DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has sought help to fight a devastating fire in UNESCO-listed forests in its north, with neighbouring Turkey sending firefighting planes, Iran's top environmental official said on ...

Iran is battling a destructive fire in its UNESCO-listed Hyrcanian forests, with 50-million-year-old biodiversity at risk.

The devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on Monday have damaged important historic sites, including the ancient city of Aleppo in northwest Syria which was already “in danger” from civil war.

The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it was ready to provide assistance after two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will inform the United Nation's cultural body UNESCO about changes to Istanbul's ancient Hagia Sophia after Ankara converted the museum back into a mosque, Foreign Minister ...

As the humanitarian response continues into a third week after earthquakes rocked Turkey and Syria, another kind of recovery effort is circling the region’s millennia-old cultural landmarks. This week ...

The devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on Monday have damaged important historic sites, including the ancient city of Aleppo in northwest Syria which was already "in danger" from civil war.

The UN's cultural agency UNESCO said on Tuesday it was ready to provide assistance after two sites listed on its World Heritage list in Syria and Turkey sustained damage in the devastating earthquake.