The drowning of a family of five in the Channel and a fire on a ship…
Category: Middle East and North Africa
'Money is worth nothing now': how Lebanon is finding a future in farming
With food in short supply and prices rocketing, a wave of new farmers are growing produce…
Aid agencies warn of Covid-19 crisis in refugee camps as winter approaches
Displaced populations across the Middle East, already in cramped, unhygienic conditions, face a health catastrophe as…
Israeli government to impose second Covid-19 national lockdown
Three-week lockdown will make Israel the first country to reimpose such stringent restrictions on a national…
3,000 sheep die after live exports rejected by Saudi Arabia
Animals died of hunger and thirst after 58,000 returned to Sudan due to quarantine compromiseAround 3,000…
‘Sending animals to war zones’: Irish cattle export to Libya may breach laws
Next week’s planned shipment of 2,000 bulls could contravene EU welfare regulations, campaigners say Animal welfare…
Heatwaves have become longer in most of the world since 1950s – study
Frequency of heatwaves and cumulative intensity has risen through the decades, research findsHeatwaves have increased in…
Coronavirus live news: Florida reports a record 10,000 new cases in one day
US state records biggest one-day increase in its new cases; Sweden records 947 new cases in…
Iranian fleet accused of stealing Somalian fish despite acute food shortage
Evidence from NGOs suggests fleet of up to 192 Iranian vessels could be one of the…
Last chance for the Persian leopard: the fight to save Iraqi Kurdistan’s forests
Minefields left over from the Iran-Iraq war are one of the last bastions against illegal logging…