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“The destruction caused to Timbuktu’s heritage is even more alarming than we thought,” said Lazare Eloundou Assomo of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, who led the mission. “We discovered that 14 of Timbuktu’s mausoleums, including those that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites, were totally destroyed, along with two others at the Djingareyber Mosque.

An irreverent campaign to help reduce high rates of male suicide is under way in Australia. Advertisements featuring a fictional "man's man" are encouraging men to seek help for depression and anxiety. Suicide is the leading cause of death for Australian men aged under 45.

A vintage Apple computer has sold for more than $670,000 at an auction in Germany.

Sammy's Kitchen restaurant in Hong Kong.

Millions of people across the U.S. have been waiting anxiously to hear the results of a record U.S. Powerball lottery drawing worth $590.5 million.

A majority of Muslims around the world believe sharia - or traditional Islamic law - should prevail in the countries in which they live, but at the same time most say they favor religious freedom for people of other faiths, according to a new survey.

Historians are launching an online resource that will provide a permanent and publicly accessible record of the letters of one of Elizabethan England’s most remarkable figures.

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova expressed her deep distress over reports of the continuing destruction which has severely damaged the ancient city of Aleppo, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1986. Wednesday, the minaret of one of Syria's most famous mosques was destroyed during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.