Environment

A general view shows Iraq's largest refinery complex in the northern town of Baiji 25 May 2003.
A fire at Iraq’s Baiji oil refinery killed one worker and injured six others, authorities say, with officials blaming a technical malfunction.
Pollution in the Tigris could endanger millions of Iraqis
An Iraqi environmental watchdog warns that dangerous organic pollutants in the Tigris may cause a severe health crisis which could affect millions of people
Smoke rises as firefighters battle a fire that broke out in Jannat Bazaar, west of Tehran on February 3, 2026.
A fire broke out at a workshop inside a military barracks in Tehran, Iran’s army said, adding the blaze was contained and caused by an electrical fault.
Fire breaks out at Cennet Bazaar in Tehran
A massive fire broke out Tuesday at a bazaar west of the Iranian capital, state media reported, although the cause of the blaze was unclear.
 A view of livestock as farms refrain offering animals for sale after the call of Moroccan King Mohammed VI ahead of Eid al-Adha in Rabat, Morocco on June 02, 2025
Moroccan army rescue units evacuate residents as severe flooding forces more than 20,000 people into shelters in the country’s north-west.
People walk through a street in the village of Sidi Bou Said on January 27, 2026, after the region was hit by Storm Harry. Authorities have ordered the evacuation of several homes at risk of collapsing in the tourist village.
Tunisia’s iconic blue-and-white village of Sidi Bou Said faces landslide risks after record rainfall triggered hillside collapses and left homes under threat.
A Sudanese miner watches as a truck is unloaded prospecting for gold in the Sudanese desert, 800 kms northeast of the capital Khartoum, on October 3, 2011
At least six people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in Abu Jubaiha, South Kordofan, according to Sudan Doctors Network.
US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026
Speaking in Davos, US President Donald Trump vowed to restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia over a disputed Nile dam.
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Morocco's seven-year drought has come to an end after abundant rainfall this winter, the water minister said on Monday
A Greenpeace activist holds a banner showing a wind turbine and that reads: "Future vs. Trump" as the same image is projected on the facade of the U.S. Embassy to protest against the withdrawal of the United States by newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump from the Paris Agreement on January 21, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the US would immediately withdraw from the UNFCCC's main climate finance mechanism called the Green Climate Fund.