Winter storm rips through Gaza, exposing failure to deliver enough aid to territory – Naharnet by Naharnet Newsdesk 11 December 2025, 08:50 Rains drenched Gaza’s tent camps and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as storm Byron descended on the war-battered territory, showing how two months of a ceasefire have failed to sufficiently address the […]

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Kibbutz Ein Carmel, near Haifa, recorded more than seven inches of rainfall since the powerful storm reached the region Nir Hasson, Yair Foldes, Deiaa Haj Yahia, Adi Hashmonai and ReutersDecember 11, 2025 Winter storm Byron continued to sweep through Israel and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, bringing with it large amounts of rain that caused flooding across the region. […]

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The climate is changing, reshaping our landscape, our economy, and our way of life, creating new risks and intensifying old ones. We must plan for this change, strengthen our emergency and rescue services, and stop wasting resources on West Bank settlements and on blind vengeance in Gaza Nir Hasson. December 12, 2025 Hark! hark! already […]

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Hannah Lynch in Iraq. Tue 16 Dec 2025 Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks As a leader of one of the oldest gnostic religions in the world, Sheikh Nidham Kreidi al-Sabahi must use only water taken from a flowing river, even for […]

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Just one hour of heavy rain left houses and shops flooded in old city; more heavy rain predicted for Tuesday. By Al Jazeera Staff and News Agencies At least 37 have been killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rains in Morocco’s Atlantic coastal province of Safi, according to authorities. State-owned broadcaster SNRT News on Monday quoted local […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk 10 December 2025 Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched Islamic Republic as it suffers through the driest autumn in over a half century. The drought gripping Iran has seen its president warn the country it may need to move its government […]

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By Peter Frankopan. Dec. 19, 2025 Dr. Frankopan is a professor of global history at Oxford and the author of “The Earth Transformed: An Untold History. This month Tehran, a city of 10 million people, was questioning its viability. After six years of drought and the driest autumn in over 50 years, the reservoirs that supply the […]

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Plastic waste carried by flash floods has built up along the Dead Sea’s shrinking shore, creating natural rings that reveal decades of growing pollution. ByPESACH BENSON/TPS, OMER NOVOSELSKY/TPSDECEMBER 9, 2025 For more than two decades, plastic waste carried from urban areas has quietly accumulated along the Dead Sea’s shrinking coastline, forming a striking visual and environmental record at […]

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Find out which everyday plastic items are being phased out in the UAE Last updated: December 17, 2025 | 16:58 Zainab Husain, Features Writer xplained: Which single-use plastics are banned in the UAE from 2026 and what exceptions and alternatives apply.Pixabay Dubai: The UAE will expand its ban on single-use plastic products fromJanuary 1, 2026, as part of […]

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Partnership to focus on markets across Asia, Latin America, Europe and Mena December 17, 2025 Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion climate fund, is investing in a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to support the expansion of renewable energy use globally. Alterra will support CIP’s Growth Markets Fund II, which focuses on large-scale greenfield renewable energy […]

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Most homes in the West Bank settlements under the Samaria Regional Council are connected to a sewage collection system, but instead of being linked to a regional pipeline, the sewage is discharged into open areas outside the settlements Zafrir Rinat.  November 30 2025 A resident of the West Bank settlement of Peduel filed a precedent-setting […]

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Violent settlers are rapidly erecting new outposts and relentlessly harassing Wadi Qelt residents. After another family fled last week, only a handful of residents remain, living under constant threat ideon Levyand Alex Levac. November 29, 2025 They stood opposite one another. On the top of the hill three settler teenagers and below them two youths and […]

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Amena Bakr. November 28, 2025 This week, the Khor Mor gasfield in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was struck once againin a rocket attack. The explosion triggered an immediate shutdown of gas flows, which then translated into power cuts across the region. Cities dimmed, neighbourhoods fell silent, and millions of people were reminded, yet again, how […]

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Robin M. Mills  November 30, 2025 Demand for gas at home and oil internationally: that is the key theme of Adnoc’s latest bumper budget. Its board meeting last week approved $150 billion of capital expenditure over the next five years. Does the state oil company’s latest budget and resource base set it up to meet its mission? […]

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Nearly 59,000 Iranians die prematurely due to air pollution in year to March, according to officials. By Maziar Motamedi Tehran, Iran – Iranians in the capital and many other cities across the country are breathing in toxic fumes as authorities resort to burning dirty fuel to produce electricity and cope with multiple ongoing crises. At 14 power plants, […]

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NADA ALTURKI GHADI JOUDAH. December 1, 2025 Short Url. https://arab.news/wdqp2 RIYADH: Policymakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and industry leaders have gathered in Riyadh at the Circular Economy Forum, which runs until Dec. 2, to discuss how solutions in the sector are reshaping industries, sustainability and the future. Ali Al-Ghamdi, the CEO at the Saudi National Center for […]

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Israeli researchers have pioneered a coral reef restoration project in Fiji, melding ancient pottery techniques with cutting-edge 3D printing technology. This is how they enlisted nine local chiefs – and how living in a village without electricity helped them succeed Moshe Gilad. November 17, 2025 This story could not be more distant from everything happening […]

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Cop30 announcement heralds expansion of initiative launched in 2023 Daniel Bardsley. November 20, 2025 A UAE initiative that gives advance warning of bad weather, pest outbreaks and other risks aims to reach 100 million farmers by 2030, it was announced at the Cop30 climate summit. The Agricultural Innovation Mechanism for Scale (Aim for Scale) project could […]

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04 November 2025 Short Url. https://arab.news/yjk6w RIYADH: Intending to expand vegetation cover across Saudi Arabia, the National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification has recently planted 100 million seedlings in Al-Jouf province. Among the species planted were saltbushes, mugworts, Acacia etbaica and Calligonum comosum, distinguished by their ability to survive in harsh and dry […]

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1/12/2025 Abu Dhabi, 29th November 2025: As part of a pioneering scientific collaboration, the Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD) and the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) have completed the first-ever population genomics study of the Ghaf tree (Prosopis cineraria) in the country, revealing significant genetic insights critical for conserving this iconic desert species and supporting the development of climate-resilient […]

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