Despite the linear increase of the species-level taxonomic diversity of crops that are being cultivated on large-scale agricultural lands over the past 50 years, environmental and socio-economic differences support expectations that temporal changes (...)
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned of an outbreak of the desert locust populations in Sudan and Eritrea which are rapidly spreading along both sides of the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
According to the FAO's statement on (...)
The US-led Middle East summit kicked off on Wednesday in Warsaw, Poland with the participation of representatives from 60 countries. Through the summit, the US seeks to increase the pressures on Iran, despite European critics to the summit.
Poland (...)
Despite its bad impact, however nations can also adapt and benefit from some of climatic change effects. One of the most affected places of climate change is the Arctic island, Greenland.
An international team revealed in a new study that the (...)
A new research by the University of Washington and the US Geological Survey suggests that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. One of the results of this situation is the thawing of the permafrost, a layer of earth that has (...)
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, provided the latest updates on the investigation into the killing of the Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, to the Congress on Friday, according to the Department of State's spokesperson.
The spokesperson did (...)
Amnesty International accused the United Arab Emirates of diverting advanced arms from western states to unaccountable militias accused of war crimes and other serious violations in Yemen.
In a statement on Wednesday, Amnesty International said that (...)
The EU and the FAO have announced late on Monday a new EU fund of €5.9 m ($6.7 m) to support the UN agency's work to build the country's capacity to monitor threats to food security and collect key data on hunger and malnutrition.
The new fund comes (...)
Sudanese Prime Minister, Moataz Moussa, described on Saturday the protests which erupted recently in the country against the deterioration of public services and price hike as "legitimate". He added that his government is looking into the (...)
Japan has contributed JPY 891,000,000 (over $8m) for the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in order to support its work on enhancing food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable households in the conflict-ridden (...)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, will participate with his Arab counterparts in a joint meeting hosted by Jordan on Thursday morning, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, Ahmed Hafez.
The meeting will (...)
During his latest visit to the Middle East early in January, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he will ask from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to ensure that the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi are held accountable for their (...)
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah and his government resigned on Sunday in the light of the Palestinian reconciliation's failure between Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and Fatah movement chaired by Palestinian President Mahmoud (...)
Egypt has reached the predicament of water scarcity, this is what the government has stated and what was also confirmed by statements from the speaker of the parliament Ali Abdel Aal late in December.
For its part, the ministry of irrigation and (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi discussed bilateral relations and mutual cooperation between Egypt and Sudan with his Sudanese counterpart Omar Al-Bashir on Sunday in Cairo in Al-Bashir's second foreign trip since the beginning of demonstrations in (...)
Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad said on Sunday that education plays an important role in serving the environment. She added during the celebration of the national environment day, that this year's celebration has a special topic, (...)
Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned on Sunday the Turkish ambassador in Baghdad to protest the murder of a national demonstrator by the Turkish army in the Duhok governorate, in the Iraqi-Kurdistan region.
The ministry said in a statement (...)
The Syrian government expressed its readiness to reactivate its previous Adana security agreement with Turkey if the latter pulled its forces out of Syrian territory and stopped supporting opposition fighters.
Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (...)
Every year, ocean waves are getting stronger and more destructive, so that the Sea level Rise (SLR) puts coastal areas at the forefront of the impacts of climate change.
Recently, scientists have found a correlation between climate change and wave (...)
Philips Egypt announced on Saturday the local launch the Ingenia Ambition X 1.5T MR during the recently concluded African Society of Radiology (ASR) conference, which took place in Cairo from 16-19 January.
The new innovation is the latest advance (...)
The Israeli forces said on Sunday night that it has attacked Iranian targets in Syria in the largest Israeli attack on Syria, since the civil war erupted in 2011. Israel also warned the Syrian armed forces from attempting to harm the "Israeli forces (...)
When Trump walked into the White House in January 2017, panic spread like a bonfire, not only amongst US liberal circles – whatever their understanding of "liberal" might be – but also all across the globe, from Canada to Europe, Asia, Oceania, (...)
US President Donald Trump warned Turkey on Sunday that it would face economic devastation if it attacked the US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria, once the US troops leave Syria, the step which has been announced late in December.
"Will devastate (...)
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday from Cairo, that a summit will be held in Poland in February with the aim of supporting stability and freedom in the Middle East, and to highlight the Iranian regional influence.
The (...)
A recent study suggests that solar power can be generated not just summer but in winter as well, by placing solar panels on snow-covered mountains with steep tilt angles. The study aims to transform the seasonal production of solar energy through (...)
