The key responsibility of the Islamic media is to counter the influence of the United States in the region, Ali-Akbar Velayati, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's advisor on international affairs, said here on Sunday.
The general director of Syrian antiquities and museums said on Wednesday the Islamic State (IS) militants started destroying tombs in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.
An Iranian-American Washington Post reporter stood trial in Iran on Tuesday over espionage charges, local media reported.
As many as 140 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Tuesday by Syrian airstrikes in the northern province of Raqqa, the de facto capital of IS, according to the state news agency SANA.
The Islamic State terrorist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack on a controversial cartoon contest that left two gunmen dead in northern U.S. state of Texas Sunday night.
All eyes were on Australia Monday after a gunman took hostages at a Sydney cafe, begging the question of whether Islamist radicals, particularly the Islamic State, could strike the United States. But while the majority of Americans believe an Islamic State attack on the U.S. is possible, some experts said it's unlikely.
Global industry for products and services abiding to Islamic or halal standards is expect to further expand in the years to come, according to a report released on Sunday.
U.S. President Barack Obama has written to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to express a "shared interest" in fighting the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq and Syria, an American newspaper reported Thursday.
An air fleet consisting of CF-18 Hornet fighters on Tuesday departed from Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake in Albert of Canada for the Middle East in support of the efforts to fight against the Islamic State, the Canada's Ministry of National Defense announced.
The United States reiterated on Monday that it is not targeting the Syrian government in its ongoing airstrikes on the Islamic State militant group.
A three-minute video has been released by the Islamic State (IS) Thursday afternoon, showing a British hostage, saying he would show some facts and truth in a series of programs.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday called Saudi King Abdullah about his plan to fight the Islamic militants, just a few hours before he addresses the American public and the world on the Islamic State threat.
U.S. President Barack Obama told top lawmakers Tuesday that he has the authority he needs to take action against Islamic State (IS) militants.
American Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power on Wednesday said that U.S. President Barack Obama will convene a Security Council summit on "growing and dangerous phenomenon" of foreign terrorist fighters.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday authorized sending some 350 additional military personnel to Iraq, hours after the Islamic State militant group released a video showing the beheading of a second American journalist.
U.S. House intel committee head blasts White House over Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS) militants killed more than 160 Syrian soldiers who were captured by the terrorist group in the northern al-Raqqa province, according to activists' reports and online video footages published on Thursday.
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