A World Bank study reveals that nearly all poor populations in MENA are exposed to extreme climate hazards like heat, drought ...

Chaharshanbe Suri celebrations in Iran, marking the last Wednesday before the Persian New Year, took a devastating turn this year as 15 people lost their lives and more than 1,000 sustained injuries.

TEHRAN - The World Health Organization (WHO) country office in Tehran took a symbolic step towards environmental improvement, ...

The Trump administration added dozens of organizations to its official blacklist Tuesday including many from China and Iran.

Government officials had issued warnings against political gatherings, yet the festival’s widespread participation reflected ongoing public discontent. Opposition activists called this year’s event ...

Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, data showed on Tuesday, as researchers warned that the war on smog would only get harder after the United ...

All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows.The majority of these ...

Burkina Faso, 5th in 2023, as well as Iran and Afghanistan ... the report said. Air pollution—atmospheric and domestic—was the main environmental risk to health in 2021, responsible for ...

In time, migrants from Iran and Muslims from North India also ... which is hearing a public interest litigation on the city’s rising air-pollution levels. Between 2019 and 2024, levels of ...

Iran was already in dire economic straits ... In recent months, schools and offices have been repeatedly shut down due to air pollution, dust storms, cold weather, and fuel shortages.

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security announced that 80 entities from China and Iran, as well as ... controversial Clean Air Act pollution exemptions March 27 (UPI ...