Four killed after two boats carrying migrants capsize off Libya’s coast
Libyan Red Crescent says it rescued 91 migrants and asylum seekers from Bangladesh, Sudan and Egypt.
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Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy: What we know
Sarkozy has been handed a five-year prison sentence after trial over finances from late Libyan leader Gaddafi.
French ex-president Sarkozy gets 5-year jail term in Libya campaign case
Paris criminal court finds Nicolas Sarkozy partly guilty in trial related to alleged campaign funds from Libya.
Only 13 survivors from capsized boat carrying 74 refugees off Libya
UN agency says dozens killed after a boat carrying mostly Sudanese refugees capsized near the Libyan town of Tobruk.
At least 50 dead after vessel carrying Sudanese refugees catches fire
In the Mediterranean Sea, at least 2,452 migrants or refugees died or went missing last year.
Libya’s coast guard fired upon rescue vessel searching for boat in distress
Before this attack, the Ocean Viking had rescued 87 people, including from war-torn Sudan, and was en route to Italy.
At least 26 refugees and migrants die in shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa
There are 60 survivors from the perilous journey from Libya, but a UN agency says there could be more people missing.
Trump announces new tariffs including for Iraq, Brazil and the Philippines
The White House has sent letters to more than 20 different countries this week announcing new tariffs.
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Four songs on Middle Eastern conflicts with a sense of love for Arab identity and commitment to the Palestinian cause.
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At least 60 people ‘feared dead’ after shipwrecks off the coast of Libya
UN agency IOM says 743 people have died so far this year attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Egypt, Libya stop activists gathering for March to Gaza, organisers say
Security sources say dozens have been detained or deported from Cairo airport and other locations.
