New Year's Eve

The hidden cost of New Year’s celebrations

We rarely pause to consider the impact on the most vulnerable among us.

Top 5 destinations for an unforgettable New Year's Eve celebration

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at iconic global destinations: Sydney offers fireworks and cruises, Paris enchants with festivities by the Eiffel Tower, Bangkok dazzles with countdowns, Goa celebrates with beach parties, and Reykjavik features northern lights and Nordic traditions.

The horrific reality of fireworks on New Year's Eve

Why do we start our new year with the massacre of tiny, helpless souls?

Refugees say it with flowers

Refugees have been handing out flowers to try to challenge negative perceptions that have arisen following wave of sexual assaults on women in some German cities on New Year's Eve.

EU migrant crisis: Germany returns migrants to Austria

Germany sends an increasing number of migrants back to Austria every day since the beginning of the month, Austrian police say.

Anti-migrant protest turns violent as German welcome cools

Riot police break up far-right protesters in Cologne as they march against Germany's open-door migration policy after asylum seekers were identified as suspects in assaults on women on New Year's Eve.

Cologne police chief leaves post after New Year Eve attacks

The head of Cologne's police force is leaving his post "to restore public trust in the police" following scores of attacks on women in the city on New Year's Eve, German media report.

Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink'

Police in Germany will have to rethink their tactics following attacks on women in the city of Cologne on New Year's Eve, a senior official says.

January 8, 2016
January 8, 2016

Cologne police chief leaves post after New Year Eve attacks

The head of Cologne's police force is leaving his post "to restore public trust in the police" following scores of attacks on women in the city on New Year's Eve, German media report.

January 7, 2016
January 7, 2016

Cologne sex attacks 'require police rethink'

Police in Germany will have to rethink their tactics following attacks on women in the city of Cologne on New Year's Eve, a senior official says.