The US president’s reversal comes after widespread condemnation and defense officials’ assurances that military would abide by international law

Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, calls on the international community to condemn President Trump's threat to target Iran's cultural sites

The US is signatory to The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, which forbids any act of hostility to cultural property

In the first round of a lengthy legal battle, an Italian court has ruled in favour of a right-wing Catholic organisation which the Ministry of Culture is trying to oust from a historic abbey

Sites targeted range from a Yemeni palace in ruins to a shrine destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq

Plans to turn the foundry that cast the bells of Big Ben, St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey into a boutique hotel have been put on hold—but they should never have gone ahead in the first place

We look back at the biggest stories of the year

Building was considered an audacious architectural experiment when it was built in 1797

Millionaire Jonathan Ruffer’s ambitious regeneration of a small former mining town in northern England reveals 1,000 years of history and art

Supporters of new international Climate Heritage Network argue that the sector has a “moral duty” to act

Exhibition venue and heritage attraction inside Grade I-listed monument God's House Tower is called GHT

Five months on we look at the steps and measurements implemented by experts to start rebuilding the fire-ravaged cathedral

Discussion argued for community empowerment, new skillsets, and focus on contemporary colonialism

Open letter describes the Garrison Church, damaged in the Second World War, as the symbol of an “unholy alliance” between church, military, and state

Two-month conservation effort for the sculptures follows a public appeal to donors

Local figures defend portrayal of the nation’s blemished early history

As many parts of the world record their highest ever temperatures, we look back on three interviews focusing on climate change and the anthropocene.

New partnership will preserve the Birzeit museum’s most ‘at-risk’ objects on paper

The Dorset farmhouse in which she lived with her father, the portrait painter George Spencer Watson, has been recently restored by the Landmark Trust

A deal between the city and the church foundation aims to complete construction work on the architect’s quixotic final project

Pierre Rosenberg has pledged his collection of works by Charles Le Brun and other artists to the new museum

Mark Purcell's study explores 19th-century bibliomania and rejects the notion that books in historic libraries were "bought by the yard"

Kalemegdan served as a military site for the Roman Empire and is a candidate for Unesco World Heritage status

Kunsthalle Rostock, the only museum built under the GDR, remembers Berlin's asbestos-riddled parliament building and culture hub

Medieval sculpture on façade of Unesco World Heritage site in Wittenberg is one of around 30 similar pieces across Europe

Excavation campaigns on the Greek island have raised questions about our knowledge of Cycladic art and culture

A petition has been launched to prevent the Peruvian government from continuing the project

German city launches €85m plan to prevent further decay of infamous rally grounds

Life-size "bodyforms" are positioned amid ancient grottoes, agoras and sculptures

Our pick of highlights from upcoming auctions