There are various obvious clues that summer has arrived in full: the end of the school year; the inevitable travel chaos at our main airports; traffic jams on the way to Cornwall.

The Trump administration intends to withdraw the U.S. from the organization, just two years after it rejoined after a five-year absence.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Paris this month to add to its list of cultural sites around the world deemed to be of “outstanding value to humanity.” The 26 new sites reflect the wide range encompassed by UNESCO’s criteria.

Built under the rule of Ludwig II, the grand palace complexes in Bavaria were among 26 new sites granted world heritage status

UNESCO has announced 26 breathtaking new World Heritage sites, and one of them stands out with its gorgeous surroundings fairytale-like wonder. The organisation adds to the list areas of the globe it thinks hold "outstanding value to humanity" by combining the preservation of human history, nature, and culture.

Three locations used by Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime as torture and execution sites 50 years ago have been added by UNESCO to its World Heritage List.

One of the world’s biggest assemblages of rock art at Murujuga in Western Australia’s Pilbara has been granted World Heritage status.