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Over 60 nations call for ethical AI rules at UNESCO forum in Riyadh

The Fourth UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence opened in Riyadh on Tuesday, drawing ministers and senior officials from more than 60 countries to confront the challenges of governing a technology that even its creators warn may…

UNESCO set to list Lebanon castles, Lake Baikal as heritage in danger

The United Nations is poised to declare several sites around the world as heritage in danger, including five castles in war-torn southern Lebanon, a Biblical archaeological site in the occupied West Bank, and Russia's Lake Baikal, as the UNESCO World…

Macron pushes UNESCO listing for French bistros and cafés

French President Emmanuel Macron called for the country's bistros and cafés to be inscribed on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, speaking at the Élysée Palace during the traditional Epiphany galette ceremony on Monday.

Swiss yodeling earns UNESCO cultural heritage status

Switzerland's centuries-old yodeling tradition earned global recognition Thursday when a UNESCO committee meeting in New Delhi added the Alpine vocal art to its list of intangible cultural heritage. The designation marks a milestone for a practice deeply rooted in Swiss…

Israeli strikes damage National Museum of Yemen in Sanaa

Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa last Wednesday damaged the National Museum of Yemen, shattering windows and doors and compromising the security of thousands of ancient artifacts housed within the institution. The attack, which killed at least 46 people and…

French archaeologists rescue Gaza artifacts before Israeli strike

A team of French archaeologists successfully completed an emergency evacuation of nearly three decades of archaeological artifacts from Gaza City on Thursday, just hours before an expected Israeli military strike on the building housing the collection.

UNESCO adds 26 sites to World Heritage List for 2025

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee has inscribed 26 new properties to its prestigious World Heritage List during its recent session, expanding the global registry to 1,223 sites of outstanding universal value across 170 countries, with additions including Germany's fairytale-inspiring Neuschwanstein Castle,…

Murujuga Cultural Landscape wins UNESCO World Heritage status

The Murujuga Cultural Landscape in Western Australia, home to over a million ancient Aboriginal petroglyphs dating back as far as 50,000 years, has been granted UNESCO World Heritage status following a unanimous vote by the 21 member states, marking a…

Art detective Arthur Brand recovers UNESCO-listed Dutch archives

Dutch art detective Arthur Brand, nicknamed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World" for his high-profile recovery of stolen masterpieces, has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from…

Phrygian tomb turned into café sparks national outrage throughout Turkey

National outrage has erupted in Turkey after a 3,000-year-old Phrygian tomb in Afyonkarahisar province was illegally converted into a café, with operators installing electrical wiring, decorative items, heating stoves, and furniture directly inside the ancient burial chambers that are part…