An American retired professor has blamed the United States for Ukraine’s ongoing political crisis, saying Washington started a game in that country hoping to establish a pro-American government there, but it failed. It is the United States “betraying the world and international law rather than Russians,” said James Henry Fetzer, the Madison-based editor of Veterans…

The Syrian president has thanked Russia for supporting his country in its fight against foreign-backed militants. On Saturday, Bashar al-Assad made the remarks during a meeting with a visiting Russian delegation headed by deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin. He said Moscow has been throwing its weight behind the Syrian nation in its war against “terrorism.” He also denounced the West…

Venezuela plans to convene a summit of South American leaders to condemn the United States for interfering in its internal affairs, says Foreign Minister Elias Jaua. The Venezuelan minister said on Friday that Caracas would request the summit to condemn the US coup-seeking agenda and interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela. He said Venezuela…

Iran marks the 32nd anniversary of the liberation of the strategic southwestern city of Khorramshahr from the occupation of Iraqi forces. Iranian soldiers put an end to the 575 days of the Iraqi occupation of the city through a landmark operation codenamed Beit ol-Moqaddas. The Iranian forces launched the Beit ol-Moqaddas Operation in April 1982…

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says Iran has been complying with the terms of an interim agreement reached between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 on the Iranian nuclear energy program. In a quarterly report on Friday, the UN nuclear agency said that Iran has cut its stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium by more…