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(CNN) — France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near ... penal colony of Cayenne, commonly known as Devil’s Island, which housed French prisoners ...

The Endeavour’s historic voyage began in 1768. Under the command of Captain James Cook, the ship circumnavigated the globe ...

On his latest work, India; A Linguistic Civilization that explores how the diversity that defines the Indian mind space ...

Mauritius wins sovereignty over Chagos Islands from UK, leasing Diego Garcia naval base, amid political and legal battles.

After the latest round of conflict, families pick up the pieces in the disputed region of Kashmir, knowing peace is always temporary.

and ice-cream cones (invented in New York City in 1896), Réunion’s vanilla producers began looking to Madagascar, the much larger and less-developed French colony next door, as an alternative ...

Travel is much more than just sightseeing, and what better way to experience a culture than through its food? Culinary ...