President Emmanuel Macron on Friday joined calls by bakers for France’s traditional baguette to be recognised as one of the world’s cultural treasures on Unesco’s list of “intangible heritage”.

HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari, Qatar’s candidate for the post of Director-General of Unesco, has won the first round of elections with 19 votes out of the total 58 votes.

Donald Trump cancelled a planned visit to the ancient fortress of Masada in Israel after he was reportedly told he could not land his helicopter on top of the Unesco-listed site.

BBC - All references to climate change's impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report.

Islamic State fighters seized control yesterday of Sabratha, a Unesco world heritage site famed for its Roman treasures, to move within 50 miles of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.

Syrian activists say Islamic State militants have seized parts of the central town of Palmyra, two days after they were pushed back by government forces there.

On November 26 the decision to inscribe the nomination submitted by Armenia “Lavash, the preparation, meaning and appearance of traditional bread as an expression of traditional bread as an expression of culture in Armenia” on UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was made at the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris.