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A new policy brief demonstrates that enhancing resilience is one of the most cost-effective actions countries can take, and is typically far less expensive than interventions focused on responding to the impacts of droughts.

By Michael Scollon ( RFE/RL ) - Temperatures in Iran are hitting record highs, rivers and lakes are drying up, …

The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies.

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75 percent of Spain's land is battling climatic conditions that could lead to desertification, making it the European nation most threatened by the problem.

Rising temperatures, drying rivers and lakes, and unprecedented drought have become the norm in Iran, leading to widespread dust storms that engulf vast areas of the country.The escalating deserti

Double world champion swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui said Wednesday he wants to become Tunisia's greatest ever Olympian at the Paris Games next year. The 20-year-old, who captured the 800m and 1,500m freestyle golds at the world championships in Japan last week, said he wants to "break the record for the Tunisian having the most medals and break all the world records." Long-distance runner Mohammed Gammoudi is Tunisia's most successful Olympian with four medals between 1964 and 1972.

A team of scientists have created a “cancer-killing pill” that has appeared to “annihilate” solid tumors, leaving healthy cells unaffected. According to Sky News, the new drug has been in development for 20 years, and is now undergoing pre-clinical research in the US. Known as AOH1996, it targets a cancerous variant of a protein called proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). AOH1996 is being worked on by City of Hope, one of America’s largest cancer research and treatment organizati...

A New York man unhappy with the amount of meat and beans filling he received in his Taco Bell pizza, has sued the fast food chain, requesting a recompense of $5 million. According to the Washington Post, the class-action lawsuit filed in US District Court in Brooklyn, New York, says: “Frank Siragusa would not have paid the $5.49 price, if he knew that the Mexican Pizza he bought last September had approximately half the beef and bean filling shown in adverts.”

The Buraydah Dates Carnival has provided over 4,000 seasonal job opportunities, which reflects one of the most important objectives pursued by the Kingdom's promotional and tourist carnivals, mainly to localize and create jobs for Saudis. Carnival CEO Dr. Khaled Al-Nuqidan confirmed that the job opportunities created by the carnival were provided through committees, supervising teams, points of sale, retail shops, farms, date squares and export arenas.