Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Italy is raising a glass and saying "salute" after becoming the first country in history to have an entire cuisine added to UNESCO ...

" Best known for its World Heritage program committed to "the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to ...

Goodbye New START: How China’s Rise Ended Nuclear Arms Control Japan and South Korea are covering up Sado Island’s dark side in a severe misconstruction of the meanings of UNESCO World Heritage, ...

The U.S. is withdrawing from UNESCO for a second time under President Trump. Ohio's Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are among the 1,248 UNESCO World Heritage sites. UNESCO's mission is to protect and ...

A fairytale-like castle, a sunken port city in the Caribbean, and mysterious cave paintings: Which of these places will be named as the latest entries to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list? In just a ...

Hundreds of years after the celebrated painter Kamal ud-Din Behzad roamed the streets of Herat, artists in the Afghan city are finding joy and hope in his recognition by UNESCO. Sitting cross-legged ...

The United States stunned international observers Tuesday by announcing its departure from UNESCO, marking the third time America has walked away from the United Nations cultural organization in a ...

UNESCO’s first global biodiversity and climate assessment finds 98% of its 2,200+ sites have faced climate extremes since 2000, with a 1°C (1.8°F) rise by 2050 expected to triple exposure. Around 20% ...