Saudi Arabia has all the vices and none of the virtues of an oil rich state like Venezuela. The country is governed by a family dictatorship which tolerates no opposition and severely punishes human rights advocates and political dissidents.
Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers have arrived in Nicaragua after taking off from an airbase in Venezuela, the Russian Defense Ministry says.
Foreign delegations have arrived in Iran's capital, Tehran, to take part in the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's President-Elect Hassan Rohani.
Russia has granted asylum to the former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden after a month-long diplomatic controversy with the United States.