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World
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International
8/17/2022 11:28:13 AM
The French weather service warned Wednesday of flash flooding risks across much of the south, where a historic drought has parched the rugged Mediterranean hills, a day after fierce rainstorms lashed much of the country.
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Egypt
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Society
8/15/2022 4:02:21 PM
The drought of Siwa Oasis’ Fatnas Lake – known as the sunset lake – has recently stirred controversy among its local residents with the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources announcing the implementation of several measures to develop the irrigation and drainage system in Siwa Oasis and maintaining its agricultural production.
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World
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Africa
8/11/2022 4:17:21 PM
A historic drought in Somalia has now displaced one million people and left the country in the shadow of famine, the United Nations said Thursday.
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Life & Style
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Health
8/9/2022 1:56:44 PM
Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.
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Sports
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Omni sports
8/7/2022 9:54:04 AM
World number one Daniil Medvedev won his first ATP title of 2022 on Saturday, roaring past defending champion Cameron Norrie 7-5, 6-0 in the final of the hardcourt tournament in Los Cabos, Mexico.
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World
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International
8/5/2022 5:10:46 PM
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that France is facing the ``most severe drought'' ever recorded in the country and announced the activation of a government crisis unit.
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World
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Region
7/25/2022 2:40:00 PM
Temperatures in the Middle East have risen far faster than the world's average in the past three decades. Precipitation has been decreasing, and experts predict droughts will come with greater frequency and severity.
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Rio
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News
7/23/2022 12:38:51 PM
Flash floods in Iran's drought-stricken southern Fars province have killed at least 17 people, state television said Saturday.
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World
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Africa
7/19/2022 3:01:32 PM
Officials are meeting in Kigali in Rwanda this week as part of the continent's first-ever Africa Protected Areas Congress in a bid to expand the preservation of land and marine wildlife, despite little funding and the low quality of many existing conservation areas in the region.
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World
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Region
7/16/2022 8:57:53 PM
Iraq on Saturday asked Ankara to increase the flow of water downstream along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as both countries face droughts and tensions over resource management.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
7/12/2022 4:39:08 PM
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World
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Africa
7/5/2022 1:03:11 PM
More than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid arrives.
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World
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International
6/29/2022 10:12:16 AM
The worst drought Italy has faced in 70 years is thirsting paddy fields in the river Po valley and jeopardizing the harvest of the premium rice used for risotto.
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World
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Africa
6/23/2022 8:14:31 PM
The international community is "sleepwalking" towards a catastrophic famine in Somalia, and children are dying because hospitals are at breaking point, the charity Save the Children warned on Thursday.
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World
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Africa
6/16/2022 8:06:14 PM
Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the "most deadly" form of malnutrition as a prolonged drought ravages the east and south of the country, British charity Save the Children said Thursday.
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World
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Region
6/9/2022 12:00:43 PM
Eight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn't have a government and there seems to be no clear way out of the dangerous deadlock.
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Life & Style
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Food
6/7/2022 1:05:18 PM
U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings about multiple, looming food crises , driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring.
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World
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Africa
6/4/2022 10:25:32 PM
Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions in forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/31/2022 9:38:30 PM
The damage from desertification in Iraq is becoming more widespread, going beyond recurrent sandstorms to making parts of the country unlivable, writes Salah Nasrawi
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World
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Africa
5/16/2022 11:22:06 AM
Somalia's international partners on Monday welcomed the election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who takes office after months of political instability and faces crises including a violent insurgency and devastating drought.
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