日: 2018年1月4日

1. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that unrest in the country will end in a few days.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off financial aid to the Palestinian Authority.
3. North Korea has reopened the hotline with South Korea to discuss issues, including sending athletes to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

1. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has accused other countries of instigating anti-government protests.
2. A U.S. State Department spokesperson says North Korea might be “trying to drive a wedge of some sort” between the United States and South Korea.
3. Pope Francis has issued a card for World Peace Day that shows a young victim of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in August 1945.