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Al-Hawiya spring and pond, with their natural beauties, provide local residents and Palestinians from different cities of the West Bank to have some fresh air and rest.

Palestinian Prime Minister, Muhammad Shtayyeh, has called on UNESCO to shoulder its responsibility and protect the archaeological and heritage sites in Palestine from the Israeli occupation's attempts to extend...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned on Friday of the Israeli plan to take over Palestinian archaeological sites, calling on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to...

Iraqi volunteers pick up rakes and spades as they embark on a campaign to clean up the ancient city of Hatra. Located in northern Iraq, Hatra is an archaeological gem and a UNESCO World Heritage Site believed to be the capital of the first pre-Islamic Arab kingdom

The US rejoined UNESCO on Friday, after withdrawing in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump, Anadolu Agency reports. The Trump administration, after accusing of harbouring anti-Israel bias, withdrew from the...

Saudi Arabia has so far refused to sign a document committing to free access to all UNESCO members for the World Heritage Committee's meeting in September, with the issue...

A project to expand roads and bridges to ease congestion in Cairo has put thousands of tombs in a vast and ancient Islamic cemetery under threat, causing outcry among...

The United States has notified the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) of its intention to rejoin the international body nearly six years after withdrawing from the membership,...

The work explores elements of the Jewish faith applied in an unorthodox way to the neo-Pentecostal evangelical Christian church and its theology of prosperity, which is growing in Brazil.

On a sun-scorched shoreline in Iraq's southern marshlands, fishermen stood shovelling a grim catch: tiny fish gathered dead from the water, fit only for use as animal fodder. Locals...

European Union Representative in Palestine, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, said Wednesday that all forms of Israeli settlement building in the West Bank are illegal, Anadolu News Agency reports. This...

The historic City of the Dead in Cairo is being demolished by bulldozers to make way for a highway. #Cairo's historic city of the dead is being demolished by...

The inclusion of the term "Islamophobia" in a UNESCO draft resolution on discrimination and racism is a positive step for all Muslim communities and humanity at large, Turkish First...

Palestinian authorities urged the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to call out and prevent Israel's settlement project in the town of Sebastia, based north-west of Nablus....

Although many historically sacred places were reduced to rubble in powerful earthquakes that struck southern Turkiye early this month, miraculously, the world's first cave Church in Hatay remains largely...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee said the site was under threat of destruction from Yemen’s ongoing conflict.

The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for ending: "The protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the occupation of Palestinian territories through the resumption of genuine peace talks." In...

Harissa made its way onto the Intangible Cultural Heritage Index which aims to protect the hot chili pepper paste. Tunis applied to the UN body asking for its inclusion arguing it was an integral part of its culinary tradition

The National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage in Morocco yesterday announced the discovery of skeletal remains of the Atlas lion, also known as the Barbary lion, dating back 110,000...

Archaeologists in Syria have discovered a massive, mostly intact mosaic dating back to the Roman era, which authorities have described as one of the "rarest" and the most important...

Hamas rejected and condemned the Israeli occupation's closure of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron for Muslim worshippers. In a statement, the movement condemned allowing "colonial settlers to defile the...

Overlooking the Tigris River in Baghdad, a 100-year-old Iraqi mansion stands dilapidated and neglected. Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of its faded glory are warned off by a...

The acceptance of difference and respect for all, regardless of race or creed, are fundamental Brazilian values which have enabled immigrants to enter Brazil and blend into society with...

What does Al-Aqsa Mosque have to do with settler campaigns to rebuild the Biblical Temple of Solomon?

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has warned that coastal communities in the Mediterranean are at risk of a tsunami by 2030. The organisation confirmed that it...

 Join us for a live conversation with Professor Ashok Swain as we discuss what is fueling the rise in ethno-nationalist sentiments and authoritarian governments around the world and...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) yesterday adopted a resolution which stated that all Israeli procedures aiming to change the identity of the holy city of...

Israeli settlers last week tried to establish a new outpost near the Palestinian village of Battir, an area that is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The settlers...

In 2017, the Trump administration announced its withdrawal from the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), citing "mounting arrears at UNESCO, the need for fundamental reform in the...

Israel has told the United States that it will not oppose its return to full membership of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Axios reported yesterday. The news site revealed that...

A fire spread in the historic quarter of Cairo on Sunday night with fears it could reach the historic Al Hussein Mosque which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site....

Brazil's biggest city, Sao Paulo, celebrated the country's 26th Festival of Immigration over the weekend at the Immigration Museum. The festival at one of the country's leading museums was...