South Korea will host the 48th annual session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee next year in the southeastern port city of ...

“The protection of biodiversity in the [Upper Gulf of California], which includes the vaquita marina and the totoaba, ...

A total of 26 new sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list this year, 21 of which are of cultural importance to ...

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by ...

UNESCO World Heritage recognition has been given to seven new areas as World Heritage, following IUCN advice. Africa shone ...

The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee opens on Sunday, 6 July 2025, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. Over the following 10 days, the Committee will decide which new sites will be ...

But now, that familiar forest has a new title — one that puts it on par with Mount Kinabalu and the ancient caves of Niah. As ...

Bavaria's fairy-tale royal castles, including Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof, have been added to the UNESCO ...

A large collection of rock art engravings — depicting animals, plants and human figures — in Western Australia has been ...

The collection of ancient rock art becomes the country's second site to receive World Heritage status due to its First ...

A new strategy for World Heritage in Ireland aims to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in the country to ...