Instability and now the news north and south korea are set to hold talks after two years of silence the meeting on tuesday will initially focus on the north a split dissipation in the Winter Olympics in the south next month but seoul says discussions are expected to move on to what it calls other areas of common interest florence three reports from seoul in a few days the truce village of panmunjom on the Demilitarized Zone that separates north and south korea will be a hive of activity representatives from the two countries will hold high level talks here for the first time in more than two years earlier this week north Korean Leader kim jong il would initiate a dialogue in his new years day address four days later his government agreed to hold talks the announcement came just hours after the u. S. And south korea agreed to postpone annual military drills shed used for the end of february these have long been regarded as provocative by pyongyang. Leaders agreed not to conduct sauce cr
There was animated debate in the Council Chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u. S. In calling for this public debate the u. S. Ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer the Iranian Regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in irans internal affairs but also argued that the u. S. Had another motive in pushing for this meeting. Used to mean put up the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the Iranian Nuclear agreement would have an agreement that the french ambassador maintained in his speech was crucial also distancing himself from the u. S. Decision to call these discussions wi
Orthodox christmas celebrations the alleged sale of church land to israelis sparked tense scenes as june explains from bethlehem. The protests were unprecedented in a display of anger toward the Greek Orthodox patriarch of jerusalem demonstrators attacked the convoy of the office the third as it made its way to bethlehems manger square in the occupied west bank behind all this recent news reports alleging the patriarch has been involved in property sales to foreign tax havens and those properties may end up in the hands of israeli businesses. Protesters believe the allegations and say it will make it harder for palestinians to establish their own state but the live now to mount a clear and simple we want the patriarch to resign we want to reform the patriarchate and assign a Legal Committee to evaluate the situation representatives of the Greek Orthodox church of jerusalem deny the allegations and the handle of the snow. We did not as they claim to sell our lands to the Israeli Occupat
The deer up here is to have crumbled president asset backed by russia is bent on taking back control of the area to cement his grip on power for civilians though the onslaught is causing misery in freezing winter conditions explains. The sound all too familiar to many syrians as the war enters its eighth year the concern in the adler province is just how large the scale of the death and devastation could be. Syrians here remember what happened in two thousand and sixteen when Government Forces regained control of aleppo once syrias biggest city. Im not them the mold i was tempted you bashar we will look leave we will die in syria we are all civilians why do they do this then america then the arab league then the Security Council i dont think it is the largest remaining rebel stronghold in syria during peace negotiations it was designated a deescalation zone or safe haven for civilians. Has been anything but since the government began its offensive in october to recapture the province c
Thirty five year old man a rabbi from the illegal outpost of about gilad just southwest of nablus in the occupied west bank that he was in his vehicle on route sixty the main road near that illegal outpost where he lived and he was shot dead from a by a from a passing vehicle the military not saying whether it was one gunman or more but there are reports that twenty two bullets struck the vehicle that he was shot in the neck and chest taken to hospital where he was then pronounced dead the military responded by declaring a military zone southwest of nablus Israeli Soldiers entering two villages tel and sorrow there were confrontations with local palestinians in those villages before the military the soldiers withdrew to the entrances of the villages they also carried out raids within nablus itself western neighborhoods of nablus seizing security cameras as this hunt for the suspects in this incident continues Israeli Settlers as well gathered around a checkpoint at least one area throw