Pope Francis heads to Singapore on final stop of Asia tour

The marathon four-nation tour has already taken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea but the 87-year-old pontiff has appeared in good spirits throughout despite fears over his health. A formal leaving ceremony was held at the airport in capital Dili, where the pope's plane took off for the Southeast Asian city-state shortly after 12:25 pm local time (0325 GMT). The main event of this leg was an open-air mass to what the Vatican said was an estimated 600,000 people on Tuesday in stifling tropical heat...