Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf ...
Eurasianet on MSN10h
Environmental groups caution against overdevelopment of river resources in Central Asia
A CEE Bankwatch background report stressed that the evaporation of the Aral Sea was caused by extensive damming on the middle ...
BP Eyes New Oil Prospects in Azeri Caspian Sea
BP plans to explore for new oil fields in the Azeri Caspian Sea, BP's upstream chief Gordon Birrell told Reuters.BP is ...
Water at war: The long-term environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine
Water is misused as a weapon when infrastructure and water resources are deliberately destroyed in armed conflicts. Water ...
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Northern Rivers Forecast
A broad trough currently lingering over the far northern inland will continue to weaken today, while a high pressure system over the Tasman Sea extends a ridge along the NSW coast. A cold front will ...