KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a rural southwest Missouri general store that was a famous landmark for Boy Scouts.

From Angkor Wat and Borobudur to the Great Wall of China and the Taj Mahal, with 54 countries and territories, there are so many amazing landmarks in Asia for your bucket list. Here are our top 20.

With so many natural wonders, it should come as no surprise that many of the famous landmarks in Indonesia are of the fiery or watery kind. The islands of the Republic of Indonesia are spread across 5 ...

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In the ruins left by Cyclone Chido, people from Mayotte, off the eastern coast of Africa, are calling to deport the undocumented immigrants who had settled there from neighboring islands.

PARIS, Dec 24 (Reuters) - French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35, about 10 days after the islands were battered by a devastating cyclone. Authorities have said thousands ...

But authorities say the real toll could be in the hundreds or even thousands. Thousands of people who entered Mayotte illegally bore the brunt of the storm since many migrants avoided emergency ...

France observed a one-minute silence on Monday to begin a day of national mourning announced by President Emmanuel Macron for the victims of Cyclone Chido. The worst storm to hit the island in ...

France is holding a day of national mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte earlier this month. French President Emmanuel Macron led Monday's tribute by ...