Libya

'Welcome to 2976' - North Africa's Amazigh people ring in the new year

The Amazigh calendar places them almost a thousand years ahead of much of the rest of the world.

Signal was earlier lost with a jet that took off from Ankara with Gen Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four others on board.

The Libyan Red Crescent says two boats carrying nearly 100 migrants attempting to reach Europe capsized.

There have been more than 1,000 migrant deaths in the central Mediterranean sea this year.

Nicolas Sarkozy, president from 2007-2012, has appealed against his jail term at La Santé prison.

Compelling evidence to suggest Lebanese Shia leader Musa al-Sadr was killed in Libya is uncovered by BBC.

There was "sheer horror" when survivors realised that the girls aged nine, 11 and 17 had died, a rescuer says.

Greek migration minister Thanos Plevris says his country faces a "state of emergency".

Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri is accused of murder, torture and rape at a prison in Tripoli.

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