Another volcano is erupting in Iceland, and another cloud of ash is expected to blanket parts of Western Europe. It's just over a year since the Eyjafjallajökull eruption forced tens of thousands of flights to be cancelled. But airlines say they are better prepared this time and hope that the Grimsvotn eruption won't cause the travel chaos witnessed in 2010.
The Cuban government said on Monday that it was considering a reform that would allow its citizens to travel abroad as tourists for the first time in 50 years.
Egypt's public prosecutor on Monday imposed a travel ban on former president Hosni Mubarak and his family and has requested that the family's assets abroad be frozen. Judicial officials have called for an investigation into Mubarak's foreign wealth.
Major airlines cancelled over 5,000 flights Wednesday due to a colossal winter storm stretching from New Mexico to Maine that hit the United States with snow, high winds and freezing rain.
A colossal winter storm stretching from New Mexico to Maine has hit the United States with snow, high winds and freezing rain. Forecasters say the worst is still to come as the storm moves northeast.
US President Barack Obama on Friday eased the rules on granting visas, remittances and travel to the United States by Cuban citizens in a bid to "help promote their independence from Cuban authorities", the White House said in a statement.
Service has resumed at airports in the north-eastern US after blizzards forced the cancellation of thousands of flights, bringing misery to Christmas travellers just as conditions in Europe were beginning to thaw.
