UNESCO

The China-chaired UNESCO panel has given Australia eight months to submit a progress report on the Great Barrier Reef after it agreed to defer the ‘in danger’ vote until mid-2022. ...

MADRID—UNESCO added Madrid's historic Paseo del Prado boulevard and Retiro Park to its list of world heritage sites ...

The Great Barrier Reef will not be added to a list of World Heritage Sites that are "in ...

Commentary This is part 18 in a series examining education in the United States. Beginning in the 1940s, ...

BERLIN—More than 60 artworks and artifacts at some of Berlin's best-known museums were smeared with an oily liquid ...

WINNIPEG, Canada—Kindness and human rights are what many around the world admire about Canadian culture. So it's fitting ...

Commentary This article is part 9 in a series examining the origins of public education in the United ...

BANGKOK—At least 13 people have been killed and 31 injured after a bus carrying Chinese tourists slid off ...

A United Nations body has given Canada a new deadline to repair the country’s largest national park and ...

The world has begun to observe how China’s influence has grown in the international community. This was prompted ...

Fiercely proud French bakers, fearing their artisanal expertise is under threat from poor-quality, mass-produced bread, are pushing for ...

The Summer Palace in Beijing is a major tourist attraction. Once an imperial garden during the Qing dynasty, ...

UNESCO lists seven cultural practices still playing a part in today’s Italy, including falconry and the Mediterranean Diet, ...

Ancient Greece has intrigued archaeologists and scholars for more than a thousand years. UNESCO has listed four surviving ...

Latvia, with Estonia in the North, Lithuania in the South, and the Baltic Sea with its Gulf of ...

The origin of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, is shrouded in mist. The name itself comes from "Allis-Ubo," meaning ...

Czechia is the name UNESCO applies to the Czech Republic, formerly Czechoslovakia. Most Czechs prefer "Czech Republic," especially ...

On Friday, UNESCO announced it has inscribed nine new sites on its World Heritage List.

The nearly two year ISIS occupation of the historic site has been devastating.

Drone footage shows the remains of the city of Palmyra after being recaptured by ISIS by Syrian troops.

A number of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites face major challenges

ISIS extremists destroyed three ancient tower tombs in the central city of Palmyra in the last few days

One of the great things about Seabourn Cruise Line is that its ships are small, which means they ...

From time to time, as we explored the only fortified city in Canada, my husband would exclaim, "I ...

The ISIS group says it has destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic town of Palmyra that were ...

SANAA, Yemen—Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Shiite rebels and allied forces destroyed historic houses in the Old City of the ...

The four-hour drive from sea level Guayaquil to Cuenca, elevation 8,300 feet, painted a variable and verdant portrait ...