Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in ParisPARIS (AP) — A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below.
Scores of artifacts destroyed in Cairo museum bombingCAIRO (AP) – UNESCO pledged Friday to help restore a renowned museum dedicated to Islamic history in Cairo that was devastated by a bomb two weeks ago, with officials expressing “shock” at the scale of the damage. The Museum of Islamic Art was across the street from the truck bomb that targeted the Egyptian capital’s […]