Iranian officials have long accused Gulf states and US-Israeli military interests of cloud “theft” or weather manipulation. Iran’s official Kabul Embassy Twitter/X account, part of a cadre of verified, longstanding embassy accounts reactivated to spread wartime propaganda, claims Iran destroyed a secret weather control center operated by the UAE and the weather patterns changed overnight.
A new UNU-INWEH report warns of the environmental and social costs of mineral-producing countries' push toward cleaner energy. It links the extraction of transition minerals used in green energy technologies to water insecurity, livelihood disruptions and health risks for local communities. The report calls for a shift from voluntary standards to binding global governance to ensure human rights and environmental safeguards.
There is a drought in North Korea, which is working to protect early-season crops. Premier Pak Thae Song carried out on-site inspections at farms in South Pyongan and North Hwanghae provinces to discuss "countermeasures to minimise drought damage". The country was hit by severe flooding in its northern regions near China in 2024.
Anna Badkhen's great-uncle and his wife had no children of their own. Uncle Lyonya and Auntie Anya's collection of Baltic amber necklaces were souvenirs of her annual summer migration from a featureless postwar high-rise in Leningrad to Latvia’s seashore splendor.
More than 1.25 million people in Lebanon could face crisis-level or worse food insecurity by August, according to a joint United Nations and Lebanese government report. The latest war in Lebanon has reversed previous humanitarian gains and pushed Lebanon back into crisis, amid growing economic and living pressures.