HELSINKI -- A volcano erupted Monday night on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwest Iceland, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said.

"The eruption is located close to Sundhnukagigar, about 4 km northeast of Grindavik, and it can be seen on nearby web cameras," said the office, adding that it began at 22:17 local time (2217 GMT) following the earthquake swarm that started around 21:00 (2100 GMT) Monday. (Iceland-Volcano-Eruption)

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ASUNCION -- At least 10 people were killed in a police and military operation on Monday at Tacumbu Penitentiary in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion, the National Police announced.

According to the preliminary report, nine inmates and an agent of the national police tactical group were killed, while 20 prisoners and 36 police and military agents were injured. (Paraguay-Prison-Operation)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Monday called on Pakistan to designate Jaish-ul-Adl as a terrorist group as it was behind a recent deadly attack on police forces in southeastern Iran.

In a phone call with Pakistani caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, Amir-Abdollahian mentioned the attack on a police station in Rask County in Sistan and Baluchestan province on Friday, in which at least 11 policemen were killed and a number of others injured, according to a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. (Iran-Pakistan-Terror)

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JAKARTA -- Hydrometeorological disasters have hit some areas in the Indonesian province of West Sumatra, killing two, an official said.

West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi Ansharullah told local media on Monday that the two people were killed after being buried in a landslide that hit the regency of Agam on Monday morning. The identified victims, he said, are aged 18-year-old and 33-year-old. (Indonesia-Landslide-Death) Enditem

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