Catania airport in Sicily suspended flights until Thursday afternoon following fresh ash emissions from Mount Etna, disrupting peak summer holiday travel across eastern Sicily and affecting neighboring Malta.
Indonesian authorities were rushing to rescue 20 hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera Island on Friday, a local rescue agency official said. Mount Dukono, located in North Maluku province, erupted on Friday at 7.41am, spewing volcanic ash as high as 10km (six miles) into the sky, the country’s volcanology agency said. The agency maintained the alert status at the mountain at its third highest level, agency head Lana Saria said in a statement. Iwan Ramdani, the head of...
