Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria earlier this year were followed by the Morocco earthquake, floods in Libya, and an extreme heatwave in Europe, which will further drive costs up
The enormity of the destruction in Derna and the surrounding region is immense. In a city of 100,000, 15-20% of the population could be dead or missing.
Hurricane Ian in the United States and floods and Australia helped to make 2022 one of the costliest years on record for natural disasters, Munich Re said on Tuesday, warning that climate change was…
Dozens of countries and international institutions on Monday pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan recover and rebuild from devastating summer floods, with the sum set to balloon further at a…
In conflict-ravaged nations like Yemen and Somalia, devastating floods and droughts kill hundreds of people and uproot tens of thousands from their homes.
These countries and many others in the…
Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely because of climate change, a rapid analysis by…
Australia's weather forecaster predicted heavy rain for large swaths of the country's flood-hit south and east on Sunday as a flood crisis continues in the two most populous states.
The week-long…
Hezbollah has blamed Israel for a widespread terror attack that detonated thousands of pagers in Lebanon maiming more than 2,000 people and killing some.
A mutual defence treaty with the United States would be invaluable for Saudi Arabia. But to achieve this, Riyadh needs to continue with its defence reforms.
Israeli soldiers ransacked the West Bank refugee camp, looking for Palestinians fighting against their occupation, leaving a trail of death and destruction behind. For Jenin, this is now the norm.
The technology powering our current industrial revolution needs so much energy and water that data centres are now competing with cities, with the environment and net-zero targets losing out
40 years after the release of 'The House of Mathilde', the acclaimed and widely translated writer tells Al Majalla why his debut work still defines him