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Skiers form heart to honour victims of deadly Crans-Montana fire

Skiers gathered to form a heart on the slopes, honoring bar fire victims and responders. A national mourning day is set for January 9.

5 January 2026

The Cube

False images and misleading claims circulate after Crans-Montana fire

A deadly New Year’s Eve fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has prompted false images and narratives about the blaze's origin to spread online.

5 January 2026

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Swiss authorities identify victims of deadly New Year's fire

Switzerland is grappling with the aftermath of a deadly fire at Crans-Montana's Le Constellation bar that killed 40 and injured 115 during a New Year’s celebration.

2 January 2026

Culture news

High seas drama: Poland's deadly 'Hevelius' shipwreck set for Netflix

'Hevelius' is a new Netflix series based on the story of Poland's worst maritime tragedy, when 56 people died in 1993. The highly anticipated Polish-made production has already been described as one of the 'most difficult and demanding cinematographic projects' to be staged in Poland's history.

6 November 2025

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Rescuers search for survivors after school collapse in Indonesia

At least one student was killed and dozens more were injured or feared trapped after a four-storey prayer hall collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java province on Monday.

30 September 2025

Dominican Republic

Officials race to identify victims of Dominican Republic club collapse

The Jet Set club in Santo Domingo was packed with musicians, professional athletes, and government officials when dust began falling from the ceiling early on Tuesday.

10 April 2025

Culture news

Taylor Swift meets with young survivors of the Southport knife attack

The pop superstar welcomed the families of the victims of the Southport stabbing attack backstage. Prior to the start of her Wembley run, Swift privately reached out to the families of the three girls killed in the 29 July attack.

20 August 2024

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Search for survivors continues after deadly Papua New Guinea landslide

A Papua New Guinea government official told the UN more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide.

28 May 2024

Ukraine

War in Ukraine: 11 injured in Kherson strikes as Hroza buries victims

All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine.

8 October 2023

India

Crash investigators say electronic signal caused India rail accident

Crash investigators say an electronic signal error caused the India rail accident that killed more than 300 people. They say one of the high speed trains was on the wrong track.

4 June 2023

Greece

Greek railroad inspector charged after accident killed 57 people

A railway inspector has been charged and detained in connection to a rail disaster that left 57 people dead in central Greece more than a month ago.

31 March 2023

Greece

Greece resumes train services three weeks after deadly rail disaster

Greece begins gradual restart of train services, three weeks after rail disaster

22 March 2023

Spain

Spain's government under growing pressure over Melilla migrant tragedy

At least 23 migrants died while trying to cross the Moroccan border to the Spanish enclave in June.

8 November 2022

Travel News

Crete: Woman killed after 'huge rock' crushes holiday rooms

The rock destroyed two rooms, killing a woman and injuring her son. The victim's 51-year-old husband was in a different room and was unhurt.

31 October 2022

Indonesia

President says locked gates contributed to football stadium tragedy

At least 131 people died in the disaster.

5 October 2022

Italy

A third vessel was involved in Moby Prince disaster, reveals inquiry

The disaster killed 140 people and caused major environmental damage.

16 September 2022