Algerian President in 1st State Visit to Tunisia in 11 Years

A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP
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Algerian President in 1st State Visit to Tunisia in 11 Years

A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service shows Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune (R) meeting with his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied in the capital Algiers on February 2. AFP

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is scheduled to make a two-day trip to Tunisia on Monday, the first visit of an Algerian head of state to the country in 11 years.

El Khabar Algerian newspaper revealed on its website that Tebboune’s visit to Tunisia at the head of a ministerial delegation aims to resolve obstacles to the implementation of some agreements especially those on free trade in three regions.

The newspaper added that the Tunisian presidency is making detailed arrangements to guarantee the success of the state visit.

Tunisia pins high hopes that this visit would reach a breakthrough in bilateral ties and create prospects for economic cooperation as well as reinforce security coordination against terrorism.

Tunisian President Kais Saied visited Algeria on Feb. 4.

In other news, the first coordination meeting was held Wednesday between Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh and Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Ennahda party.

It resulted in forming a joint team to prioritize the draft-laws submitted to the parliament.

Around 60 draft-laws on social and economic affairs haven't yet been adopted.



Pro-Palestinian Protest Prompts Scuffle onstage at Royal Opera House in London

A detained demonstrator sits inside a police van, following a protest in support of the Palestine Action group in Parliament Square in London, Britain, July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
A detained demonstrator sits inside a police van, following a protest in support of the Palestine Action group in Parliament Square in London, Britain, July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
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Pro-Palestinian Protest Prompts Scuffle onstage at Royal Opera House in London

A detained demonstrator sits inside a police van, following a protest in support of the Palestine Action group in Parliament Square in London, Britain, July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
A detained demonstrator sits inside a police van, following a protest in support of the Palestine Action group in Parliament Square in London, Britain, July 19, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

A performer holding a Palestinian flag touched off a brief scuffle on stage at the Royal Opera House in London on Saturday night as cast members were taking their bows following the season's final performance of “Il Trovatore.”

Images posted on social media show what appears to be a member of the chorus holding the unfurled flag in front of his chest while the lead singers bask in the audience's applause, Reuters reported.

After a few moments, someone backstage attempts to grab the flag, but the performer holds onto the banner and snaps back into place.

Singers were taking their bows after the end of the opera by Giuseppe Verdi. Director Adele Thomas’ production reinterprets the story of desire and an all-consuming curse, the opera said.

"The display of the flag was spontaneous and unauthorized action by the artist,'' the opera company told the BBC.

"It was not approved by the Royal Ballet & Opera and is not in line with our commitment to political impartiality.”