In Algeria, water shortages left faucets dry, prompting protesters to riot and set tires ablaze. In Gaza, as people waited for water at a community tap, an Israeli drone fired on them, killing eight.

Experts weigh in on challenges from climate change and water access to upstream-downstream conflict and industry abuse.

Welcome to Boiling Point. I’m Ian James, a reporter on The Times’ climate team, writing the newsletter this week to fill in for my colleague Sammy Roth. In Pakistan, two groups of farmers started ...

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The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal ...

The prospect of water wars is a long-running and active debate, with everyone from high-ranking U.N. officials to renowned hydro-politics experts voicing their concern about the perceived risks.

FILE - Residents transport drinking water from Humaita to the Paraizinho community, along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, amid a drought, in Amazonas state, Brazil, Sunday, ...

On Newsmakers, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Las Cruces... On Newsmakers, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Las Cruces recently to campaign for Republican Congressional Candidate ...

President Donald Trump’s intrusion into California’s long-running conflict over water management — essentially favoring farmers over wildlife habitat — has drawn massive media and political attention.

POCATELLO, Idaho — Surface water and groundwater users were gathered in Pocatello on Wednesday, June 26, to celebrate the successful resolutions of water conflicts during the irrigation season.

Radar and satellite images have revealed an aquifer the size of Lake Erie beneath the blazing desert of Darfur in western Sudan. Is it still full of water, or did it dry up 5000 years ago? Hundreds of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A boy carries two empty buckets to collect water amid a rainstorm in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City on Nov. 14. In ...