Mount Malaku

A French climber died on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, expedition organisers said Tuesday, the second fatality of this year's spring climbing season and both on the same mountain.

Indonesia temporarily closed a domestic airport on Friday after a volcano in the country's east erupted, spewing plumes of ash hundreds of metres into the air, officials said.

A French climber died on Mount Makalu, the world's fifth-highest peak, expedition organisers said Tuesday, the second fatality of this year's spring climbing season and both on the same mountain.

Indonesia temporarily closed a domestic airport on Friday after a volcano in the country's east erupted, spewing plumes of ash hundreds of metres into the air, officials said.