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North Korea Offers to Re-open Hotline with South Korea
Reports from North Korea say the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, has ordered the reactivation of the long defunct hotline with South Korea.
North Korea says it will re-open a telephone hotline with the South shortly, following Seoul's offer of high-level talks.
A senior Palestinian official has dismissed President Trump's threat to cut US financial aid as blackmail.
The aid agency, Medecins Sans Frontieres, says hundreds of people in the Central African Republic have fled their villages following fresh violence between armed groups.
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