Latest Iceland News

A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it

Sep. 20, 2024 13:23 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday afternoon in the northwest of Iceland after police consulted the Environment...

Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing

Aug. 26, 2024 13:30 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Icelandic police on Monday called off the search for anyone trapped in the previous day's collapse of an ice cave that killed one person and injured another, saying that all members of the tourist expedition had been accounted for. Authorities had initially mounted a...

Police in Iceland call off search at collapsed ice cave, saying they now believe no one is missing

Aug. 26, 2024 11:41 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Police in Iceland call off search at collapsed ice cave, saying they now believe no one is missing.

Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills one, two still missing

Aug. 26, 2024 00:47 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Ice cave collapse in Iceland kills one, two still missing.

An Iceland volcano erupts again but spares the nearby town of Grindavik for now

Aug. 23, 2024 09:17 AM EDT

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava continued to spew from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Friday — the sixth time since December the volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption from a new fissure began shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday following a series of strong...

Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland for the 6th time since December

Aug. 22, 2024 23:45 PM EDT
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland for the 6th time since December.