Security council pledges current sanctions after test,which head of international monitoring agency says appears to be no more powerful than previous onesThe United Nations security council has ‘strongly condemned’ a suspected nuclear test by North Korea and pledged to pursue current sanctions as governments and scientists expressed scepticism over Pyongyang’s claims that it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
The White House on Wednesday said an initial analysis was ‘inconsistent’ with North Korean claims of having carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test, but any nuclear test would be a “flagrant violation” of UN Security Council resolutions. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com