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Lava from Etna. Salvatore Allegra / AP 

Flights are stopped in Sicily - ash rains from Etna  

Sicily's airport in Catania is forced to close again after the eruption of the Etna volcano, writes Corriere della Sera. According to the airport, "ash is raining" over the Italian island. 

It is the second time this summer that the airport has closed due to Etna's eruption.  

The ash also makes it difficult to drive on the roads, which has caused the mayor to ban two-wheeled vehicles until Wednesday. That's what TT writes.  

The rescue work in Himachal Pradesh. Pradeep Kumar / AP  

The floods in South Asia  

Over 41 dead after monsoon rains in the Himalayas  

At least 41 people have died after heavy monsoon rains caused floods and landslides in India's Himalayan region, AP reports.  

Schools, universities and over 700 roads have been closed as a result of the storm on Monday. Several people are said to be trapped under the racial masses.  

During two weeks in July, more than 100 people died as a result of natural disasters in the state of Himachal Pradesh.  

Landslides and floods are common in the northern Himalayas during the June-September monsoon season. Scientists say they are becoming more common as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers there.  

The Marion County Record newspaper. John Hanna / AP  

Police attack newspaper in Kansas - met with criticism  

A newspaper in the state of Kansas has found itself at the center of a debate about freedom of the press in the United States after the local police force last week raided the editorial office. That's what The New York Times writes. 

Police in the city, which has about 2,000 residents, claim that the newspaper gained access to information about a restaurant owner illegally. But it is denied by the newspaper's owner and publisher Eric Meyer, who believes that it is more about the police wanting to silence them.  

Emily Bradbury, of the Kansas Press Association, says the raid was an attack on US press freedom. 

- There is a lot of healthy tension between the government and newspapers, but this? This is not right, this is wrong, this cannot be allowed, she says. 

The school in Kratie, Cambodia. AP  

Grenades and explosives at school in Cambodia  

Thousands of undetonated explosives and grenades have been found under a high school in Cambodia, writes the BBC. 

The discovery was made at the school's park in the province of Kratie, which was previously used as a military base. The explosives are said to have been there since the civil war in the 70s.  

It took explosives experts over three days to examine and move the dangerous finds. 

- It is unimaginable luck for the students. These explosive objects explode easily. It's enough to dig in the ground and meet one of them, says mining expert Heng Ratana from Cambodia's mining center to AP.