International News from Monday, January 5th, 2026

Pressure was building for answers on Monday from the investigation into a New Year bar fire in a Swiss ski resort that killed 40 people, after authorities said they had now identified all the victims, most of whom were teenagers.

Snowfall disrupted air, train and road traffic in the Netherlands on Monday, as hundreds of flights were cancelled and trains around Amsterdam came to a standstill.

An overnight Russian air attack on Kyiv and its region killed two people, Ukraine’s authorities saidon Monday, in what appeared to be the first reported deaths in Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital this year.

Venezuela's deposed leader Nicolas Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday to face drug charges while the UN was to debate the legality of US President Donald Trump's extraordinary operation to capture him.

At least 30 people were killed and several others abducted when gunmen attacked a market in Nigeria's Niger State, police said on Sunday.

The Cuban government said on Sunday that 32 of its citizens were killed during the US raid on Venezuela to extract President Nicolas Maduro for prosecution in the United States.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia's government, telling reporters that such an operation "sounds good to me".