world news [As it happened] Newsday: Ukraine - Russia - NATO - Syria - Ebola What a day! Thanks again for following the breaking news with us today. Our live updates for Friday, August 29 have now closed. You can continue 29/08/2014
Indonesia Indonesia: Sinabung volcano erupts more than 30 times spewing ash and lava Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung has erupted more than 30 times, spewing lava and ash clouds over a wide area, officials said, with more than 26,000 people 15/01/2014
Japan Japan: New volcanic island grows, connects to older island as eruption continues A new, growing islet off Tokyo in the Pacific Island has connected to an older Japanese island. Volcanic activity on the landmass is still underway 27/12/2013
Japan [Video] New volcanic island appears off the coast of Japan An underwater volcanic eruption has created a new island in the Pacific ocean, Japan’s coast guard and meteorological agency have reported. It is 21/11/2013
Italy Mount Etna blows smoke rings Since its violent eruption on November 11, Sicilian volcano Mount Etna has been spurting ash regularly, the most recent of which are taking the form 15/11/2013
Italy Mini volcano pops up in Rome A small volcano vent has suddenly appeared near Rome’s International Fiumicino airport. The geyser-like vent, which is nearly two metres wide 28/08/2013
futuris Iceland mans its volcano front line Iceland’s volcanic belt has 35 active volcanoes. In 2010 when just one of them, Eyjafjallajoküll, blew its top European air traffic was paralysed for 08/07/2013
Unreported Europe Iceland bouncing back from the brink The money boom that led to the financial crisis has changed Icelanders’ values. The banking crash there has hit not only their enviously high 10/02/2012