CNN News: 美國學生偷標語牌被朝鮮判15年

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.

這是自2004年以來，美國首次承認“種族滅絕”事件。美國國務卿約翰·克里將將伊斯蘭國屠殺基督徒、雅茲迪教派，以及伊拉克和敘利亞的其他少數(shù)族群定性為“種族滅絕”。奧巴馬政府因不愿使用“種族滅絕”這一詞語，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.

眾議院周一一致投票通過一項決議，稱IS對基督徒等的迫害為種族滅絕。這一投票以及聲明并不要求美國政府對伊斯蘭國采取其他打擊行為，但是會增加壓力，更加積極地打擊恐怖分子，同時也會增加使更多伊拉克和敘利亞難民進入美國境內(nèi)的壓力。

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.

這是2014年伊拉克空間從山里救助some Yazidis人的視頻。伊斯蘭國將這些人誘捕并拘禁。

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.

一名美國大學生在朝鮮進行勞動教養(yǎng)。這名21歲，名叫奧托·瓦姆比爾的美國大學生在旅行社組織下去首都平壤游玩。

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，奧托·瓦姆比爾被捕，并遭到偷竊酒店政治旗幟的指控。瓦姆比爾之后承認罪行，并稱是受美國政府引誘犯罪，但也可能是迫于朝鮮官員壓力而承認罪行。瓦姆比爾被判接受15年勞教，但美國國務院稱處罰與罪行并不相符。

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.

美國和朝鮮的關系日漸緊張，部分原因是朝鮮進行核項目以及國際社會對其進行制裁。也可能是美國和韓國，不顧朝鮮反對，進行聯(lián)合軍演。