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At least 80 people were released, including one with U.S. ties, though more than 800 remain detained in Venezuela for opposing President Nicolás Maduro’s rule, rights groups say.

The local police said that their preliminary toll was about 40 dead, with roughly 115 injured, in the early morning blaze at a bar in the resort town of Crans-Montana.

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After a year of Russian advances, the goal for 2026 is simply to survive, said one officer in eastern Ukraine. “It’s hard to make any plans,” he said.

The fire at a bar in a popular ski resort killed around 40 people and injured more than 100, officials said. The cause was still unknown.

Financial pressures have fueled a fifth day of demonstrations around Iran, with at least one person killed in the protests so far, according to the authorities.

The tanker, which had been sailing to Venezuela to pick up oil, has claimed Russian protection, although the U.S. authorities say it is a stateless vessel.

Tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates burst into the open this week with an unusually direct confrontation that has global implications.

The town is known for its gourmet food, luxury stores, and for hosting major sporting events. The Crans-Montana Resort, which does not operate the bar that caught fire, was acquired by Vail Resorts in 2024.

Col. Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power more than four years ago, took over 80 percent of the vote, according to a government-controlled agency that he set up.

The number of American citizens held in Venezuela has grown since the start of the U.S. military and economic campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.

Patients were taken by helicopter and jet to bigger, specialized hospitals in Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne.

Local residents were evacuated after a fire broke out at the Vondelkerk shortly after midnight. The cause of the blaze has not yet been confirmed.

Huge crowds turned out to say goodbye to Khaleda Zia, the country’s first female prime minister, amid a huge army presence following recent political violence.

Russian journalists learned that a government office inadvertently made thousands of sensitive complaints viewable online, including accounts of abuse and coercion in the military.

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