The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was taken over by the M23 rebel group in January 2025. This was a tragic escalation of a decades-long conflict that's led to mass ...

Nearly 3,000 people were killed over the last week as rebels captured a key city in one of the deadliest battles in the ...

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LUCENA CITY, QUEZON, Philippines — Taal Volcano in Batangas province recorded two minor phreatic, or steam-driven, eruptions on Saturday and Sunday, according to the Philippine Institute of ...

The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) stated on February 7 that an eruption would "most likely" occur at the Crater Peak vent, not the Spurr summit. Newsweek reached out to AVO via email for comment.

The U.S. Geological Survey warned nearby residents that hazards from the eruption “include volcanic gas emissions and windblown volcanic glass (Pele’s Hair) that may impact Hawai’i Volcanoes ...

The observatory released video of the volcanic activity and also is hosting a livestream of the eruption. This is the ninth episode of eruptive activity since Dec. 23, the Hawaiian Volcano ...

Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island began erupting ... vent reached heights of 330 feet during the early hours of the eruption, with a slow effusion of lava from the south vent later.