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The BBC says it has verified that this image circulating on social media is not manipulated by AI and is a photograph from New Year's Eve celebrations welcoming 2026 in the Swiss Alpine ski resort of Crans-Montana, where at least 40 people were killed and 119 injured in a fire that local authorities say was likely caused by sparkler candles being held too close to the ceiling. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 2, 2026, 8:08 pm
Israeli citizen reported missing in Swiss inferno; officials say blaze caused by sparklers
15-year-old former student at UK Jewish school named among the missing; 1st victim identified after New Year’s blaze that left at least 40 dead, at least 80 critically wounded
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A woman celebrates the new year on New Year’s Eve in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 2:56 am
World welcomes 2026 with fireworks, champagne after year of turmoil
Pyrotechnics light up the night sky from the Eiffel Tower to the Burj Khalifa; Gazans grieve losses of 2025 while jubilant Syrians celebrate a full year without Assad
By AFP
The figure of a menorah is displayed on the pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge to reflect on the tragic Bondi Beach shooting attack before a New Year's Eve midnight fireworks display in Sydney on December 31, 2025. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
December 31, 2025, 6:02 pm
Sydney brings in New Year with commemoration for victims of Bondi terror attack
Menorah projected onto Harbour Bridge and minute of solemn silence held to honor victims of Hanukkah shooting, ahead of annual celebrations and fireworks show
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sajid Akram, foreground, and Naveed Akram open fire in a terror attack on people at a Jewish event in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025, in an image taken from a video posted online. (Screen capture: X)
December 30, 2025, 6:41 am
Bondi Beach terrorists ‘acted alone’ in attack on Hanukkah event — Australian police
Top cop in Australia says no evidence found showing father and son ‘were part of a broader terrorist cell, or were directed by others’ to perpetrate ISIS-inspired massacre
By Agencies
The FBI investigates the area on Orleans St and Bourbon Street by St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter where a suspicious package was detonated after a person drove a truck into a crowd earlier on Bourbon Street on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
January 2, 2025, 3:28 pm
Officials probe terror links, possible accomplices in ISIS-inspired New Orleans attack
US Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, posted clips online praising Islamic State hours before driving truck into New Year’s Eve crowd, killing 15
By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, Kevin McGill and Jack Brook
Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon Street, January 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
January 1, 2025, 4:07 pm
Driver kills 10, injures 30 in suspected terror attack on New Year’s Day in New Orleans
Driver opened fire on officers after ramming crowds on popular Bourbon Street before being shot dead; ‘He was hell-bent on creating the carnage and the damage that he did’
By Agencies
Israelis celebrate on New Year's Eve, at a pub in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2025, 6:25 am
Israel, world ring in 2025, as Hamas fires rockets at midnight for 2nd straight year
No injuries in attack on Netivot; New Year candle display in Tel Aviv urges hostage deal; Trump: Hamas ‘better let the hostages come back soon’; thousands party in Assad-free Syria
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The 9 p.m. fireworks during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 31, 2024. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)
December 31, 2024, 5:01 pm
Australia, New Zealand welcome 2025 as New Year’s celebrations kick off around globe
Festivities scaled back in South Korea after deadly plane crash, while stormy weather mutes some UK events and Germany’s leader calls for unity in ‘difficult times’
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
Thousands demonstrate against Israel amid the ongoing war in Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
January 1, 2024, 4:15 pm
Amid New Years celebrations, pro-Palestinian protesters rally across globe
Tens of thousands flood streets in Istanbul calling out ‘murderer’ Israel, decry killing of Turkish soldier by Kurdish militants in Iraq; protester sets off smoke bomb at NYC mall
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Fireworks explode over the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis hill during New Year's celebrations in Athens, Greece, Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
January 1, 2024, 1:45 pm
As wars loom large, world welcomes 2024 with celebration, hope and prayer
New year ushered in with traditional fireworks displays from Sydney to Rio; Ukraine, Israel and Muslim countries strike a more somber tone; heavy security as police confront threats
By Agencies
Screen capture from video of a rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip being intercepted over Israel, January 1, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 1, 2024, 9:30 am
At stroke of midnight, Hamas attacks Israel with heavy New Year rocket barrage
Over 20 projectiles target south and center of country as Israelis mark the start of the new year amid sorrow: ‘The minute I start to dance, I feel guilty’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Policemen stand in front of the Cologne Cathedral on December 24, 2023. (INA FASSBENDER/AFP)
December 31, 2023, 11:57 pm
German police thwart suspected Islamist attack on Cologne Cathedral on New Year’s Eve
Three suspects with links to an Afghanistan offshoot of ISIS arrested, festivities expected to continue uninterrupted, but with significantly increased security measures
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man stabs an Israeli woman in Rome's Termini train station on December 31, 2022. (Screen capture)
January 2, 2023, 12:39 am
Israeli woman stabbed, seriously injured, at Rome train station — Italian media
Victim taken to hospital with three stab wounds; motive unclear, but local outlets say it was likely a robbery gone wrong
By Judah Ari Gross
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Office on December 31, 2022 shows the President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena during their New Year's address to Ukrainian people. (Photo by AFP)
January 1, 2023, 6:40 am
Zelensky says Ukraine to fight until victory, as Russia continues bombings into 2023
Explosions rock Kyiv 30 minutes after new year begins, with much of country in darkness; president says in annual address: ‘Ukrainians, you are incredible, we fight as one team’
By Robbie COREY-BOULET
Israelis celebrate on New Year's Eve at a pub in Tel Aviv, December 31, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2023, 1:27 am
Israel ushers in 2023, with festivities free of COVID curbs for 1st time in 3 years
‘It’s just like it was before’: Israelis, Palestinians revel at bars and other public places; newly reinstated PM Netanyahu hails ‘a new year, a new government, a new direction’
By Michael Bachner
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