Sources: The Japan Times
At least seven people are killed in an Israeli raid and airstrikes on Tyre, Lebanon, which targeted neighborhoods adjacent to a UNESCO World Heritage site. 2024-10-28
The ancient Roman Appian Way, the oldest Roman road which began construction in 312 B.C., is added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. 2024-07-27
The World Heritage Committee rejects calls from UNESCO to list the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site "in danger" due to the effects of anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification, in line with scientific consensus on the Reef's health. Australia lobbied a number of oil-rich countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, to reject the proposal. 2021-07-24
UNESCO recommends changing the World Heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef to "in danger" and urges "accelerated action" from Australia. Australian Environment Minister Sussan Ley says that she "strongly opposes" the recommendation, arguing that it was politically motivated and not following normal process. 2021-06-22
The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, United Kingdom, the ancient ruins of Babylon in Babil Governorate, Iraq, among other sites are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 2019-07-7
UNESCO declares eight new sites as World Heritage Sites; including Lake District in North West England and Iran's Historic City of Yazd. 2017-07-9
UNESCO declares the old city of Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs, both in the West Bank, as world heritage sites. 2017-07-7
Several places in North Korea are named as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. 2013-06-23
International cultural experts attack the Italian government's policy of tolerating oversized advertisements on historic Venetian sights as being "probably illegal". They say it violates the city's UNESCO ranking as a World Heritage Site. 2010-10-3
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee removes Ecuador's Galápagos Islands from its list of endangered World Heritage Sites. 2010-07-29