Late monsoon rain across Northern India and Western Nepal has triggered catastrophic landslides and floods, killing over 200. Dozens of others are injured or missing. Nepalese authorities remain immersed in searches for over 50 people who have been swept away in heavy rains, landslides, and floods. Similar efforts continue in India,
After nearly a week of intense pressure, both internally and internationally, UN representatives are opening talks between the military forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who seized power in a coup last Monday, and the deposed prime minister Abdulla Hamdok in hopes of finding a peaceful resumption of civilian authority.
South Sudan has recently faced one of the worst floods in its history. Heavy flooding that started in May has affected hundreds of thousands of individuals across different locations in the country while causing the destruction of a myriad of properties. Heavy rain has swept away villages and forced individuals
At the beginning of November, nearly 200 countries will meet in Glasgow for climate talks and to discuss the next steps related to the 2015 Paris Agreement. The summit, officially called the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, is the 26th iteration, hence its short labelling ‘COP26.’ According
On October 26th, the Turkish parliament voted to extend Ankara’s military operations in Syria and Iraq by two years. President Erdogan now has ample opportunity to crush Kurdish autonomy in the region. However, both the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) voted against it, according to
