Climate activists affiliated with Extinction Rebellion target golf courses in southern France, filling holes with concrete in protest over exemptions from water restrictions during one of the worst droughts on record.

The water level of Germany's Rhine river has fallen to a critical 38-centimeter mark, at the checkpoint Kaub amid the continuing heatwave across Europe.

France is battling a spate of wildfires, including a "monster" blaze in the parched southwest that has forced thousands to evacuate. 

Most US states are experiencing some form of drought, according to new data.

A total of 22 dams are to be constructed along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers near Turkey's borders with Syria and Iraq, which is expected to have a devastating effect on regional agriculture and to exasperate pollution

Somalia’s displacement camps are coming under intense pressure amid worsening drought.

Drought, mismanagement of water resources, coupled with US sanction, led to protests, starting in the southwestern province of Khuzestan in July, later in Isfahan, and, soon afterwards, in its neighboring province of Charmahal and Bakhtiari.