While wars dominate headlines elsewhere in the region, Iraqis are battling a quieter but equally destabilising crisis. Climate change is drying rivers, upstream neighbours are cutting water flows, and ...

Israel is widely seen as a leader is water management, pioneering advances in desalinization to ensure a reliable supply of clean drinking water for a growing population in a drought-prone region. It ...

As the water crisis continues, health experts said they are working to mitigate the long-term effects of lead exposure in the youngest residents, even if they can't reverse it.

TEHRAN — Authorities in Iran ordered government offices and banks across much of the country to close Wednesday as surging ...

Imagine a world where water is scarce in the West -- or at least stretches of the increasingly hot and dry landscape. A decades-long megadrought spurred by climate change, which has led to ...

“It’s a health crisis, an economic crisis, and a humanitarian emergency all in one.” An Afghan boy fills his potable water tanker from a pump on the outskirts of Kabul on April 27, 2025.