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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...

UNESCO has included Arabic calligraphy in its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list on Tuesday. The recognition followed a Saudi-led nomination which included 16 Arabic-speaking countries. The kingdom had declared the...

“The art of traditional embroidery is widespread in Palestine. Originally made and worn in rural areas, the practice is now common in all of Palestine and among members of the diaspora.”

The Israeli occupation authorities today blocked the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) from carrying out renovation work on twelve Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. HRC...

UNESCO unanimously adopted a resolution initiated by Kyrgyzstan regarding the preservation of mountain glaciers, Kyrgyz presidential sources said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The resolution passed during the 41st...

Turkey's Ambassador, Ahmet Altay Cengizer, completed his tenure as president of the 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference on Tuesday, according to the Turkish Foreign Ministry. Cengizer, who...

Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is a 2,700-year-old wine press in Dohuk, Iraq, according to the province's Head of Antiquities, Baikaz Gamal Eldin, Reuters reports. The discovery was...

During the 1948 Nakba (Catastrophe), the nascent Israeli army occupied more than 40 Palestinian villages to the west of Jerusalem. The residents were driven out of their homes and...

An Egyptian government committee has marked dozens of tombs at the cemeteries of Sayeda Nafisa and Imam Al-Shafti for demolition. Known as the City of the Dead, those earmarked...

Hamas yesterday welcomed two resolutions adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in favour of Palestine at the 212th session of its executive board held in...

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced that it is to return a 3,600-year-old stone tablet to Iraq. The artefact shows part of the Epic of...

The Palestinian Ministry of Education has announced that Nesreen Qutainah, a science and maths teacher at Dora Primary School for Girls in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Khalil...

A rich, 30-meter-high archaeological mound in southeastern Turkey dating back some 8,000 years has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Monday, July...

The ancient Syrian village of Maaloula, where the locals still speak Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, and which is one of the world's oldest Christian settlements, is preparing...

Djenne is one of the oldest known towns in sub-Saharan Africa. Dating back to 250 BC, it flourished as an important link in the trans-Saharan gold trade and is often described as the 'twin city' of ancient Timbuktu.

The Iranian parliament yesterday voted by a majority of 182 deputies in favour of opening an official complaint against outgoing President Hassan Rouhani for violating the constitution. The case...

Around 11.5 million people visited 32 museums and historical sites in Turkey through the government's digital platform, the top culture, and tourism official said on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency....

Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 2,500 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of the Saqqara Necropolis, Reuters reports. The...

Sudan has called on the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to provide urgent help to protect the archaeological sites of Meroe north of Khartoum from the floods...

The United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO) announced on Tuesday that it had mobilised fundraising efforts and expertise to protect the cultural heritage damaged by flooding in...

The General Organisation for the Preservation of Historic Cities of Yemen (GOPHCY) on Monday appealed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and international bodies to...

The General Union of Arab Archaeologists has condemned Israel's theft of a Byzantine-era baptismal font in Bethlehem, Quds Net reported on Wednesday. The union described the theft as a...

There is no doubt that Turkey's decision to annul the 1934 Council of Ministers edict to convert the Hagia Sophia Mosque into a museum has pleased Muslims around the...

Jordan's Foreign Ministry yesterday condemned Israel's decision to build an elevator linking parts of the Old City in the occupied East Jerusalem with the Buraq Wall, part of the Al-Aqsa...