In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...

The only city in the world that straddles two continents, İstanbul is a place of compelling contrasts and centuries of ...

Banning Airbnbs and cruise ships. Taxing visitor stays. Capping attendance figures. Has tourism become a dirty word in 2025?

A trip to Barbados wouldn’t be complete without sampling the island’s iconic rum ... Istanbul’s historic highlights include the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Basilica Cistern and the ...

Across continents, sacred sites like the venerable Hagia Sophia and the striking Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba have been repurposed to echo the prevailing winds of religious, political and ...

Turkey's Hagia Sophia will open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque.

A man has appeared in court over the death of a baby who died after she was hit by a car. Six-month-old Sophia Kelemen, from Leigh, died after the collision in a multi-storey car park in the ...

Following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque, which led to the addition of minarets and Islamic calligraphy. In 1935, it was secularized and ...

The leaning minaret of Mosul in northern Iraq has been restored using its original brickwork, years after it was reduced to rubble under Islamic State group rule.France 24's James André was in ...