Iran's Bam Citadel crossed off UNESCO List of World Heritage i...

PHNOM PENH, June 18 (Xinhua) -- The world heritage site of East Rennell has been inscribed on the list of world heritage in danger due to logging that is affecting the ecosystem of the Solomon Islands' world heritage site, according to a UNESCO ...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has decided to remove the site of Bam, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, from the List of World Heritage in Danger. The World Heritage Committee ...

PHNOM PENH - Iran's ancient citadel of Bam, almost completely destroyed by a major earthquake in 2003, has been removed from the UNESCO list of "World Heritage in Danger", a spokesman said Tuesday. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

The civil war in Syria has left 93,000 lives lost. Some areas have been completely destroyed and reduced to rubble. The damage is considered a great threat to Syrian World Heritage Sites based on an evaluation conducted by UNESCO. The fighting in ...

Six ancient Syrian sites as well as Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be listed as endangered by UNESCO, which on Sunday begins its annual session to decide which global cultural and natural treasures merit World Heritage status. The main task ...

If no last minute hitch is developed, six historical forts of Rajasthan will be included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Monuments on June 21. World Heritage Committee of UNESCO is meeting at Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, for three days ...

PHNOM PENH The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO began a weeklong meeting in Cambodia on Sunday, during which Mount Fuji will be formally added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), ...

The State government has initiated steps to protect the Varkala cliffs and make it a UNESCO geo-heritage site, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Wednesday. Replying to a submission by Varkala Kahar in the Assembly, he said the Department of Tourism, ...

Karnataka is making a fresh bid to get the Unesco World Heritage Site status for the Gol Gumbaz of Bijapur. The monument, built in the Indo-Saracenic style in 1659, is the mausoleum of Mohammad Adil Shah of the Adil Shahi dynasty which ruled the sultanate of ...