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Hezbollah confirms death of Hashem Safieddine, who had been widely expected to be chosen as the group’s next leader.

Israeli strikes on Wednesday pounded Lebanon's Tyre, an ancient coastal city which boasts a UNESCO World Heritage site, leaving swathes of its centre in ruins.

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Sweden and Finland plan to slash funding to safeguard nine languages defined as threatened by Unesco

The luxury British cruise line’s fleet of four Queens will sail to 101 unique destinations across 57 countries from October 2026 to April 2027.

Paris’s slate-grey zinc rooftops are a key part of the French capital’s visual identity. They have long inspired painters and filmmakers and only exist thanks to the expertise of the roofers who install and maintain the galvanised metal covering many of Paris’s buildings. Their expertise could soon be included in…

THE last pictures taken of former first minister Alex Salmond before his death in North Macedonia have been published.

Dozens have rallied against a proposal to build Kenya’s first nuclear power plant in one of the country’s top coastal tourist hubs which also houses a forest on the tentative list of the UNESCO World Heritage site

Proposal to commemorate TV series on historic tenement raises concerns about increase in selfie-tourism in city

In 2016, British photographer James Morris published Time and Remains of Palestine. The images in this book bear witness to an absence of architectural monuments, and to the invisible moments of history buried in the rubble and wastelands of Palestine.

Until recently, French towns with fewer than 2,000 residents – the majority in the country – didn't have to name their streets. A new law is changing that. While it will help with deliveries and services, some worry that standardising addresses might erase centuries of rural identity.