James Fetzer, a philosopher of science and conspiracy theorist, says the sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia are aimed at distracting the American people from their problems at home. “It seems to be intended to distract the American public, especially from the real problems here at home,” Fetzer said Sunday about the sanctions.…

Iranian cinematic production Unripe Pomegranate has been selected to compete at the 2014 edition of Moscow International Film festival in Russia. Directed by Majid Reza Mostafavi, the film is slated to contend for awards along with 15 other productions participated from different countries at the Competition section of the festival. Brothers by Victoria Trofimenko from Ukraine, The Sentimentalists by Nicholas…

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she had warned President Barack Obama about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s «true agenda» to “re-Sovietize” nations in Eastern Europe. Clinton says she had warned Obama in a memo she prepared before leaving the State Department last year, according to her memoir “Hard Choices” released in bookstores Tuesday,…

The Kremlin has launched military maneuvers in response to war games by a Western military alliance near the Russian border as tensions simmer between Moscow and NATO. The Tuesday drills involved the Russian Baltic Sea fleet, the air force and paratroopers in Kaliningrad, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “The maneuvers are taking place just as…

Russia has slammed the European Union for what it calls making a political decision to suspend construction of South Stream gas pipeline. Russia’s EU envoy Vladimir Chizhov said on Monday that the European Union had forced Bulgaria into suspending the pipeline project because of US pressure. «It is hard to shake off the feeling that…

War-weary residents of Ukraine’s eastern regions have said that President Petro Poroshenko “has blood on his hands,” Press TV reports. A Slavyansk resident told a Press TV reporter that “We are Slavyansk residents. They said there are terrorists here, look, what terrorists? … Poroshenko has our blood on his hands.” Anger mounts in eastern Ukraine…

Despite its self-righteous claims, the US has long been in breach of the international norms through its deadly interventionist policies across the world. Political analyst Abdullah Weiler slammed President Barack Obama’s recent and previous claims about American exceptionalism in upholding the international norms. “The US not only has the ability to flout international norms, but…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says nuclear weapons are totally against humanity. Addressing a meeting with members of the Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research in Tehran on Monday, the Leader said nuclear science is among the important and complicated scientific achievements of humanity. “This science, despite its great…

The Syrian government has rejected the European Union’s criticism of the June 3 presidential election, branding it a violation of national sovereignty. The European Union has described Tuesday’s vote, which saw President Bashar al-Assad’s landslide victory, as «illegitimate.» «A flawed electoral law imposed identification requirements that deprived most Syrians living in areas under opposition control of the…

The Israeli regime has its roots in terrorism with its first leaders being members of terrorist organizations, a  tells Press TV. In an interview with Press TV on Saturday, political analyst James Thring said Israel labels the Palestinian movement, Hamas, as terrorist while the regime itself was founded on terrorism. “They (Hamas) are labeled as terrorists, but then…