For the first time since 2004, the U.S. government is recognizing a genocide. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the ISIS terrorist group is committing genocide, the mass murder of Christians, Shiite Muslims and Yazidis in the nations of Iraq and Syria. The Obama administration had been criticized for its reluctance to use the term until now.

这是自2004年以来，美国首次承认“种族灭绝”事件。美国国务卿约翰·克里将将伊斯兰国屠杀基督徒、雅兹迪教派，以及伊拉克和叙利亚的其他少数族群定性为“种族灭绝”。奥巴马政府因不愿使用“种族灭绝”这一词语，而一直遭受批判。

On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a unanimous resolution to label some of ISIS`s crime as genocide. That vote and the administration`s announcement don`t require the government to take additional action against ISIS, but it could increase pressure on it to more aggressively fight the terrorists or to allow more refugees from Iraq and Syria into the U.S.

众议院周一一致投票通过一项决议，称IS对基督徒等的迫害为种族灭绝。这一投票以及声明并不要求美国政府对伊斯兰国采取其他打击行为，但是会增加压力，更加积极地打击恐怖分子，同时也会增加使更多伊拉克和叙利亚难民进入美国境内的压力。

This is video from 2014 on an Iraqi Air Force flight that rescued some Yazidis from a mountain in Iraq. ISIS had trapped and targeted them.

这是2014年伊拉克空间从山里救助some Yazidis人的视频。伊斯兰国将这些人诱捕并拘禁。

An American student is now a prisoner in North Korea. Twenty-one-year-old Otto Warmbier was visiting the capital Pyongyang on a tour organized by a Chinese travel company.

一名美国大学生在朝鲜进行劳动教养。这名21岁，名叫奥托·瓦姆比尔的美国大学生在旅行社组织下去首都平壤游玩。

On January 2nd, he was arrested and accused of stealing a political banner from his hotel. Warmbier later admitted to the crime and said he was lured by the U.S. government to commit, but it`s possible that North Korean officials pressured him to read that statement. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, a penalty that the U.S. State Department says doesn`t fit the crime.

1月2日，奥托·瓦姆比尔被捕，并遭到偷窃酒店政治旗帜的指控。瓦姆比尔之后承认罪行，并称是受美国政府引诱犯罪，但也可能是迫于朝鲜官员压力而承认罪行。瓦姆比尔被判接受15年劳教，但美国国务院称处罚与罪行并不相符。

Relations between the U.S. and North Korea are worse than usual, partly because of North Korea`s nuclear program and the international penalties for it. Partly because of annual military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, which the North opposes.

美国和朝鲜的关系日渐紧张，部分原因是朝鲜进行核项目以及国际社会对其进行制裁。也可能是美国和韩国，不顾朝鲜反对，进行联合军演。

For the first time since 2004, the U.S. government is recognizing a genocide. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the ISIS terrorist group is committing genocide, the mass murder of Christians, Shiite Muslims and Yazidis in the nations of Iraq and Syria. The Obama administration had been criticized for its reluctance to use the term until now.

On Monday, the House of Representatives passed a unanimous resolution to label some of ISIS`s crime as genocide. That vote and the administration`s announcement don`t require the government to take additional action against ISIS, but it could increase pressure on it to more aggressively fight the terrorists or to allow more refugees from Iraq and Syria into the U.S.

This is video from 2014 on an Iraqi Air Force flight that rescued some Yazidis from a mountain in Iraq. ISIS had trapped and targeted them.

An American student is now a prisoner in North Korea. Twenty-one-year-old Otto Warmbier was visiting the capital Pyongyang on a tour organized by a Chinese travel company.

On January 2nd, he was arrested and accused of stealing a political banner from his hotel. Warmbier later admitted to the crime and said he was lured by the U.S. government to commit, but it`s possible that North Korean officials pressured him to read that statement. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, a penalty that the U.S. State Department says doesn`t fit the crime.

Relations between the U.S. and North Korea are worse than usual, partly because of North Korea`s nuclear program and the international penalties for it. Partly because of annual military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, which the North opposes.