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'KOMODO IS REACHING A TIPPING POINT'
When it comes to Komodo, Unesco says recent concerns are being taken seriously... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO NOMINATE ANCIENT TOMBS IN OSAKA FOR WORLD HERITAGE LIST
The government on Friday decided to nominate ancient tumulus clusters in Osaka Prefecture as a UNESCO World Heritage site candidate for 2019... READ MORE›
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ISIS BLOWS UP TEMPLE AT SYRIAS PALMYRA RUINS
The entire ancient city of Palmyra is a Unesco World Heritage site... READ MORE›
PALMYRA'S BAALSHAMIN TEMPLE 'BLOWN UP BY IS'
Islamic State militants have blown up the ancient temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra, Syrian officials and activists say... READ MORE›
ISIS ATTACKS IRAQI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Last week, Islamic State militants videotaped themselves destroying statues and artifacts in the Mosul Museum and at the Nergal Gate entryway to ancient Nineveh... READ MORE›
MYANMAR IS RESTORING TEMPLES TO REBUILD ITS HERITAGE
It damaged 389 of Bagan's monuments, and broke Pyathat Gyi's spire as if it were one of her candies... READ MORE›
FRENCH BAGUETTES SHOULD BE UNESCO-LISTED TREASURES
Unesco's Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage is different from its register of places, known as World Heritage Sites... READ MORE›
ISIS BULLDOZING OF ANCIENT NIMRUD SITE IN IRAQ STIRS OUTRAGE
The agency said that screenshots of the Defense Department system had been posted online, apparently to prove that the cyberattack had been successful... READ MORE›
MOST WANTED MEXICAN DRUG LORD EL CHAPO 'VOWS TO DESTROY ISLAMIC STATE'
His prison escape was a major embarrassment for the Mexican government and more than a dozen prison officials have been detained over charges they helped him flee... READ MORE›
'WHY IS THE WORLD SO QUIET?' YEMEN SUFFERS ITS OWN CRUEL LOSSES, FAR FROM ALEPPO.
KAWKABAN, Yemen -- The majestic fortress nestled atop a mountain here in northwestern Yemen survived the armies of the Islamic warrior Saladin in the 12th century... READ MORE›
'UNESCO-CIDE': DOES WORLD HERITAGE STATUS DO CITIES MORE HARM THAN GOOD?
For George Town and its clan jetties, the Unesco imprimatur seemingly provided a second wind... READ MORE›
COUNTRIES WITH CORAL REEFS MUST DO MORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - UNESCO
The new decision builds on that assessment, clarifying the responsibility of countries with custodianship over world-heritage listed coral reefs... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION DESTROYS ANCIENT SITE IN YEMEN CAPITAL
Two weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution aimed at thwarting and prosecuting antiquities vandals and smugglers... READ MORE›
THE MAP SHOWING THE MOST DANGEROUS EUROPEAN TOURIST DESTINATIONS
Also deemed on a high threat are Lebanon Egypt Australia Thailand and Tunisia... READ MORE›
BEIJING HELPS BELT ROAD NATIONS SAVE RELICS
The temples, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, were damaged in a 2016 earthquake... READ MORE›
MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.
Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›
ISIL 'BEHEADS TOP ARCHAEOLOGIST IN PALMYRA'
Isil extremists behead antiquities scholar khaled al-asaad in ancient syrian city of palmyra a government official said... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATEDAMAGES TEMPLE OFBAAL IN PALMYRA
Fighting in the region continued Sunday, with Islamic State fighters clashing with other militants in southern Damascus, according to The Associated Press... READ MORE›
ISIS ARE HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING CENTURIES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
The mining town's new neighbours who are half a world away... READ MORE›
ISIL JIHADISTS 'OFFERED TEENAGER $25,000 TO CARRY OUT BOMBINGS IN VIENNA'
A 14-year-old boy suspected of planning a series of bombings in vienna reportedly offered 25 000 16 000 by islamic state of iraq and the levant to carry out attacks... READ MORE›
A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›
MINING AND OIL THREATENS ONE IN THREE NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITES REPORT
Of natural world heritage sites in Africa, more than six in ten are threatened with development... READ MORE›
ISRAELI COURT TO RULE ON HUNGER STRIKERS RELEASE
In Israel, at least eight Palestinians have been released in recent years after lengthy hunger strikes, Addameer said... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S HADRIAN'S WALL, CHINA'S GREAT WALL TO WORK TOGETHER IN UNIQUE HERITAGE PARTNERSHIP
A unique agreement that will see Britain's Hadrian's Wall and the Great Wall of China work together, was announced last Tuesday by Heritage Minister John Glenn... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE SHOWS IMAGES OF ANCIENT SYRIAN TEMPLE DESTRUCTION
Islamic State has proclaimed a caliphate to rule over all Muslims from territory it holds in both Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
ARAB PROPOSAL TO UN OVER WESTERN WALL STIRS NEW CONCERN
The proposal is contained in a draft resolution to the executive board of Unesco the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization... READ MORE›
SACRED MEN-ONLY ISLAND SET TO BE GRANTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
A UNESCO advisory body has recommended adding to the World Heritage list the island of Okinoshima, an ancient religious site in Fukuoka Prefecture where wo... READ MORE›
SECRET BRITISH ROLE IN HALTING ISIL 'MASSACRE' IN LEBANON
It cut off the advance of Isil into the small Christian town of Ras Baalbek, in the north of Lebanon... READ MORE›
LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S OKINOSHIMA ISLAND GAINS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
Japan's Okinoshima island, an ancient religious site where women are banned, has been declared a World Heritage site by the UN's cultural body Unesco... READ MORE›
TUNNEL TO BE BUILT PAST STONEHENGE
Related Stories A tunnel is to be dug to take a congested main road past Stonehenge, the government has announced... READ MORE›
ISRAEL LAUNCHES 2ND ROUND OF AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA
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