And now, the news.Relatives of victims of the South Carolina mass shootingaddressed suspect Dylann Roof in court Friday.They offered him forgiveness."May God have mercy on your soul,"said the mother of the youngest victim,26-year-old Tywanza Sanders."We are the family that love built,"another relative said."We have no room for hate."Twenty-one-year-old Dylann Roof was charged with the murdersof nine people in the shooting at a church in Charleston.All the victims were black. The suspect is white.The governor of South Carolina described the shooting as a hate crime.She said she wants the state to seek the death penalty.Representatives of Yemen's government and the rebel Houthi groupheld their first direct talks this week in Geneva, Swtizerland.The United Nations special diplomat for Yemensaid the two sides did not reach a cease-fire deal.He expressed hope that such an agreement can be reached with more meetings.Military officials in Pakistan say at least 20 militantswere killed Friday in an airstrike in a northwestern border area.A short statement said fighter planes targeted remote areasin the Khyber tribal agency near the Afghan border.The statement also said "about 18 terrorists" were wounded.The historic Khyber pass serves as one of only twotrade and transit routes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.Two more foreigners in Thailandare being tested for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.The two are relatives of an infected man from Oman.They had traveled with the man Monday to Thailandwhere he was to seek treatment for a heart condition.All the man's family members have been isolatedat an infectious diseases center outside Bangkok.Words in the Newsaddress – v. to speak to (a person or group)isolated – adj. separate from others