Dozens of people were killed and around 100 injured, most of them seriously, after fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, officials said yesterday.

A total of 128 journalists were killed around the world in 2025, more than half of them in the Middle East, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said yesterday.

Separatists from Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council said yesterday that Saudi-aligned government forces would enter territories seized by the UAE-backed group, in a step that appeared unlikely to satisfy Riyadh after it repeatedly demanded their full withdrawal.

Israel said yesterday 37 international NGOs operating in Gaza had not complied with a deadline to meet “security and transparency standards,” in particular disclosing information on their Palestinian staff, and that it “will enforce” a ban on their activities.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear

Witnesses say ceiling caught fire

The groups will now be required to cease their operations by March 1

Explosion took place in a bar called Le Constellation, which is popular with tourists, as revellers rang in the new year

Revelers braved freezing temperatures to celebrate the new year

He is New York's first Muslim mayor.

While a fragile truce took hold in devastated Gaza, violence in Sudan continued unabated.

In the message on New Year's Eve, Trump said the three cities "were GONE if it weren't for the Federal Government stepping in."

US Southern Command, which is responsible for American forces operating in Central and South America, announced two sets of strikes, which were carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Zohran Mamdani, young upstart of the US left, was readying yesterday to take over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with President Donald Trump.

Bosnian Serbs will hold a partial repeat vote in February to replace their banned president Milorad Dodik after some results from November’s election were annulled for fraud, the electoral commission said yesterday.

The EU’s top diplomat yesterday accused Russia of pushing “unfounded claims” that Ukraine fired drones at a residence of President Vladimir Putin, branding the allegation a “deliberate distraction” from peace efforts.

The EU warned yesterday that Israel’s threat to suspend several aid groups in Gaza under new registration rules would block “life-saving” assistance from reaching the population.

US President Donald Trump scrapped two bills this week, exercising his veto power for the first time during his second term to reject a water pipeline and the expansion of a Native American reservation.

Myanmar’s junta said slightly more than half of eligible voters cast their ballot in the first phase of a three-stage national election at the weekend, a figure that was markedly lower than the previous two elections.

Turkey yesterday detained another 125 Islamic State (IS) group suspects in a string of nationwide raids, a minister said, following warnings that IS militants were planning attacks over the holidays.