Tehran is grappling with an intensifying water crisis as dam reservoirs reach critical lows, according to a senior sanitation official. Rainfall and dam inflows have decreased by nearly half, leaving most of the capital's reservoirs almost depleted.

The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than two billion people around the world still do not have access to safely-managed drinking water.

Iran is grappling with a severe water crisis, but aid may be on the horizon from an unexpected source—if the "tyrants" are removed from power.

Kabul may become the first modern city to completely run out of water, experts have warned, as a severe water crisis deepens in the Afghan capital.

The European Union plans to develop minimum performance standards aimed at reducing water consumption in data centers, as the region faces the prospect of water shortages in the coming decades.

Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday.