lying in the sun”.

The husband of a woman shot dead by a terrorist while on holiday in Tunisia found her dead beneath her beach towel, an inquest has heard.

A suspected Islamist terrorist has been arrested in Tunis following the stabbing of two policemen outside Tunisia’s parliament, according to the country’s interior ministry.

Tunisia's prime minister said his government has no evidence that the man who stabbed two women to death in Marseille had links to any extremist group.

Irish holidaymakers are unlikely to return to Tunisia in the near future, despite tour operator, Thomas Cook, restarting the route for UK visitors.

Grieving relatives of British tourists killed in the 2015 Tunisia terror attack are preparing to sue travel firm TUI over the deaths of their loved ones at the hands of an Islamic extremist.

The owners and staff at a Tunisian hotel where 30 British tourists were brutally killed by an Islamic extremist could have done nothing before the attack that would have done more than "possibly make a difference", a coroner said.

Tunisian authorities have extended a state of emergency in place since 2015, citing a persistent threat of extremist violence from neighbouring Libya and elsewhere.

An inquest has heard how a teenager tried to shield his grandfather during the Tunisia terror attack.

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.

A terrorist attack in Tunisia which killed 38 people is being marked today.

Deadly clashes between Tunisian forces and extremist attackers have left at least 53 people dead near Tunisia's border with Libya, the government said, amid growing fear that violence from Libya could destabilise the whole region.

Tunisia's president has extended for a month the state of emergency that has been in place since an Islamic State-linked suicide bombing in the country's capital in November left 12 people dead.

Tunisia has imposed a nationwide overnight curfew in response to growing unrest over unemployment after protests across the country descended into violence in several cities.

Six months after the attacks, Tunisia is trying to rebuild its broken tourist industry, says Eoghan Corry.

Members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, who won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, have joined events in the country’s heartland to mark five years since a desperate street vendor set himself on fire.

The boss of Thomson and First Choice owner TUI said the beach massacre in Tunisia that claimed the lives of 33 of its customers was the “most tragic” event in his 30-year career as the group laid bare the financial impact of recent terrorist attacks.

Tunisian authorities have identified a suicide bomber who targeted presidential guards on a bus in a deadly attack, saying he was a 27-year-old local street vendor.

The so-called 'Islamic State' group has claimed responsibility for a bus attack in Tunisia which killed at least 13 people.

An explosion has struck a bus carrying members of Tunisia’s presidential guard, killing at least 12 people and wounding 16 others in what the interior ministry called a “terrorist act”.

An explosion has hit a bus carrying members of Tunisia’s presidential guard killing at least 12 people and wounding 16 others in what the interior ministry called a “terrorist act”.

The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia has won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

Militants plan to attack sites in the Tunisian capital with car bombs and other devices, a government official has warned.

A Tunisian policeman has been shot dead by two assailants on a motorbike in the coastal resort of Sousse where a jihadist gunman killed 38 tourists in June.

The Tunisia beach massacre is linked to a previous terror attack in the country, British police believe.

One militant has been killed and 13 others arrested in a late-night operation that foiled a planned attack in Tunisia.

Irish citizens are being advised to avoid non-essential travel to Tunisia in the light of increased security concerns. The travel advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs has been changed from “exercise extreme caution” to “avoid non-essential travel”.

Tunisia’s Interior Ministry says security forces leading a counter-terrorism sweep have killed five suspected extremists in central Tunisia.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is advising Irish tourists against all essential travel to Tunisia, amid warnings another terrorist attack is highly likely.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is urgently reviewing its travel advice for Tunisia - with fears another terrorist attack is likely.

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Tourists in Tunisia are being advised to leave the country immediately as another terrorist attack in the area is ‘highly likely’.

Concern is mounting about a possible terror attack in Tunisia.

Tunisia has announced plans to build a barrier along the border with Libya to keep out extremists following recent terror attacks claimed by the Islamic State group.

The heartbroken husband of an Irish woman killed in a terrorist attack in Tunisia two weeks ago has thanked all those who comforted him.

The husband of Irish woman Lorna Carty - who was killed in the Tunisia beach attack - has issued a statement of thanks to those who helped and supported him and his family.

A British schoolgirl who fled to Syria has gloated over the fate of the tourists massacred on the beach in Tunisia.

A loving mother of two killed in the Tunisia beach massacre will be remembered for her goodness and kindness, her funeral Mass has heard.

Tunisia’s president has declared a state of emergency more than a week after a beach attack targeting foreign tourists that killed 38 people.