Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says terrorism and extremism know no border, urging collective regional measures to fight the two phenomena.

As world Muslims wrap up their preparations for the life-time spiritual journey of hajj, Russian Muslims are facing challenges of hot weather, cuisine differences as well as hajj costs which doubled since the ruble depreciated.

Accommodating Muslim travelers, a Florida international airport announced plans to build a prayer room for Muslims, as the flights to United Arab Emirates will start next month.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in the Pakistani capital Islamabad after a visit to Syria and Lebanon.

One of the world’s oldest copies of the holy Qur’an, recovered by police in the south western state of Karnataka, is believed to be dating back to the period of Mughal ruler, Akbar, which existed at least four centuries ago.

The Ansarullah fighters of the Houthi movement and Yemeni army forces have launched a retaliatory missile attack on a Saudi military base in the country's southwest.

Shaykh Qabbani, the former Grand Mufti of Lebanon, said that the killing of Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims in the recent suicide bombings against mosques in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia proves the true intentions of Takfiri extremists.

Violent clashes have erupted between extremist Israelis and hundreds of Palestinians who were protesting against force-feeding of a hunger striking Palestinian prisoner.

A provincial official in Iran's western Ilam province says a Russian oil company has declared its readiness to invest in development of oil fields and construction of oil refineries in the province.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has announced it has successfully captured an Israeli drone that is now operational for use by its military wing.

The United States has launched its first airstrikes into Syria against the terrorist group ISIL from neighboring Turkey, the Pentagon says.

A senior Hezbollah official protested the provocations against the Islamic Resistance group by the supporters of the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance, saying such actions are "shameful".