Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has spent his final day in office, leaving behind a power vacuum in the country as the parliament failed to pick his successor after five attempts, Press TV reports. While bidding farewell to the presidential palace on Saturday, Sleiman said the power vacuum may have been caused intentionally by certain Lebanese…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of ignoring Moscow’s security and economic interests in Ukraine. Speaking to representatives of news agencies in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg on Saturday, Putin said the West is seeking its own interests, particularly the possibility that Ukraine could one day join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization…

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…