Libyan writer arrested over Lockerbie bombing documents
Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara has been arrested on national security charges after publishing documents that allegedly link Libya’
Greek authorities reported Friday that 75 migrants were rescued from a disabled boat south of Crete while attempting to cross to Europe from North Africa. The migrants, believed to have departed from eastern Libya, were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by a merchant ship after sending a distress signal. Their nationalities remain unknown. The vessel, escorted by a coast guard patrol boat, is en route to a port in southern Crete for further assistance.
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