December 19, 2024 This aerial view shows Iraq’s Euphrates river flowing in the district of al-Hindiyah east of Karbala on June 7, 2024 [KARAR JABBAR/AFP via Getty Images] After decades […]
SPECIAL UNESCO WorldWater Day is observed annually on March 22 to highlight the significance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of freshwater resources. (AFP) Updated 12 sec ago JUMANA […]
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL JAN 30, 2024 – DAILY SABAH A Palestinian man carries a bag of flour from an aid truck near an Israeli checkpoint, as Gaza residents face crisis […]
CAMPAIGNS November 29, 2017 Editor’s Note. Old article. Things just got a lot worse in the meantime. See Gaza…. The Occupation of Water The legacy of Israel’s 50-year occupation of […]
Tensions have been rising between Iran and Afghanistan as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned the Taliban not to violate Tehran’s water rights to the Helmand River. (File/AFP) AP May 27, […]
Water availability, access and affordability are acute problems for poor and crisis-vulnerable people, while billions of dollars in profits are extracted from the sector. Growing up as a child in […]
HAFED AL-GHWELL March 25, 2023 This week, the global community observed World Water Day, which coincided with a midterm review of the UN’s Water Action Decade. The occasion served to […]
By Marita Moloney BBC News A United Nations report has warned of a looming global water crisis and an “imminent risk” of shortages due to overconsumption and climate change. The […]
February 15, 2023 – TEHRAN – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started environmental diplomacy with neighboring countries in a bid to secure water rights for the country’s wetlands. With […]
An aerial view of the drying-up marshes of Chibayish in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province. (AFP/File) ALI YOUNES February 16, 2023 WASHINGTON: As the effects of climate change are increasingly […]
Promoted posts: The holy Quran and the Water Stores of Our Planet and Provident God of the Abrahamic Faiths: Plain Water will Tell you the Story By Jackie Wattles, CNN In […]
By AFP – Oct 30,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / A view of the receding water level at the Dohuk Dam, in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk in the autonomous Kurdish region, on […]
(Image credit: Kira Walker) By Kira Walker 12th October 2022 An ancient Moorish invention has been providing water to the Sierra Nevada mountains for more than 1,000 years, making life possible […]
Photograph: Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images The long read People driven from their homes by climate disaster need protection. And ageing nations need them by Gaia Vince Thu 18 Aug 2022 06.00 BST […]
BY BURCU ÇAKMAK ISTANBUL JUL 08, 2022 – 7:58 AM GMT+3 A view shows Po’s dry riverbed, as parts of Italy’s longest river and largest reservoir of freshwater have dried up […]
Jul 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Washing cars with a hose rather than a bucket has become a common practice in some areas of Amman, wasting large quantities of a much-need […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIF June 14, 2022 Short Url While the various Iraqi parties continue to bicker over their respective share of the country’s next government months after the October parliamentary elections […]
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 21, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8vk64 The Middle East and North Africa will host the next two climate summits, which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh this year […]
No water, no bride: Dry well ruins marriage prospects in Indian village Updated 12 May 2022 SANJAY KUMAR May 12, 2022 Women in Dandichi Bari spend up to three hours […]
Short Url https://arab.news/b2ugg Updated 13 sec ago JONATHAN GORNALL April 07, 2022 Historians and geologists agree the well, located near the Kaaba, is at least 4,000 years old Modern technology […]