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VOA news for Thursday, November 29th, 2018

VOA news. I'm Christopher Cruise reporting. The U.S. Senate(미국·오스트레일리아·캐나다·프랑스 등의) 상원  has voted overwhelmingly to move forward on a resolution (의회 등의) 결의; 결의안,(문제·불화 등의) 해결 ending U.S. military support to the Saudi-led coalition정당·국가·개인 간의) 연합, 연립 fighting in Yemen. Wednesday's vote was 63-37. It means the Senate could start debating the resolution as early as next week. Many of the lawmakers입법자, (국회)의원, both Republicans and Democrats, were not just concerned over the humanitarian calamity재앙, 재난, 재해; 큰 불행[불운], 비운, 고난 caused by the fighting in Yemen. They are also upset with President Trump's reluctance싫음, 마지못해 함, 꺼림, 마음 내키지 않음 to punish the Saudis for the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Afghan officials say a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne가지고 가다[오다], 나르다 bomb Wednesday evening outside a British security company's compound(큰 건물이나 시설 따위의) 구내 in Kabul, making way for a group of armed attackers to storm the facility and engage in fierce gunbattles. An Afghan Interior Ministry내무부 spokesman confirmed the raid습격, 급습 on the high-security facility. He said at least 10 people were killed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is responsible for the standoff떨어져 있기, 고립 with Ukrainian naval ships in the Black Sea. He contends(강력히) 주장하다 it is an attempt by Poroshenko to boost (후보자 등의) 뒤를 밀어주다 his re-election chances next year. In a televised speech on Wednesday, Putin accused Poroshenko of orchestrating(최대의 효과를 올리도록) 편성[기획, 연출]하다 a "provocation도발, 자극" by Ukrainian vessels for the sole purpose of winning re-election.

A woman accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government appears to be coming closer to a plea deal유죄 답변 협상, 양형거래 with U.S. prosecutors. Court documents filed Wednesday say 30-year-old gun-rights activist Maria Butina's lawyers and federal prosecutors "remain optimistic about a pretrial공판 전의 resolution판결" of her case. This is VOA news.


President Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, is defending her use of a private email account when she was moving into her role in her father's administration. Associated Press Washington correspondent(특정 지역이나 주제 담당) 기자, 특파원 Sagar Meghani reports from the White House. Her father hammered마구 공격하다[나무라다], 혹평하다 Clinton for her emails throughout their presidential race with chants(연이어 외치는) 구호 of "Lock her up" resounding울려 퍼지다 through his rallies. Ivanka Trump says "Lock her up" doesn't apply to her. She tells ABC News she used the private email account while transitioning into an adviser보좌관, 상담역, 고문 role here at the White House and all the emails were stored and preserved. Asked about her dad denouncing맹렬히 비난하다 Clinton's private email server, Ivanka Trump said, "There is no equivalency(가치·의의·힘 따위가) 같음, 동량, 등가 to what my father's spoken about.” In the first case of its kind, the U.S. Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against two alleged(뚜렷한) 증거 없이 주장된, 추정된, 지목된 Iranian cyber criminals. The prosecutors say the criminals used malware악성 소프트웨어 to infect the computer networks of U.S. towns and cities, hospitals and other organizations in a scheme to extort갈취하다 millions of dollars from the victims.

Afghanistan's president, Ashraf Ghani, says his government has "formulated<계획·의견을> 조직적으로 세우다 a road map" for prospective peace negotiations with Taliban insurgents(특히 자국 정부에 대한) 폭도, 반란자 to end the 17-year war in the country. He spoke at an international conference [in] on Afghanistan in Geneva on Wednesday.

More than 400 Ethiopian migrants stranded(자금·수단 등의 부족으로) 오도 가도 못하게 하다, 발을 묶다. in Yemen will be airlifted home this week. It's the first time since 2015 that the International Organization for Migration국제이주기구 has been given the go-ahead for this operation to resume. Correspondent Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from IOM headquarters in Geneva. During the past few years, the IOM Voluntary Humanitarian Return operation has assisted many migrants to go home by sea. But agency spokesman Joel Millman notes returning the migrants by plane is a better, safer option. "In 2018, IOM's VHR program was able to assist 668 migrants to return to Ethiopia on ships across the Gulf of Aden아덴 만. However, unstable금방이라도 급변할 듯한, 불안정한 weather conditions at sea combined with escalated확대[증대·강화]되다; 악화되다. fighting in and around the Al Hodeidah ports posed major operational challenges in previous return operations.”

Kenya's government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights국가인권위원회 [said Wednesday that] accused on Wednesday Kenyan police of committing the majority of sexual violence reported during last year's opposition protests over election results. Kenya's national police said it rejects "in totality전체, 총체; 총액, 전액, 총계' the report's assertions.

You can find more on these and other late breaking and developing stories, from around the world, around the clock, at voanews.com and on the VOA news mobile app. I'm Christopher Cruise, VOA news.

 

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