Firefighters in the southern Indian city of Kochi were toiling Tuesday to control toxic fumes from spreading after a landfill burst into flames five days ago, cloaking the area in a thick haze and choking residents.

A court in western Thailand on Monday sentenced five poachers to prison terms of five years each for killing a female tiger and her cub in a national park last year.

Japan's maiden launch of its new flagship space rocket ended in failure on Tuesday when controllers issued a destruct command just 15 minutes after liftoff, the country's space agency said.

Young Afghan women gathered outside Kabul University on Monday to protest the ruling Taliban's ban on female education as their male peers returned to school for a new academic year and the United Nations heard the restriction may amount to a crime against humanity.

Thousands of sea lions have died in Peru amid an outbreak of bird flu, according to Peru's National Service of Protected Areas by the State (SERNANP).

CNN's Fareed Zakaria sits down for an exclusive interview with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss his meeting with President Biden and Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

Countless young children are dying in Afghanistan as freezing temperatures and extreme poverty grips the country. 18 months into Taliban rule, the UN claims two-thirds of the population of 40 million people will require humanitarian assistance this year just to survive. CNN's Anna Coren reports.

Laila Harrak speaks to Jill Dougherty about signs of resistance to the war within Russia

CNN's Kristie Lu Stout and Clare Sebastian report on latest U.S.-China-Russia relations

Rosemary Church interviews CNN Political Analyst Ron Brownstein about GOP/Dem field as 2024 Presidential contenders speak across the country.