1807: Parliament abolishes slave trade throughout the British Empire. On the same day, the first fare-paying, passenger railway service in the world is established on the Oystermouth Railway in ...

Several international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali were cancelled after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano ...

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted late Thursday, sending a dark ash tower eight kilometers (nearly five miles) into the ...

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Iain skis in front of the south-east crater during the most significant eruption on Etna for twenty years - Iain Martin ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Clashes broke out in Greece’s two largest cities Friday, as protesters hurled gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament, during a censure motion debate against the ...

Tourists climbing Sicily’s Mt. Etna volcano at night in sneakers and light clothing to get a close-up view of an ongoing eruption may be risking their lives, rescuers warned on Feb. 21.

Lava erupted from the volcano’s top crater on Feb. 11 and again on Feb. 20, and lava fountains rose 60 to 400 feet, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. And Mount Etna ...