内容摘要：Many of Kharnak’s pasturelands have become barren owing to unusual weather in recent years. And the multiple glaciers that covered the surrounding high peaks have shrunk drastically in last two decades causing water shortages, the shepherds said.

Many of Kharnak’s pasturelands have become barren owing to unusual weather in recent years. And the multiple glaciers that covered the surrounding high peaks have shrunk drastically in last two decades causing water shortages, the shepherds said.

Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel. Associated Press writer Sam Mednick in Tel Aviv contributed.Follow AP’s war coverage at

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has defended using the term “genocide” to describe, saying the world should not make the same mistakes seen in past violations of international law, when it wasn’t “called out soon enough.”Tom Fletcher, in an interview with The Associated Press, said his forceful speech this week to the U.N. Security Council was meant to highlight what he views as the “eroding” of a rules-based order in

and monthslong blockade of lifesaving aid. He also blastedto deliver aid to Palestinians amid the 19-month-long war as “dehumanizing.”

“I’m not a lawyer. I’m a humanitarian. My job is to get the aid in, to get the attention of the world, to help create the conditions to get that aid in and save as many lives as possible before it’s too late,” Fletcher said Wednesday.

“But I also want to make sure that we aren’t making the mistake that was made with previous massive breaches of international law, where it hasn’t been called out soon enough,” he added.who were on one of the aircraft. Following the collision, one plane landed uneventfully, but the other hit the ground near a runway and caught fire. The crash happened at Marana Regional Airport near Tucson.

— A small commuter planein early February, killing all 10 people on board. The crash was

in the state in 25 years.that the plane rapidly lost elevation and speed. The U.S. Coast Guard was unaware of any distress signals from the aircraft.