A new report issued by the Swiss bank Credit Suisse finds that global wealth inequality continues to worsen and has reached a new milestone, with the top 1 percent owning more of the world’s assets than the bottom 99 percent combined.
UNESCO's director-general on Monday condemned the destruction of the Arch of Triumph in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by ISIS, saying "extremists are terrified by history and culture".
The Islamic State (IS) militants on Sunday destroyed the centuries-old Triumphal Arch of the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, the country's museums chief told Xinhua.
Archeological sites in Syria are being looted "on an industrial scale," with proceeds being used to fund Islamic State extremists, the head of UNESCO warned today.
Members of the Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous community in western Brazil say they have come under attack from local farmers.
A photo of a toddler’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach after a migrant boat sank has sparked an international outcry on social media on Wednesday, in a poignant image of the refugee crisis gripping headlines across the globe.
UN,
24 August 2015 – Extremists “cannot silence history,” the
Director-General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, declared today, firmly condemning
the destruction of Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, in Syria, a
World Heritage site.
Syrian activists and the country's antiquities chief say the so-called Islamic State militant group has blown up an ancient temple in Palmyra, one of the the most historic sites in the Middle East.
ISIS extremists in Syria and Iraq are engaged in the “most brutal,
systematic” destruction of ancient sites since World War II, the head of
the U.N. cultural agency said Friday - a stark warning that came hours
after militants demolished a monastery with ancient foundations in
central Syria.
The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted in favor of a resolution concerning the grave human rights situation in Syria and reaffirmed that terrorism, including the actions of Daesh, cannot and should not be associated with any religion, nationality or civilization.
Europe needs to find a solution to the migrant crisis or risk losing its identity, Italy's Matteo Renzi warned June 24 ahead of a key EU summit, as tensions rose over the asylum issue.
Up to 40,000 people are expected to take part in an annual pilgrimage to Britain's most pre-historic site, Stonehenge.
The number of global terror attacks and casualties increased between 2013 and 2014, according to a new report by the US State Department.
At least 20 security cameras in the Forbidden City have caught the
controversial photo shoot of a nude woman, the head of the historic site
said on Tuesday, Beijing-based The Mirror reported.
Some 23,000 people have fled from Syria to Turkey between June 3 and 15, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.
In the last 12 months, 6,491 Brazilian children and teenagers were saved
from child labor, the Labor Ministry announced on this year's World Day
Against Child Labor, which falls on Friday.
Το παράνομο εμπόριο αρχαιοτήτων αποτελεί μία από τις βασικές πηγές χρηματοδότησης των τζιχαντιστών του Ισλαμικού Κράτους μαζί με το πετρέλαιο και τις απαγωγές, καθώς εκτιμάται ότι η οργάνωση κερδίζει από αυτό 100 εκατομμύρια δολάρια ετησίως, σύμφωνα με τον Ιρακινό πρέσβη στον ΟΗΕ, Μοχάμεντ Αλί Αλχακίμ.
UN, 3 June 2015 – Most child victims of violence in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia find themselves unable to speak up and file charges in court, according to a new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) regional report launched today.
GENEVA, May 29 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said it was deeply concerned about the desperate situation for thousands of people fleeing fighting in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi who continue to face challenges reaching safe areas.
UN member-states on Thursday declared that the destruction by jihadists of Iraqi cultural sites may amount to war crimes and agreed to take steps to curb the trade of stolen ancient artifacts.
