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…

Ukraine is getting closer to a humanitarian crisis as the number of displaced people is increasing in the east of the country. According to the report, most of the people who have fled from violence in the eastern parts of the country are currently settled in confiscated properties of former Ukrainian officials in Kiev, while…

The international hype created over Iran’s nuclear energy program has been in fact a scenario orchestrated by the Israeli spy agency Mossad and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In his new book “Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of Iran Nuclear Scare,” which is a comprehensive study of hundreds of US intelligence reports, transcriptions of…

The United Nations Committee against Torture has slammed the Vatican over its handling of sexual abuse of minors by pedophile priests, saying clerics must comply with a UN anti-torture treaty. The UN committee said on Friday that Vatican officials have failed to report abuse charges properly, transferred abusive priests rather than punishing them as well…

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says the world should not be dominated by one power as the United States’ “unipolar” vision of the world has failed. Putin made the remarks on Friday during an economic forum in Saint Petersburg, adding that today’s world people want to decide on their fate themselves. The Russian leader also said…

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says its ongoing battle against the foreign-backed Takfiri militants operating inside Syria will not affect the group’s “readiness to confront” the Israeli regime. Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem described Israel as the Lebanese movement’s “main enemy” and said armed resistance was proven to be the right way to confront…

The Russian ambassador to the United Nations says Moscow vetoed an anti-Syria resolution to prevent any Western military intervention in the Arab country. Vitaly Churkin said on Thursday that his country vetoed the anti-Syrian move in the United Nations Security Council over fears of Western intervention there. Churkin added that the French-sponsored document could refuel…

The family of an American girl killed by Israeli forces has appealed to Israel’s Supreme Court. They appealed on Wednesday after a lower court in 2012 refused to hold the Israeli military accountable for their daughter’s death. Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist, was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in 2003. She was…