DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A series of tankers made their way out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday despite threats to shipping from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary…
Read more Oil tanker navigates Strait of Hormuz despite threats from Iran’s Revolutionary GuardKISKUNMAJSA, Hungary — Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his…
Read more Hungary’s ‘water guardian’ farmers fight back against desertificationTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media said Friday. Mojtaba Ghahramani, a…
Read more Iran seizes an oil tanker in the Strait of HormuzWRIGHTWOOD, Calif. — A strong storm system that brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California this week was expected to ease Friday, but there was still a…
Read more Rain-soaked California still at risk of floods and high surfREDDING, Calif. — Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads in northern California, leading to water rescues from vehicles and homes and at least one confirmed death, authorities…
Read more Flash flooding in northern California leads to soaked roads, water rescues and one deathLAS VEGAS — The seven states that rely on the Colorado River to supply farms and cities across the U.S. West appear no closer to reaching a consensus…
Read more Colorado River water negotiators appear no closer to long-term agreementALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One of North America’s longest rivers, the Rio Grande — or Rio Bravo as it’s called in Mexico — has a history as deep as…
Read more A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the borderBOGOTA, Colombia — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers…
Read more Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken, scientists warn of worsening droughtsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A simmering feud over management of one of North America’s longest rivers reached a boiling point when the U.S. Supreme Court sent western states and…
Read more Western states seek to end long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio GrandePREK TAKEO, Cambodia — The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions in the six countries it traverses on its way from its headwaters to the sea, sustaining…
Read more Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millionsAFLOAT THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER — Grant Jeide looked like another dude riding the rollicking waves left in the wake of a 23-foot (7-meter) boat ripping through the…
Read more Sports boats set out on a voyage to electrify the waters in the same way Tesla electrified the roadsA bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims has driven off a highway in Nepal, leaving 14 killed, 16 injured and several more missing KATHMANDU, Nepal — At least…
Read more Bus carrying dozens of Indian pilgrims drives off a Nepal highwayWASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government on Thursday announced water…
Read more Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will lose same amount of Colorado River water next year as in 2024MOUNT STORM, W.Va. — Down a long gravel road, tucked into the hills in West Virginia, is a low-slung building where researchers are extracting essential elements from an…
Read more Demand for rare elements used in clean energy could help clean up abandoned coal mines in AppalachiaMORIGAON, India — A blue tarp covered a mother and her newborn daughter from the incessant rain on their boat journey. Jahanara Khatoon, 25, had just given birth…
Read more Indian mother delivers baby on boat as her river island is inundated by floodwatersISLAMABAD — An Afghan military helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Ghor province in western Afghanistan, killing at least one person, the Taliban defense ministry said. The crash of…
Read more An Afghan military helicopter crash in western Afghanistan kills at least 1 person, the Taliban sayBALTIMORE — Teams of engineers worked Saturday on the intricate process of cutting and lifting the first section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge,…
Read more Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridgeLONDON — The coach of Oxford’s crew taking part in the Boat Race described the pollution in London’s River Thames as a “national disgrace” as the company responsible…
Read more Oxford coach blasts Thames pollution as a national disgrace ahead of Boat Race with CambridgeMAKUENI, Kenya — On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make concrete. The sound of their…
Read more To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams on seasonal riversINDEX, Wash. — The bodies of two people recovered over the weekend after they fell into the water at a dangerous swimming area in Washington state made popular…
Read more 2 Japanese men die in river near Washington state waterfall made popular on TikTok
