The authoritarian regime of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak recently suffered a great indignity in Western eyes (they suffer an indignity everyday in front of Egyptian and...

Faruq Hosni, Egypt’s cultural minister, was the nation’s highly-publicized UNESCO candidate; the United Nation’s cultural preservation agency. Egypt...

Any attempt to decrease the number of unwanted pregnancies and slow the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV around the world has to be a good thing, right?...

Thailand and Cambodia reached an agreement to withdraw their troops over the border temple of Preah Vihear under dispute territory.The issue came up when the temple was...

Around a quarter of the world’s population speaks just three languages: Mandarin, English and Spanish. But out of the 6,700 of the world’s identified...

A global ranking on education equity recently released by UNESCO has placed Indonesia 71st out of 129 countries surveyed, down from 62nd in 2007 and 58th in 2006.In its...

Bulgaria is the least competitive country in the European Union, with the most inept top-level managers and the highest corruption levels, surpassing even Romania and...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has added three new sites to its heritage list, including a former slave hideout in Mauritius, the Nabataean archaeological site...

Love traveling? Then, I am sure you would like to take a look at the names of eight new wonders to its World Heritage List by UNESCO

Unesco Monday gave the go ahead for India to add another rail line to its Mountain Railways of India World Heritage site - a stretch that served Shimla, the one-time...

As the oldest, largest and deepest lake on planet Earth, ancient Lake Baikal is known as the “grand dame” of all lakes. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage due to...

World charity leaders last night singled out the UK for its generosity in helping the poorest children receive an education. The Global Campaign for Education - an...

Yes it is true, the islands where Charles Darwin studied animals and postulated the theory of evolution is in Unesco’s danger list. Recognised as the first world...

Indians everywhere are voting for Shah Jehan’s love monument Taj Mahal to place it among the New Seven Wonders of the World. Now, Shah Jehan’s majestic...