The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report.
We all know what happens when urban sprawl gets out of control: Commutes back up, smog thickens, and concrete suburbs gobble up green spaces.
Intrepid travelers have a few more destinations to add to their list of must-sees after the annual update of The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list.
Tel Aviv celebrated its 100th birthday this spring, but this lively city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean could just as easily be taken for a vivacious and confident 20-something.
Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to team of U.S. and Russian scientists.
A British adventurer has overcome sea sickness to complete his around the world trip relying only on the goodwill of people using social networking site Twitter.
A British blogger is trying to travel as far around the world as possible in 30 days, relying only on the goodwill of people using social networking site Twitter.
Yemen says the al Qaeda terrorist organization was behind a suicide bombing Sunday that killed four South Korean tourists, according to the Daily Yemen Post.
Yemen says al Qaeda was behind a suicide bombing Sunday that killed four South Korean tourists, according to the Daily Yemen Post.
Four tourists were killed and three injured Sunday when a bomb exploded in the Yemeni city of Al Shibam, a journalist told CNN.
The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report.
We all know what happens when urban sprawl gets out of control: Commutes back up, smog thickens, and concrete suburbs gobble up green spaces.
Intrepid travelers have a few more destinations to add to their list of must-sees after the annual update of The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage list.
Tel Aviv celebrated its 100th birthday this spring, but this lively city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean could just as easily be taken for a vivacious and confident 20-something.
Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's largest and most biologically diverse lake, faces the prospect of severe ecological disruption as a result of climate change, according to team of U.S. and Russian scientists.
A British adventurer has overcome sea sickness to complete his around the world trip relying only on the goodwill of people using social networking site Twitter.
A British blogger is trying to travel as far around the world as possible in 30 days, relying only on the goodwill of people using social networking site Twitter.
Yemen says the al Qaeda terrorist organization was behind a suicide bombing Sunday that killed four South Korean tourists, according to the Daily Yemen Post.
Yemen says al Qaeda was behind a suicide bombing Sunday that killed four South Korean tourists, according to the Daily Yemen Post.
Four tourists were killed and three injured Sunday when a bomb exploded in the Yemeni city of Al Shibam, a journalist told CNN.
Famed for keeping people slim, healthy and living longer, the Mediterranean diet has followers all over the world.
It may be small, but Florence contains a quarter of the planet's UNESCO world heritage sites, which can be overwhelming for first-time visitors. With this ratio of classics per square meter, it's impossible to see everything in one visit -- so don't try.
Nine sites in the central Pacific will be set as sanctuaries for marine life and bases of research for scientists, President Bush said Tuesday.
Venice has suffered its worst flooding in 22 years, leaving some parts of the historic Italian city neck-deep in water, reports said Monday.
More than 14 months after they fled fighting between rebel and government forces, park rangers who monitor mountain gorillas in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to the reserve.
The antiquities trade has been making headlines, and they are weird ones: "Eulogy for the Euphronius Krater." (What in the world is a "krater"?) "Museum to Show Off Fake Egyptian Sculptures." (That's ridiculous, isn't it?) "Antiquities Dealer Gets Prison Time." (A nice old man with a pince-nez comes to mind, dragged off to the clink for some tragicomical offense, no doubt.)
After a deadly border clash, military leaders meet to ease tensions
A gun battle near a historic temple reawakens an ancient emmity
A brief gunfight broke out between Thai and Cambodian troops at a disputed border zone, escalating a conflict that officials from both sides fear could result in a war between the neighbors
Three recently opened hotels offer travelers new ways to experience the Andes.
With such beautiful beaches, many tourists get no further than the resorts of Zanzibar. But there's plenty more on offer on these tropical islands in the republic of Tanzania.
The bombing of a Samarra shrine touched off Iraq's worst sectarian violence. Will rebuilding the mosque help put the country back together?
Global warming is a slow, imperceptible process. On a tour of Greenland, a TIME reporter almost sees it happening
Standing atop an island cliff, Ed English looks out over the Strait of Belle Isle. "In March," he says, "this looks like peppered porridge -- a sea of ice floes speckled with seals." Now, on a soft summer evening, it's a salty blue stew flecked with white froth from waves and breaching whales. In the distance float the glacial fragments that give this part of Newfoundland (newfun-LAND) its nickname: Iceberg Alley.
Cambodian and Thai troops face off around a thousand-year-old Hindu temple. But the standoff may be driven by domestic politics on both sides
Cambodia and Thailand will begin talks Monday aimed at resolving a lingering dispute over territory near an World Heritage Site temple, where more than 4,000 troops from the two sides have been deployed
Cambodia and Thailand continued to reinforce their troops along a disputed border area Saturday, even as they prepared for talks to avert a military confrontation
A spot on the World Heritage List means prestige and tourist dollars. But does UNESCO have the teeth to protect its sites?
It is a baking hot Saturday in southeast Kazakhstan, and I have joined a group of scientists, diplomats, businessmen and a ballerina aboard a Russian-built, nine-seater four-wheel-drive van to escape the city of Almaty and its mountainous backdrop.
Scientists have found what they described this week as the earliest oil paintings ever discovered.
The shooting deaths of four mountain gorillas -- three females and an alpha male silverback -- are prompting a United Nations agency to send a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the crowds still stranded by snow at train stations around China stand some of the country's most valuable economic assets: migrant workers.
The next time you fall sick and someone suggests it's because of something in the water, they could be right. According to the World Bank, 88 percent of all diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.
You hear them before you actually see them.
Tamil Tiger rebels Monday launched a pre-dawn land and air attack on a Sri Lankan Air Force base that killed 10 Sri Lankan forces and wiped out military hardware worth millions of dollars, military sources said.
In Poland, it's polite to bring flowers when you visit someone's home, so there's a flower shop on virtually every street corner in Warsaw.
The works and achievements of the influential spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims have long been baffling to categorize.
The U.N. has taken the Florida swamp off its endangered list. But critics complain the Bush Administration is playing eco-politics again
Firefighters battled frantically overnight to subdue a blaze Monday that had threatened the ancient city of Dubrovnik.
With friends and family arriving in Paris for their wedding on Saturday, Tony Parker swept Eva Longoria off for a surprise Fourth of July visit to one of the world's most romantic sites.
The World Heritage Committee will soon pick another list of natural and human-made wonders most in need of protection
When Sylvia Zebrowska greeted us at the gates of Poland's famous Kopalnia Soli salt mine in Wieliczka, images of salt baths, salt-induced aromatherapy and luxurious, age-defying salty facials crossed my mind.
Six of the seven Ancient Wonders of the World have vanished into history, but now there may be a way to recreate these ancient heritage sites, as well as to people them and furnish them in a historically authentic way.
As the dollar continues its slide against the euro - down almost 6 percent this year to a 1 year low - Americans thinking of traveling abroad might look beyond Paris, Rome or Madrid to destinations where the U.S. dollar remains strong.
Check out The Scene's selections for the Mediterranean party capital and send us your own suggestions below.
Check out The Scene's recommendations for the Scottish capital and send us your ideas and suggestions below.
Heart disease is now the leading cause of death worldwide, ahead of AIDS, malaria, pneumonia and lung cancer, experts say.
Scientists are gaining insight about December's devastating earthquake and tsunami from the actual sounds of the magnitude 9.3 quake in the Indian Ocean.
On 17 March 2005, 81 days after a massive tsunami swept away a great swathe of humanity in nations bordering the Indian Ocean, scientists from Ireland's University of Ulster predicted a quake would soon rattle fault lines near Indonesia.
Cambodia has selected Prince Norodom Sihamoni, a former ballet dancer to be the nation's next king.
Suffering from poor health, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has announced his abdication.
Sir Peter Ustinov, the multifaceted entertainer, globetrotting humanitarian and lively raconteur, has died at the age of 82.
A group of six old women kneel in the middle of the street and chat amiably as the sun rises over Luang Prabang, a quiet town in central Laos. Their conversation stops when a rail-thin Buddhist mon...
As anyone who watched the Winter Olympics on TV can attest, the real competition at Nagano wasn't on the snow or ice but in the slush of official corporate sponsorship. Whether signing on as full-f...
THREE-FOURTHS of all American high school seniors are qualified, at least theoretically, to go on to college. Yet a study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 51% of 1...
A defining characteristic of the human species being the ability of every one of its 4.8 billion exemplars to identify enlightened public policy with his own material well-being, some folks may soo...
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