WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. military official said the United States and South Korea have postponed a combined flying training event, according to the U.S. Department of Defense on Sunday.

Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was quoted as saying Saturday the decision was made to help give an opportunity to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to come back to the negotiation table. (US-South Korea-Military)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for collective efforts to prevent road accidents that cause over 1.3 million deaths annually, on the occasion of the World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims that falls on Sunday.

More young people aged between 15 and 29 die from road crashes each year than from HIV/AIDs, malaria, tuberculosis or homicide, Guterres said in his message for the day, which is observed on the third Sunday in November every year. (UN-Chief-Road Safety)

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GAZA -- Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas chief, said on Sunday that the battle with Israel is "not over" although the new wave of violence in the Gaza Strip is over.

Haniyeh made the remarks after he gave his condolences to the Abu Malhous family which lost eight of its members in the last round of violence between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Gaza-Israel-Conflict)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli researchers have developed a new technology to transfer drugs directly to the brain with silicon chips, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) reported Sunday.

Theses nanometer-shaped silicon chips release an essential protein that may inhibit the development of Alzheimer's disease. (Israel-Silicon Chips-Alzheimer's Disease) Enditem

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