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The powerful Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) union said all international flights to and from the country will be canceled on Thursday as part of a nationwide strike to protest President Kais Saied’s policies. The UGTT trade union is demanding salary rises for employees in the public sector after a …

A Tunisian military court has ordered arrest of journalist Salah Attia for claiming the army refused orders from the president to shut down the headquarters of the powerful Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail (UGTT). Mr Attia told the Qatari channel Al-Jazeera on Saturday that President Kais Saied asked the military …