Fifteen passengers were killed and 15 others were missing today after waves as high as 13ft sank a wooden ferry in eastern Indonesia.

Thousands of people were evacuated from the slopes of a volcano in eastern Indonesia after it spewed hot clouds of smoke, ash and rocks for a second day.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck under the sea of northeastern Indonesia today, damaging a church and injuring three people, the US Geological Survey and witnesses said.