Mount Etna, on the east coast of Sicily, between the cities of Messina and Catania, is one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025. Giuseppe Distefano/Getty Images. The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said ...

The Temple Mount refers to a flat plaza situated above the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, and it is considered a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike. According to ...

Napoleon memorabilia regularly comes up for sale at auction in France in a flourishing trade marked by intense interest from collectors. Two pistols that he once intended to use to kill himself ...

Amazon Echo Show 21: two-minute review. The idea of combining a smart speaker with a flat screen is certainly not a new one for Amazon.Amazingly, it’s over seven years since the first-generation ...

Joani Fine and her brother emerged from the new Macy’s store at the Randhurst Village shopping center in northwest suburban Mount Prospect last week praising the friendly service — as well as ...

In 2022, a unique Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet pyramidal sword mount was discovered near Stopham in Chichester, dating back to 600-700 AD. It is the second of its kind to be discovered in West ...

The only other example of this type of sword mount was acquired by the British Museum in 1981. However, this first find was incomplete making the Stopham mount a very rare and incredibly important ...

The snowcapped peak of Mount Rainier, which towers 4.3 kilometers (2.7 miles) above sea level in Washington state, has not produced a significant volcanic eruption in the past 1,000 years. Yet ...

But proximity to the bush is a double-edged sword. Mount Victoria is the last suburb in the Blue Mountains and Sydney and abuts one of the most fire-prone areas.