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Water security

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Egypt has sought to reinforce its argument that the Nile cannot be left to unilateral decisions upstream, such as Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, pictured. AFP

Egypt sets out new case against Ethiopia in Nile dam dispute

MENASeptember 21, 2026
Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability, speaks at a media briefing to promote the UN Water Conference. Photo: 2026 UN Water Conference

Private sector has 'major role in tackling water scarcity'

UAESeptember 07, 2026
Ras Al Khair power and desalination plant in Saudi Arabia uses multi-stage flash distillation and reverse osmosis to produce fresh water. Fayez Nureldine / AFP

Gulf pours billions into water security to boost AI and industry ambitions

EnergyAugust 22, 2026
A man walks on the dry riverbed of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad earlier this year. AFP

Global water governance is fragmented. We can fix this in Abu Dhabi

CommentJuly 22, 2026
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham takes a water break during his first official visit as leader of the Labour party last week. Getty

Is Andy Burnham preparing for a water war?

CommentJuly 22, 2026
Manhat recently congratulated its first group of pupils who took part in its first Young Water Innovators' Programme.

UAE water tech start-up's young innovators graduate from programme

TechnologyJuly 20, 2026
'It's time for less talking and more doing,' says Abdulla Balalaa, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Energy and Sustainability. Nilanjana Gupta / The National

UN conference will shine spotlight on world's water crisis, says UAE minister

USJuly 16, 2026
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. AFP

Egypt-Ethiopia dispute overshadowed by Horn of Africa tensions

MENAJuly 14, 2026
A fisherman manoeuvres his boat through Iraq's Hawizeh Marsh. AFP

World's water supplies heading for irreversible decline, warns UN's Guterres

USJuly 13, 2026
Cane and rice farmer Satyavan Narwal at a dried-up pond bed in Kathura village, Haryana, India.

UN experts warn world has entered 'water bankruptcy' as global scarcity worsens

NewsJuly 07, 2026
Dewa generates, transmits and distributes power and potable water throughout Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Utility Dewa creates unit to develop energy and water projects worldwide

EnergyJune 21, 2026
Yemenis collect water from a donated tank amid a severe shortage on the outskirts of Sanaa, December 11, 2001. EPA

The world is missing global water targets

CommentJune 05, 2026
Flooding has done little to replenish Syria's depleted groundwater reserves. AFP

Flooding masks Syria’s ‘catastrophic’ water shortage caused by illegal wells

MENAJune 03, 2026
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Shadi's take on the water crisis in Gaza

CartoonJune 02, 2026
Floodwaters in Syria's Deir Ezzor province after heavy rain and the opening of dams in Turkey pushed the Euphrates to its limit. AFP
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Euphrates River flooding recedes in eastern Syria

MENAMay 31, 2026
Water has stopped being the invisible utility beneath the global economy. Getty Images

Why water rights will become the asset class of the 21st century

EconomyMay 23, 2026
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