UNESCO has named Iraqi marshlands once ravaged by dictator Saddam Hussein as a World Heritage Site, a bright spot for a country where jihadists have repeatedly sought to wipe out history.

Taiwanese activists have launched a sarcastic "Say sorry to China" contest on social media after a Chinese filmmaker replaced a local actor for allegedly supporting the island's independence.

An overwhelming majority of Americans think the next president should place "major" focus on improving U.S. race relations, which most see as "generally bad."

The Washington Post/ABC News poll released Saturday was taken shortly after the mass shooting of white police officers by a black sniper that followed two high-profile shooting deaths of black men at the hands of police.

The U.N.'s cultural agency on Friday added four new sites in Iran, India, China and Micronesia to its World Heritage list.

The UN's cultural agency on Thursday added Libya's five World Heritage sites to its danger list, saying armed militias posed a grave danger to the archaeological treasures.

Line's dream is about to become a reality, the 14-year-old Jordanian girl will make history later this year when she takes part in her first ever football world cup.

Designers Humberto and Fernando Campana improvise and explore in their quest for strange new creations. But their biggest inspiration is on their doorstep: everyday, discarded objects in their colorful and chaotic homeland, Brazil.

Armchairs made from rag dolls, stuffed toy crocodiles or hundreds of yards of woven rope are among the offbeat creations that have made the brothers renowned in the design world.

Bright and airy, the workspace at Comax is much like other Israeli hi-tech firms, except that a rabbi has carefully vetted its design to allow ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to work there.

It may be on the UNESCO heritage list, but global experts warn the Mediterranean diet, prized for its health benefits, is losing so much ground to the fast food culture that the decline may be irreversible.

The change could hardly have been more confrontational or symbolic.