The launch, from near Pyongyang, came after the UN Security Council imposed an eighth set of sanctions on the country. Photo: APWashington: US on Thursday called on China and Russia to take “direct actions” to rein in North Korea after it fired a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific. “China supplies North Korea with most of its oil. The UN Security Council will hold a closed-door emergency meeting on Friday around midnight at the request of US and Japan. It is the second time in less than a month that North Korea launched a missile that flew over Japan.

Source: Mint September 15, 2017 04:30 UTC