(Reporting by Mohamed Al Hussein; Translation by Yusra Ahmed) Cotton production in the northeastern province of Hasaka has severely declined this year affected by almost five-year-old conflict that combined with lack of insecticides and fertilizers besides decrease in the planted land amid the...

Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet Union which the Swedish Academy said was "a monument to suffering and courage in our time". Alexievich's work includes chronicles of the lives of Soviet...

Israel says it has indicted seven Arab citizens on suspicion of setting up an ISIS cell in the country and planning to attack police and army bases. Spokeswoman Luba Samri said on Thursday that the seven - all men in their 20s and 30s - are affiliated with ISIS group's ideology. She said they...

Austria's chancellor criticized Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country. Thousands of refugees are crossing the border...