JAKARTA — A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday (Dec 4) spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest ...

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JAKARTA: Thousands of residents in Indonesia's East Java were on high alert on Monday (Dec 5) after a violent eruption at the island's tallest volcano prompted authorities to impose an 8km no-go zone ...

Mount Merapi, also called the Mount Fuji of Java. (Photo courtesy of Mount Fuji Research Institute, Yamanashi Prefectural Government) Researchers at a Mount Fuji research institute are to begin ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing hot cloud up to seven kilometres into the air, the country’s disaster management agency said. The volcano located in the Yogyakarta ...

Ash spewing from a volcano on Indonesia's main island of Java has sparked chaos for holidaymakers as airports close and international airlines cancel flights to tourist hotspot Bali. Mount Raung in ...

An airport official walks near a plane covered with volcanic ash following the eruption of Mount Kelud, at Adi Sumarmo airport in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, yesterday. JAKARTA: More than 100,000 ...