Heather Chen

Canada has told its citizens in Sudan that evacuations are "not possible at this time" due to the closure of airspace amid fierce fighting between rival forces.

A Singaporean man convicted of trying to traffic around 2.2 pounds of cannabis was executed on Wednesday, his family confirmed to CNN, a sentence lambasted by rights groups and campaigners for its severity at a time when many other nations, including neighboring countries, have adopted a more lenient approach towards drugs and capital punishment.

Philip Mehrtens, the New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia's restive Papua region, has appeared in a video saying he is "alive and well," as concerns grow for his safety as fighting with Indonesian security forces intensifies.

An Indonesian food giant has defended the safety of its products following recalls in Malaysia and Taiwan, where health officials say they have discovered a potentially cancer-causing substance in the popular Indomie brand of instant noodles.

Three civilians were injured and a gas station set on fire early Saturday near the Syrian city of Homs in an attack that Syria blamed on Israeli rockets, Syria's state news agency SANA reported, citing a military official.

Thousands of foreign nationals have been evacuated from Sudan as clashes between two rival military factions vying for control of the country continue despite a supposed truce.

A mural depicting a fallen Ukrainian soldier executed by Russian forces in 2022 has appeared in the heart of Kyiv on the side of a government building.

A far-right activist convicted of terrorism was among several prisoners pardoned in Hungary before the Pope's official visit to the country this week, it has emerged.

Search efforts are underway for three missing crew members after a Gabon-registered oil tanker caught fire off the coast of southern Malaysia, Malaysian maritime authorities said in a statement.

A group of climate activists in Italy have poured what they described as "a charcoal-based black liquid" into the water of Rome's famous Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) -- to "sound the alarm about the black future that awaits humanity."