"While no human lives and livestock have been lost so far, many villages have been covered in ash and as a result their animals have little to eat," an official said.

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,

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

Videos show large plumes of smoke as Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupts for the first time in 10,000 years, spewing ash high into the sky and impacting air travel thousands of miles away in India.

As a rare volcanic eruption in Ethiopia raises concerns across regional airspace, major UAE carriers — including Etihad Airways, Emirates, and flydubai — have confirmed that their flight schedules remain unaffected ahead of the busy UAE National Day travel period.