A new round of United Nations sanctions against North Korea are an "act of war," Pyongyang said Sunday, adding that the US and other nations which supported the strict measures will pay a heavy price.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new set of draconian US-drafted sanctions on North Korea that will further strangle its energy supplies and tighten restrictions on smuggling and the use of North Korean workers overseas.
The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea Friday in response to the country's latest ballistic missile test, reports The Associated Press.
The United States will maintain sanctions against Russia until it returns full control of Crimea to Ukraine, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday.
President Donald Trump has been tightening the screw on North Korea, ramping up sanctions and urging other countries to sever trade links with Kim Jong Un's regime.
Turkey cannot be tried by "virtual courts" in the United States, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, a thinly-veiled response to the testimony of a gold trader with ties to the Turkish government who said Erdogan played a role in a scheme to help Iran avoid U.S. and UN sanctions.
President Trump plans to impose further sanctions on North Korea after the rogue nation conducted its most potent missile test yet.
The Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to enact new sanctions against Russia and make it difficult for President Donald Trump to lift them.
The US announced sanctions Monday on two ISIS chemical weapons experts, the first such effort aimed specifically at the terrorist group's chemical weapons leadership.
