ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Under the towering statue of 13th-century warrior Genghis Khan, Pope Francis was not greeted by hordes of people in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar on Saturday.

Now established as a UNESCO site, the area is pristine, potentially guarding the secret of the Great Khan’s final resting place. Ghengis Khan was Mongolia’s first ruler, one of the biggest ...

A towering statue of Genghis Khan dominates the landscape of rolling plains and endless skies outside Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar. The leader of the Mongols founded an empire in the early 13th ...

Tourists climb onto the 40-meter- (130-foot-) tall stainless steel statue ... Mongolia's government is still short of its goal of 1 million visitors per year from 2023-2025 to the land of Genghis ...