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Maltese authorities charge Libyan hijackers with terrorism

Dec 25, 2016

The Maltese authorities have charged the two Libyan hijackers of the Afriqiyah Airways plane with terrorism, saying they could face prison for life, according to Maltese press.The Maltese press and news outlets also reported Sunday…

Second National Gathering for Creativity kicked off in Tripoli

Dec 25, 2016

On Saturday, the Second National Gathering for Creativity was kicked off at the Royal Palace of Tripoli under the logo of (Culture Gathers Us).The gathering saw the participation of a number of art pundits, literature professors and…

IS suicide attack kills fighter from Libyan forces in Sirte

Dec 25, 2016

IS militants carry a suicide attack in Sirte southern suburbs and kill one of the Misurata-led fighters.Media sources said after the IS attackers killed the Libyan Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous fighter, they were killed on the spot.…

Earthquake magnitude 7.7 hits Chile, triggers tsunami warning

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off the coast of Chile has prompted a tsunami warning.The quake struck about 225km (140 miles) south-west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile at 14:22 GMT, the United States…

North Pole temperatures go in record-breaking heatwave

Dec 25, 2016

Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what scientists say is a record-breaking heatwave, the BBC wrote.Climate scientists say these unseasonably warm weather patterns in…

Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas Day church errand

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - The Queen has not attended church on Christmas Day because she is still suffering from a heavy cold.Buckingham Palace said she was staying indoors to help her recover but added that she would still participate in the family's…

Van Gogh’s Wikipedea page is the most-edited one in 2016

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - The most-edited Wikipedia pages of the year have been revealed and the top 20 includes "Deaths in 2016", "Vincent Van Gogh" and "Donald Trump".Other pages related to the US election were also in the list, according to the…

Residents of southern German town evacuated over finding of WWII bomb

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - More than 50,000 residents from the southern German city of Augsburg are being evacuated from their homes so that an operation to defuse a World War Two bomb can get under way on Sunday.It is the country's biggest evacuation…

Libyan Wings airliner launches new Misurata-Carthage flights

Dec 25, 2016

The Libyan Tripoli-based Libyan Wings airliner said Sunday it had launched a new flights route from Misurata Airport to Carthage Airport in Tunisia.The route will see two flights a week; on Mondays and Thursdays starting January 05,…

Russian military aircraft crashes into Black Sea, 92 people onboard died

Dec 25, 2016

A Russian military plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry says.The plane disappeared from radar two minutes after taking off from the resort of Sochi at 05:25 (02:25 GMT). Debris and…

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