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Maybe Tunisians never wanted democracy

If Westerners are shocked at political developments in Tunisia, it’s because they described it as a straightforward success for too long

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'Need to come together to defeat BJP': Mamata Banerjee meets Sonia Gandhi

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Kremlin says Biden is wrong to say that Russia only has nuclear weapons and oil

Police officers patrol a street in Tunis, Tunisia, July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisia investigates parties as political crisis simmers

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 25, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable

Canada's Trudeau to gamble on vaccinations, economic rebound in likely September snap vote

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to India Atul Keshap deliver remarks to civil society organization representatives in a meeting room at the Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi, India, July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Risking China's anger, Blinken meets representative of Dalai Lama in India

Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, China, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

New Chinese ambassador Qin Gang heads to Washington, sources say

Najib Mikati attends a news conference at the opening session of the Syrian Donors Conference at Bayan Palace Liberation Hall in Kuwait City January 15, 2014. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee/Files

Najib Mikati named new prime minister-designate of Lebanon

FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Pakistan PM Khan's ruling party wins Kashmir regional election

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader B. S. Yeddyurappa flashes the victory sign after taking oath as Chief Minister of the southern state of Karnataka inside the governor's house in Bengaluru, India, May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/File Photo

Southern India's only chief minister from PM Modi's party resigns

A supporter of Tunisia's biggest political party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, scuffles with a police officer near the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Possible scenarios for Tunisia's political crisis

Lebanese former prime ministers, Saad al-Hariri, Najib Mikati, Fouad Siniora and Tammam Salam meet in Beirut, Lebanon July 25, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

Businessman Mikati, set to be named premier, meets Lebanese president

FILE PHOTO: The flags of China, the United States and Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China, May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song

China says US is the 'inventor of coercive diplomacy'