The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather ...

UNICEF says middle- and low-income countries were the hardest hit. The agency criticized the "overlooked" impact of the climate crisis on education.

From Central Europe to the Caucusus to Central Asia and Afghanistan, 2024 saw extreme flooding across many of the countries in RFE/RL's region. We look back at the environmental and human impact ...

Challenges for Afghanistan in 2025 include continuing human rights violations, economic instability and food insecurity; ...

Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), stated that the country remains ...

The findings are expected to help public health agencies better allocate resources to mitigate these flood risks.

The Taliban’s demand for access to global climate finance amid Afghanistan’s worsening droughts, floods, and food insecurity has sparked a global dilemma: will the hardline regime’s ...

The Taliban’s demand for access to global climate finance amid Afghanistan’s worsening droughts, floods, and food insecurity has sparked a global dilemma: will the hardline regime’s inclusion be seen ...

open image in gallery An Afghan man collects his belongings from his damaged home after heavy flooding in Ghor province in western Afghanistan, Saturday, May 18, 2024. (AP) Yet the worst brunt of ...

The Salang highway, linking Afghanistan's capital Kabul to nine northern provinces, has been blocked due to heavy snowfalls, ...