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Egypt says Ethiopia began filling controversial mega dam ahead of UN meeting
Egypt’s irrigation minister said on Monday he had received official notice from Ethiopia that it had begun filling the reservoir behind its giant ... Middle East -
Ethiopia asks US to postpone final talks over dam dispute
Ethiopia has asked the United States to postpone what was expected to be the final round of talks on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam, it said on ... World News -
Nile states to return to US for talks on controversial dam
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed at talks in Cairo aimed at resolving a feud over a massive dam project on the Nile to reconvene next week in ... Middle East -
Egypt accepts invitation to meet in US over Ethiopia dam dispute
Egypt said on Tuesday it had accepted a US invitation to a meeting of foreign ministers over a project for a giant hydropower dam on Ethiopia’s ... Middle East -
Egypt to press for outside mediator in Ethiopia dam dispute
Egypt will push Ethiopia this week to agree to an external mediator to help resolve a deepening dispute over a giant hydropower dam being built on ... Energy -
Egyptian President al-Sisi to meet with Ethiopian counterpart on Nile dam
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi says that he has agreed to speak with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed to discuss the Renaissance Dam ... Economy -
Egypt denounces Ethiopia for moving ahead with Nile dam
Egypt denounced Ethiopia on Wednesday for moving forward with building and operating a hydropower dam on the Nile, which Cairo worries will threaten ... Energy -
Talks on Nile waters wrap up in Sudan’s Khartoum without agreement
Talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial Nile dam hit a new “deadlock” in Khartoum on Saturday, Cairo said, blaming ... Middle East -
Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 121 dead, 226 missing
The toll from a dam collapse last week at a mine in southeast Brazil has risen to 121 dead and 226 missing, officials said Saturday. The emergency ... World News -
Five arrested in connection with Brazil dam disaster
Authorities arrested five people Tuesday in connection with the collapse of a Brazilian mine dam, while the death toll rose to at least 84 and the ... World News -
IN PICTURES: Dam with mine waste collapses in Brazil; 84 dead, hundreds missing
A dam that held back mining waste collapsed Friday in Brazil, inundating a nearby community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least 84 people, with ... World News -
Ethiopia says Nile Dam project is facing financial and technical problems
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (al-Nahda Dam) project on the Nile is facing financial and technical problems, Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. ... Economy -
WATCH: Laos dam collapse leaves hundreds missing, dozens killed
Rescuers were searching Wednesday for villagers left missing when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam was breached in southeastern Laos, flooding ... World News -
Nile dam won’t harm Egypt, says new Ethiopian leader
Ethiopia’s newly appointed prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, said on Thursday that the controversial dam his country is building on the Nile will not ... Middle East -
Egypt FM to visit Ethiopia over Nile dam
Egypt’s top diplomat is to visit Addis Ababa Tuesday to discuss controversial Ethiopian plans to build a dam on the Nile that Cairo fears will ... Middle East -
Egypt's foreign minister to head to Ethiopia after Nile dam talks stall
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Addis Ababa next week for talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, a foreign ministry spokesman ... Middle East -
Man taking selfie among seven dead in Iran storms
A man taking a selfie after an Iranian dam burst was among at least seven people killed as floods, avalanches and dust storms gripped the country, ... Variety -
Iraq town lives in shadow of world’s ‘most dangerous dam’
A major failure of the dam would unleash millions of cubic meters of water down the valley, sweeping Wana away Features -
Italy to send 450 troops to protect Iraq’s Mosul dam
The 450 Italian troops will be in addition to the 750 already on the ground in Iraq as part of international efforts News -
Iraq, where farming began, under environmental threats: expert
Award-winning environmentalist Azzam Alwash said Iraq at its full potential could be ‘the breadbasket for the entire region’ Features -
Egypt ‘highly sensitive’ toward any Nile dam project
Moghazi described Egypt’s current share of Nile water as already not enough to cover the country's needs Middle East -
Palestinian’s ‘IDF escape’ selfie is not what it seems
Twitter users had praised the man in the photo, who many believed snapped the selfie while being chased down by Israeli forces Variety -
Sisi to meet Ethiopia’s patriarch, church delegation
Mathias I came to Egypt early Saturday with a large delegation for a six-day visit after an invitation from Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II Middle East -
Iraqi Diyala residents face ISIS ‘water war’
Iraqi MP says ISIS is waging a ‘water war’ and continues to control a major dam in the eastern province of Diyala Middle East -
Militants burn three Iraq oil wells as Iraq’s Kurds attack
ISIS militants set the wells on fire before deserting the Ain Zalah field, which was seized by militants along in early August Middle East -
Is Iraq’s Mosul dam ‘the most dangerous in the world?’
Completed in 1984, the dam suffers from structural problems Features -
Official: Egypt satellite monitors Ethiopia’s dam
Egysat was reportedly launched to keep an eye out in case Ethiopia violates its dam’s stated purpose of electricity generation Middle East -
Ethiopia calls Egypt to resume talks over dam
Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn invited Egypt for another round of tripartite talks with Sudan to discuss building its dam on the Nile News -
Egyptian army says ‘too early’ to intervene in dam crisis
The Egyptian army spokesman said on Thursday it was too early to intervene in the war of words taking place between Egypt and Ethiopia over the ... Middle East -
No Nile, no Egypt,’ Cairo warns over Ethiopia dam
Egypt’s foreign minister, vowing not to give up “a single drop of water from the Nile”, said on Sunday he would go to Addis Ababa to ... Africa