Press TV - The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to adopt fresh US-backed sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear tests. The resolution was adopted on Monday, after the US agreed to revise its initially proposed resolution following concerns by Russia and China. We are done trying to prod the regime from doing the right thing,...

Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a newspaper she would be prepared to become involved in a diplomatic initiative to end the North Korean nuclear and missiles program, and suggested the Iran nuclear talks could be a model. South Korea on Saturday braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary,...

Press TV - North Korea says it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, hours after two tremors were detected in the country. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) on Sunday detected a first tremor, saying in an updated reading that the quake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale at a depth of 10 kilometers, 24 kilometers northeast of Sungjibaegam ...

Press TV - Two US B-1 bombers have flown over South Korea in response to North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests. Under the command of US Pacific Air Forces, the two B-1s took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Saturday. The bomberswere then joined by Japanese and South Korean fighter jets and flew over the Korean Peninsula ...

CNN- North Korea fired four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Monday morning, in what Japan's leader described as "an extremely dangerous action." Military authorities in South Korea, Japan and the United States all confirmed the launch of four projectiles, which traveled almost 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) towards the Sea of Japan, also ...

Independent- The United States, Japan and South Korea have asked for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on North Korea's ballistic missile launch. The UN Mission for Ukraine, which holds the rotating security council presidency, said closed consultations would take place on Monday afternoon. North Korea ...

BBC- North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as US president. Mr Trump assured Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that "America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%". The missile fired by North Korea flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km, South Korean officials say. Mr ...

Press TV- US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has described North Koreas ballistic missiles program as a serious threat to the United States, threatening to shoot down any such missiles aimed at targets in the country. The Pentagon chief said in an interview with NBC News on Sunday that North Korean missiles would be shot down if they approach ...