The volcano located on the southern Italian island of Sicily began to erupt today, marking the fourth eruption this year, blasting out a huge ash cloud reaching 6,000 and 7,000 metres above sea level.
A shark mauled a surfer to death in an attack off the coast of France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion, emergency services said.
France will hire professional fishermen to kill some 20 sharks off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion this week in an effort to understand the reasons for a series of attacks in the surfing hotspot.
Cuba will scrap much reviled travel restrictions starting in January, easing most Cubans' exit and return, state media said today, in the communist island's first major immigration reform in half a century.