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Experts warn that the water crisis in the country’s south will worsen, unless there is urgent government action. 

Iraq is experiencing its driest year on record since 1933, as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which flow into the Persian Gulf from West Asia, have seen their levels drop by up to 27 percent due to poor rainfall and upstream water restrictions.

In the southern part of the country, a humanitarian crisis caused by drought and water shortages is unfolding in Basra, a vital port…

The United States Department of Transportation has threatened to withhold up to 25 percent of federal transit funding from New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) over safety risks to its maintenance workers.

On Tuesday, the federal department announced it had issued a final warning to city officials, calling on the local government to conduct a third risk assessment and take steps towards remediation.

“I am disturbed by MTA’s failure to reinforce safety measures…

Ties between the two nuclear-armed Asian powers have made ‘steady progress’, India’s PM Modi says.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and hailed the “steady progress” made in improving the bilateral relationship after a years-long standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian powers and as the two nations navigate a shifting global economy upended by United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Modi also noted “respect for each other’s…

On Monday, Hamas accepted an Egyptian proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza after negotiations between Egyptian officials and the Palestinian factions.

The talks with Qatari and Egyptian mediators have been held in Cairo for the past week. Qatar’s Prime Minister arrived in Egypt on Monday, which was considered a positive sign for the development of the talks after Egypt had presented its proposed plan to the Palestinian factions on Sunday.

The Palestinian factions agreed to…

Son of a legendary former world champion boxer, Julio Cesar Chavez is deported by the US, facing charges of arms trafficking and organised crime in Mexico.

Former champion boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has been detained in Mexico after being deported by the United States to face drug trafficking-related charges, Mexican authorities said.

Chavez, the son of legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was handed over at midday on Monday and transferred to a prison in Mexico’s northwest Sonora state,…