The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupted on Sunday morning, leaving the neighboring village of Afdera covered in dust. The volcanic eruption sent ash plumes

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian airlines Air India and Akasa Air said on Tuesday they were cancelling some flights after ash plumes from a volcano eruption in Ethiopia disrupted operations. Air India said it had cancelled 11 flights on Monday and Tuesday to make precautionary checks on aircraft that had flown over some locations after the eruption,

Volcanic ash from Ethiopia affects aviation in India, moving towards China, but has no impact on local weather or air quality.

The next global volcanic disaster is likely to come from a volcano that appears dormant, writes Mike Cassidy of The Conversation

Singapore will establish an embassy in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Nov. 24, 2025. This will make it Singapore's third embassy on the African continent, along with those in Egypt and South Africa, and the first in East Africa.

India witnessed rare aviation turbulence after volcanic ash from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano, dormant for nearly 10,000 years, surged across international air routes and entered the country’s airspace.

The weather service noted that the cloud is poised to enter Gujarat from the west and will advance toward Rajasthan, northwest Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, and Punjab by around 10 pm. It is also likely to affect regions across the Himalayan belt later tonight, ANI added.

Landlocked Ethiopia's calls for access to the Red Sea through Eritrea has triggered a fierce war of words. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed first openly declared in 2023 that his nation's access to the sea was an existential matter, comments that Eritrea dismissed.