Germany, Iceland call for body to convene 'to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially with respect to women and children'

Police probing possible links to foreign extremists after large-scale operation, say targets may have included parliament of small nation considered among world's most peaceful

Streams of red lava flow in a valley near capital Reykjavik; geophysicist says volcanic discharge marks start of new centuries-long era with period eruptions

Reykjanes Peninsula sees first eruption in 781 years; no current plans for evacuation with only minor lava flow spotted so far

Organizations recognized as representing a community may benefit from nation's church tax which the government collects from each person

Head of Association of Icelandic Book Publishers defends decision to allow 'The Hoax of the Twentieth Century' to be published, citing 'freedom of the press and expression'

Far-right extremists carried out coordinated campaign in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Jewish holy day, says World Jewish Congress

Likely brought to Iceland by Dutch Jews, who continue to prepare them on holidays, the confection became so popular that it made its way to 'New Iceland' in Manitoba, Canada

Biosimilars are generic versions of biopharmaceutical drugs; Iceland's Alvotech will develop and supply the biosimilars and Teva will exclusively commercialize them in the US

In festive ceremony, members dance the new, donated scroll, which took a year to write, into Reykjavik Chabad center