For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

Nearly eight years after IS militants were driven out of the city, the minaret has been rebuilt as part of a massive internationally-funded reconstruction project in the historic city.

MOSUL, Iraq - Mosul’s Grand al-Nuri Mosque, known for its eight-century-old leaning minaret, destroyed by Islamic State ...

These are just a few of the reasons the World Monuments Fund chose the ... offers centuries worth of global trade history and tradition, including the Old Town of Lamu, which is the oldest Swahili ...

The World Monuments Fund’s Watch list identifies monuments of cultural ... In Latin America and the Caribbean, the biggest problem was tourism, and in the Middle East and North Africa it was conflict ...

Earth-bound landmarks ravaged by war ... “As we all know, the Middle East is a cradle of civilization,” de Montlaur tells NPR’s Neda Ulaby. “And in Gaza, you have examples of those ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples ...

The World Monuments Fund has announced its biennial ... "As we all know, the Middle East is a cradle of civilization. And in Gaza, you have examples of those various communities and their heritage ...

"We've been carrying out the most aggressive climate agenda ever in the history of the world," the president said in the East Room of the White House, before discussing the national monuments.

Proponents say the new monuments will protect ... waters than any president in history, according to the White House. Last week, Biden took action to protect the East and West coasts and Alaska ...