A smoking volcano on Indonesia’s main island of Java forced an airport to close today.

The US warned Americans today that Indonesia was unsafe for them and other Westerners in the aftermath of an Indonesian police raid in which one of the most-wanted terrorists in south-east Asia died.

INDONESIAN security forces raided the suspected hideout of one of Asia’s most wanted terrorist suspects yesterday, fighting a gun and grenade battle with militants inside.

Malaysian terror leader Azahari bin Husin was believed to have been killed in a shoot-out with police today, a top Indonesian investigator said.

Two volcanoes in separate parts of Indonesia spewed out plumes of hot smoke and showers of stones today, killing two hikers and forcing the evacuation of 5,000 villagers.