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At least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in Indonesia, sending thick ash high into the air and raining down on nearby houses.The eruption at Mt Lewotobi Laki Laki, on the island of Flores, just after midnight on Monday, spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000m (6,500ft) into the sky. Several houses caught fire, including a convent of Catholic nuns, local official Firman Yosef said.Rescuers are looking for more bodies under collapsed houses.Those killed so far, including a child, were found with a 2.4 mile radius of the crater. Image: A map showing the location of the Mt Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano Image: A wrecked settlement after the Lewotobi Laki-laki ...

Amnesty International is demanding the release of a university student who it claims was "violently arrested" after stripping off, reportedly in protest against Iran's strict Islamic dress code.The human rights organisation has tweeted to claim the unidentified woman was demonstrating at the "abusive enforcement of compulsory veiling by security officials at Tehran's Islamic Azad University". Sky News cannot verify the circumstances of what happened in Iran's capital on Saturday, but footage posted online showed a woman stripped to her underwear and walking outside the campus.University officials issued a statement saying the woman was "under severe stress and suffering from mental disorders, and he has been transferred to a medical centre".Masih Alinejad, a prominent Iranian activist, gav...