Environment

Threats to water supply and food inflation stalk Gulf states

Iran has yet to target critical desalination plants in the Gulf, but closing Strait of Hormuz and attacking transportation hubs could spike food prices

Pakistan: Five days of flash floods kill hundreds, cause widespread destruction

Israeli army slaughters 262 crocodiles in West Bank 'killing valley'

'Waste wars': Turkey's plastic recycling industry is slowly dying

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel's war on Gaza caused major environmental damage, UN says

UAE firm inks deal to buy a fifth of Zimbabwe's land for carbon credit scheme

Climate change threatens Morocco’s Argan ‘liquid gold’ and the women who produce it

‘Vulture capitalists’: Maui’s indigenous community fights land grabs after wildfires

Drought-stricken US southwest pays the price for Gulf-owned farms exporting 'virtual water'

Climate reparations are on the table and will be hard to ignore

Cop27: Surveillance and fear in Sharm el-Sheikh as Egypt clamps down on activists

Egypt turns Sharm El-Sheikh into military fortress fearing Cop27 dissent

Europe needs to integrate Middle East into broader energy grid, says US economist

Egyptian gecko invasion forces Israel to declare emergency

Oil refinery threatens health of refugees in Iraqi camp

UN still short of funding target needed to rescue decaying tanker off Yemen's coast

Egypt 'creating climate of fear for environmentalists' ahead of COP27

Anger at closure of Egypt's largest coke factory ahead of UN climate summit

The UAE has banned fishing of rare sharks and rays. So why are they appearing in markets?

Algeria wildfires severely damaged Unesco-listed park, says expert