Iran on Tuesday, January 2, decided to open two border crossings on the border with the Iraqi Kurdistan, which were blocked by the Iranian side in October, after the Iraqi of the Iraq referendum on independence . This was announced by the Rudaw channel with reference to the statement of the Iranian consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Autonomous Region. According to the channel, both border crossings - Parvekhan and Haji Omran resumed work.

South Korea turned to the DPRK with the initiative for a meeting on January 9 at the Phanmunge negotiating point in a demilitarized zone between two Korea. According to the Minister of Affairs of the National Association of the Republic of Korea Ho Mön Gun, negotiations can be held at a high level. A breakthrough in the preparation of negotiations between the two Korea occurred after the leader of North Korea Kim Jong -un made a number of high -profile statements in the New Year's appeal .

Russia is ready to promote a dialogue between the United States and the DPRK, but will not be an intermediary in the classical sense of this term, Oleg Burmistrov, an ambassador for special instructions of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said in an interview with Interfax . "We do not strive to become intermediaries, our plan is completely clear, transparent and clear.

In Ukraine, from January 1, the road fund began work. As emphasized in the local government, for the first time the road industry will receive funding guaranteed by the state. In 2018, almost 33 billion hryvnias will be spent on these purposes. In addition, a separate financing of 14 billion hryvnias will be allocated on a number of key highways.

The Army forces of the Israeli army on Tuesday, January 2, attacked the Islamist camp from the Hamas group, located in the gas sector. The blow was dealt after the territory of Israel was subjected to missile shelling from the gas sector.

A new New Year's spruce in return for the burned-out during the New Year's festivities is installed on Lenin Square in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. "The installation of a new New Year's spruce on Lenin Square was completed. We will remind, earlier this artificial tree was installed at the Cosmos stadium of the city park of culture and rest named after Gagarin, and yesterday (Monday) it was moved to the main square," the city administration said in a message .

The writer Konstantin Paustovsky was among the candidates for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1967. This follows from archival documents published by the Swedish Academy. Lists of nominees for a prestigious prize are saved secret for 50 years. As it became known, the name of the Russian writer was proposed by a member of the Swedish Academy Awwwan Junzon.

In the most densely populated state, in California, marijuana sales officially began officially on January 1, CNN reports. Trading a light drug is allowed for recreational purposes. The new marijuana circulation rules entered into force at midnight New Year. Now, "adults aged 21 can buy up to one ounce (about 28 grams) of marijuana." In addition, now you can "grow up to six units of this plant without the permission of the doctor," RIA Novosti reports.

The United States intends to concentrate on offensive operations in Afghanistan conducted by local forces in the new year in order to achieve a change in the situation. This was told in an interview with an interview with an AP agency, the head of the Central Command (Sentkom) of the United States, General Joseph Votel, published in an interview. "We will strive to make serious efforts in order to very quickly intercept the initiative when the time comes to conduct hostilities," Votel said.

The writer Boris Akunin on Monday, January 1, posted on his Facebook page the first chapter of the final novel of the series dedicated to Erast Fandorin. “The New Year's gift to Fandorin readers. The last novel of the series“ The Adventures of Erast Fandorin ”will be released only in February, but the first chapter of the book. You will find out what happened to the hero in the Black -Black City,” Akunin wrote.

The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov spoke out for the international recognition of the criminal nature of the ideology of Ukrainian Nazism. He spoke about this on Facebook , commenting on the torch march in the birthday of Stepan Bandera in several Ukrainian cities, including in Kiev on January 1. As the Ukrainian "Vesti" reported, the marches of Ukrainian nationalists took place in Kiev, Lviv, Sumy, Kharkov, Ternopol, Dnieper, Rivne, Kherson, Krivoy Rog and Melitopol.

Under Kyiv in a reservoir, the body of the missing on December 29, human rights activist Irina Nozdrovskaya, was discovered. There were no clothing and signs of violence on the body, while the jewelry remained in place. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Ilya Kiva told the television channel 112 that Nozdrovskaya, according to preliminary data, was dropped into the river. "They found Irina two hours ago in the river in the Kyiv region.

The supporter of the leader recognized by the extremist and prohibited in Russia, the “artillery” of Vyacheslav Maltsev Ruslan Galiullin left Russia. He told the ATS-Info that he had left the country due to the threat of criminal prosecution and is currently in one of the European countries. On November 4, the day before the so -called "Maltsev revolution", Galiullin was detained by the FSB officers on suspicion of violation of anti -ethno -extremist legislation.

Workers of the American film industry, television and theater announced on January 1 to create a public movement called Time's Up, the purpose of which will be to protect women throughout the United States from sexual harassment and gender discrimination. As noted in the statement published on the Time's UP website, at least 300 women working in the field of show business were supported by the initiative: actresses, screenwriters, directors, producers and companies.

The President of Uganda , Yovei Musevin, signed the law on amendments to the Constitution of the country, according to which henceforth does not apply to age restriction on the right to occupy the position of head of state, Reuters reports. According to journalists, the law itself was signed by Museven, which has been holding the highest post in the country since 1986, on December 27, but only now, on January 2, this was officially announced.