月: 2017年11月

1. A special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with close aides of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.
2. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is under immense pressure to step down as tens of thousands of people rallied against him in the capital, Harare.
3. The U.S. government has notified Palestinians that it plans to close the office of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, or PLO, in Washington D.C.

1. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono will visit Bangladesh and pledge financial aid for Rohingya refugees in the country.
2. China’s presidential envoy has met with a close aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. They are thought to have discussed the North’s nuclear and missile programs.
3. Iraqi government forces say they have recaptured the final piece of the Islamic State militant group’s self-proclaimed caliphate in the country.

1. U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed hope that China will use its influence on North Korea when its presidential envoy visits Pyongyang on Friday.
2. The U.N. Human Rights Council has called on Japan to ensure the independence of its news media and continue supporting people affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident.
3. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is reportedly refusing to resign after meeting the country’s army commander and mediators from South Africa.

1. Japan’s defense minister and the general in command of U.S. forces Korea have agreed to continue to put pressure on North Korea, who joined the military drills between the two nations.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump has stressed the success of his recent tour to Asia, his first since taking office.
3. Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has reportedly been put under house arrest after what appears to be a “military coup.” Observers say he may be forced to resign.

1. The leaders of 18 countries in Southeast Asia and other regions have wrapped up two days of discussions on regional security, including North Korea, in Manila.
2. The mother of a Japanese woman abducted by North Korea 40 years ago has made a fresh appeal for the return of her daughter and other abductees.
3. A gunman has fired shots at an elementary school and other locations in northern California. Media reported at least 4 people were dead and several people, including students, injured.

1. Japanese Prime Minister Abe and Chinese Premier Li have discussed bilateral economic cooperation, North Korea and other topics at a meeting in the Philippines.
2. U.S. President Trump has called on ASEAN members to be independent and “satellites to no one,” in an implied warning against China’s increasing influence in the region.
3. Iran’s president is visiting a mountainous region bordering Iraq where hundreds have been killed in a powerful earthquake.

1. A magnitude -7.3 earthquake has struck a western region of Iran near its border with Iraq, leaving at least 135 people dead and 1,400 injured.
2. Leaders of countries in the Association of Southeastern Asian Nations have begun a series of summit meetings in the Philippines.
3. Officials from across the globe have gathered in the German city of Bonn to discuss measures to tackle global warming.

1. Leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member countries have adopted and issued a declaration, following their summit talks in Da Nang, Vietnam.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to discuss ways to contribute to peace and stability in Asia and around the world.
3. A Japanese atomic bomb survivor has spoken about the inhumane nature of nuclear weapons at an international conference in Vatican City.

1. Leaders from 21 Pacific-rim economies meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam began the main part of their talks.
2. All the 11 signatory nations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal have reconfirmed their broad agreement to put the deal into effect without the United States.
3. A former defense minister has been arrested on suspicion of directing covert cyber activities in a bid to sway public opinion in favor of a previous government.

1. Japanese officials say ministers working on a free-trade deal in the Pacific region have reached an agreement in principle.
2. Leaders from 21 Pacific-rim economies are to begin their 2-day meeting in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Friday.
3. Syria’s military says it has retaken the eastern city of Albu Kamal, the last urban stronghold of the Islamic State militant group in the country.