(Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart, famed for his biting television satire of politicians and the media, will leave his job as host of Comedy Central's parody newscast "The Daily Show" later this year, he told his studio audience at the end of Tuesday night's episode. Stewart,...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- The Unified Military Command of Eastern Ghouta district, in statement posted online, stressed the unity of the mainstream group against Syrian regime. The statement comes as criticism has been mounted against Islam...

Queen Rania joined thousands of people who turned out after midday prayers in Jordan’s capital Friday to express their solidarity with the pilot murdered by the Islamic State (IS) group. Wearing a black suit and a red-and-white checked keffiyeh over her shoulders, she mixed with the...

PARIS (AFP) - The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has learned from the mistakes of past extremist movements and established a near-impregnable base of support within Iraq and Syria with spectacular appeal to many of the world's Sunni Muslims, a new book has warned....