Water

The top UN Development Program official in Baghdad warned that an increase in global temperature will decrease the fresh water available to Iraqis by 20 percent. Basra, Iraq’s second most...

Iran has faced mass water protests due to growing water shortages in several water-scarce provinces of the country, such as Isfahan, Fars, and Khuzestan, in recent years. These protests along...

After months of deliberation, the Council of the European Union (EU) approved the EU’s strategic partnership with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and its member states on June 20, 2022....

While the costs of mitigation and adaptation reforms will be high, the price of inaction is immeasurable. The Middle East has a severe climate problem. According to a recent International...

In 2012, the United Nations and European Union put out a joint report that discussed three major drivers of resource-based conflict: competition amidst resource scarcity, poor governance, and transboundary dynamics...

The recent unrest in Kazakhstan quickly led to an intervention by the Collective Security Treaty Organization and triggered the appointment of a new prime minister. While events in Kazakhstan will...

Earth’s changing climate is wreaking havoc on the planet’s all-important water cycle that could potentially cause even more devastating droughts in the coming years, climate scientist Peter Gleick recently claimed...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Rather than fighting off insurgents, the tank was used to beat down fires. Drawing on lessons learned during World War II, the T-34 family of tanks was...

The 2021 water year ends on Sept. 30, and it was another hot, dry year in the western U.S., with almost the entire region in drought. Reservoirs vital for farms, communities and hydropower have fallen...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Not much is known about this firefighting tank. Drawing on lessons learned during World War II, the T-34 family of tanks was improved by increasing their firepower...

The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan doesn’t seem to have the Islamic Republic of Iran overly concerned. Iran and the Taliban have long had basic differences over their interpretations of Islam, in which...

Street protests have taken place across Iran for more than a week, as residents protest the Iranian government’s response to the drought and its restrictions on political freedoms.   Videos posted on Iranian social media...