$newsdata = $mysqli->query($sql = "SELECT `id`, `title`, `date` FROM `news` ORDER BY `date` DESC");





foreach ( $newsdata as $news ) {


    $year = date('Y', $news['date']);


    $month = date('F', $news['date']);


    $nav[$year][$month][$news['id']] = $news['title'];


}

<ul class="archive_year pad-top">


    <?php foreach ( $nav as $k => $v ) { ?>


	<li class="years"><?php echo $k ?>


    <ul class="archive_month">


	            <?php


            foreach ( $v as $k2 => $v2 ) {


                ?>


        <li class="months"><i class="icon-caret-right"></i> <?php echo $k2.' ('.sizeof($v2).')' ?>


            <ul class="archive_posts">


			<?php


                        foreach ( $v2 as $k3 => $v3 ) {


                            ?>


                            <li class="posts"><i class="icon-angle-right"></i><a href="#"><?php echo $v3 ?></a></li>


                            <?php   


                        }


                        ?>


            </ul>


        </li>


	  <?php


            }


            ?>


	   </ul>


        </li>


        <?php


    }


    ?>


</ul>