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World
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International
9/11/2022 2:58:42 PM
Two more U.S. military planes loaded with tons of aid for Pakistanis affected by flooding from deadly monsoon rains landed Sunday in southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected regions in the impoverished country.
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World
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International
9/10/2022 10:20:10 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday toured Pakistan's flood-ravaged Sindh and Baluchistan provinces a day after saying the world is obligated to provide ``massive`` amounts of relief to the impoverished country.
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World
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International
9/9/2022 1:14:38 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world owes impoverished Pakistan ``massive'' help recovering from devastating floods because other nations have contributed more to the climate change thought to have triggered the deluge.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/5/2022 1:56:00 PM
Egypt has launched a relief land bridge of 90 trucks carrying foodstuffs, medicines, and medical aid to flood-hit Sudan as per directives by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
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World
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Region
9/5/2022 11:32:16 AM
More than 100 people have been killed and tens of thousands of homes destroyed by flooding caused by torrential rain since Sudan's wet season began in May, police said Sunday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/4/2022 1:38:03 PM
Upon the directive of Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the Egyptian Zakat and Charity House recently sent tens of tons of foodstuffs and medicines to Sudanese residents who were affected by the devastating floods, Egypt’s top religious authority Al-Azhar said in a statement Saturday evening.
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World
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International
9/4/2022 9:36:44 AM
Pakistan appealed Saturday to the international community for an "immense humanitarian response'' to unprecedented flooding that has left at least 1,265 people dead. The request came even as planes carried supplies to the impoverished country across a humanitarian air bridge.
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World
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Region
8/31/2022 5:03:18 PM
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Sudan killed at least 100 people since the start of the rainy season in May, an official said Wednesday.
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World
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International
8/31/2022 12:27:10 PM
Officials in Pakistan raised concern Wednesday over the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country.
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World
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International
8/31/2022 9:42:54 AM
Rubina Bibi was cooking food for her family in her mudbrick home in her village in northwest Pakistan when the nearby mosque blared a warning from its loudspeaker. Flood waters were coming, it announced, everyone should move to safer ground.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/30/2022 9:04:36 PM
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World
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International
8/30/2022 12:06:16 PM
Catastrophic monsoon floods in Pakistan have sent food prices skyrocketing, putting many staples out of the reach of the poor as the cash-strapped nation battles shortages.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 2:30:18 PM
Tens of millions of people across swathes of Pakistan were Monday battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed, and the country's main river threatening to burst its banks.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 10:37:48 AM
International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday, as the military and volunteers desperately tried to evacuate many thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by ``monster monsoons'' that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.
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World
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International
8/28/2022 5:17:11 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday called on the international community to help Pakistan, where deadly floods have killed more than 1,000 people.
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World
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International
8/28/2022 10:26:21 AM
Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country's climate minister called the deadly monsoon season "a serious climate catastrophe."
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World
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International
8/27/2022 2:50:29 PM
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/26/2022 5:39:00 PM
As if political challenges and conflicts weren’t enough for Sudan, the rainy season — from June to September — has wreaked havoc in one of Africa’s richest-poorest countries.
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World
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International
8/25/2022 2:49:25 PM
More than 180 people have been killed and 3,000 homes destroyed by floods in Afghanistan over the past month, a government spokesman said Thursday.
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World
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Africa
8/24/2022 8:21:59 PM
Torrential rains have caused 340,000 people to lose property or flee their homes in Chad in almost two months since late June, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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