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Dozens killed and around 100 others injured in blaze that tore through a popular Alpine bar as revellers rang in the New Year

Tom Shearman pays tribute to his wife and two children after a fire engulfed their home.

Tom Shearman pays tribute to his wife and two children after a fire engulfed their home.

Some one million New Year’s Eve revelers packed Times Square in New York City to watch the famous ball drop and ring in 2026. Celebrations also took place across the United States and around the world with fireworks lighting up the night sky from Seattle’s iconic Space Needle to Australia’s spectacular Sydney Harbor Bridge. NBC’s Emilie Ikeda reports for TODAY.

The UK Foreign Office has issued a statement after a deadly fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Valais, Switzerland, during a New Year's Eve celebration

Police in Switzerland have said “several tens of people” are presumed dead and about 100 are injured after a fire suddenly ripped through a new year party at a bar

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Tensions over the Taiwan Strait are likely to persist in 2026, but analysts expect Washington and Beijing to manage risks to ensure that reciprocal state visits planned for the new year are not derailed. Beijing launched massive live-fire drills around Taiwan on Monday and Tuesday, less than a fortnight after Washington announced its largest-ever arms sale to the self-ruled island. The People’s Liberation Army said the drills served as a warning to “independence forces” and against external...

A survivor of the deadly New Year's bar fire at a Swiss ski resort said panicked partygoers were forced to flee through an 'extremely narrow' staircase as the blaze tore through the buulding

A Thai fortune-teller was arrested in Pattaya on Thursday after being accused of telling a client she would soon face bad luck and lose a valuable possession on New Year’s Day, then allegedly making good on the prophecy by stealing her phone. The suspect, identified by local media as Udomsap Mueangkaew, 38, allegedly denied the theft when confronted by the woman but told her the loss proved the accuracy of his fortune-telling. Local news outlet Khaosod reported that Udomsap, shabbily dressed,...