For water-stressed Iraq, wells threaten race to the bottom
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 […]
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 Walker12th October 2022 An ancient Moorish invention has been providing water to the Sierra Nevada mountains for more than 1,000 years, making life possible in […]
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 […]
RAMZY BAROUD March 28, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/846s9 Whenever a family member announced, excitedly but also panicked, that “the water is back,” my whole family would start running in all […]
Home DR. MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI November 29, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/nfbrx Turkey’s official opening of the Ilisu Dam on the Tigris River in the first week of November, as part of […]
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB October 20, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zrxue Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced his anger over the killing of two Turkish policemen by Kurdish forces in […]
For the past 15 years, I have witnessed how the Israeli army cuts Palestinian communities from accessing water in order to expel them and take their land. By Daphne Banai September 24, […]
FOLLOW THE FOOD Why we still haven’t solved global food insecurity BY WILLIAM PARK The number of people living in food insecurity grows every year And the pandemic has made […]
OSAMA AL-SHARIF August 10, 2021 23:13438 Short Url https://arab.news/2bvyb For decades scientists have warned governments about the catastrophic effects of global warming — caused by greenhouse gas emissions — on climate […]
15 hrs ago BISHKEK (Reuters) – Thirteen people were wounded when Kyrgyz and Tajik security forces exchanged fire across the border and residents hurled rocks at each other in a […]
Mar 23,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Martha Rojas Urrego GLAND — Humanity’s consumption of fresh water has long exceeded the rate of replenishment. Now, researchers are warning that this essential […]
Here are four tangible steps to address water security issues in Pakistan. Wednesday, January 27, 2021 / BY: Jumaina Siddiqui; Faiqa Mahmood PUBLICATION TYPE: Analysis and Commentary Water has now […]
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL ENVIRONMENT JAN 21, 2021 The Meander is Turkey’s Eegean region is under the threat of being polluted and drying up. (Courtesy of WWF Turkey) The Turkey […]
By AFP – Jan 13,2021 – JORDAN TIMES A photo taken on January 3, 2021 shows a general view of Egypt’s High Dam in Aswan, some 920km south of the […]