The North Korea has millions of dollars deposited in a Macau bank.

North Korea says it will not shut down its nuclear program as agreed until the United States releases millions of dollars frozen in a Macau bank. US officials say that decision is up to Macau. The comments come ahead of Monday’s resumption in Beijing on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament.

The United States’ Senate has voted to set a target date of next March for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq. The Senate narrowly rejected an attempt to remove specific timings for the withdrawal from a bill on funding the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.