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Iran will use legal channels to resolve water dispute with Afghanistan: Khatibzadeh
May 21, 2022 09:28Foreign Ministry spokesman says Iran will follow legal channels to resolve a dispute with Afghanistan over its water rights from the Helmand River.
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Visit to one of world's few protected shelters of Persian fallow deer in north Iran
May 20, 2022 07:35Persian fallow deer is a unique but endangered deer species known for its sleek and spotted body. In this report, our correspondent Yusef Jalali takes us on a quick tour around one of the world's few protected shelters of Persian fallow deer in Iran's northern city of Sari.
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Millions of Indians escape heavy floods in northeast triggered by pre-monsoon rain
May 18, 2022 10:05Authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam reported on Wednesday that more than 500,000 people have fled their homes to avoid massive floods produced by pre-monsoon rains.
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Severe sandstorm sweeps across Iran, forcing closure of universities, offices
May 17, 2022 06:16A thick layer of dust has blanketed the otherwise clear azure sky in Tehran and many other Iranian provinces, forcing authorities to order the closure of schools, universities, and public offices.
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Thousands refuse to evacuate largest US wildfire in New Mexico
May 06, 2022 03:57Thousands of people told to flee the largest wildfire burning in the United States have chosen to stay and defend generational homes in the mountains of northern New Mexico, even as some run out of food and water, officials said.
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One dead, thousands hospitalized as sandstorm blankets Iraq again
May 06, 2022 02:36A sandstorm in Iraq has killed a person and hospitalized thousands more over respiratory ailments, the seventh in a month that also suspended flights for several hours.
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Raging wildfire in Arizona forces more than 2,000 residents to flee
Apr 20, 2022 12:22Firefighters face strong winds and bone-dry conditions as they battle a rapidly growing wildfire in central Arizona that has already driven thousands of residents from their homes and destroyed two dozen structures.
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Third dust storm in two weeks hits Iraqi capital of Baghdad
Apr 20, 2022 12:20Iraq is hit by its third dust storm in two weeks, temporarily grounding flights at airports serving Baghdad and Najaf and signalling the increasing frequency of the weather phenomenon.
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Snow storm leaves over 250,000 homes, businesses in US Northeast without power
Apr 20, 2022 10:18More than a quarter of a million homes and businesses in Northeast United States were without power on Tuesday after a spring storm packing powerful winds and heavy, wet snow swept across the region.
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Death toll in Philippines from storm up to 121
Apr 14, 2022 09:14The death toll from the tropical storm that battered the Philippines over last weekend rose to 121, including 81 victims buried by landslides in central Philippine city, authorities said Thursday.