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China and Russia last week vetoed a US-led push to impose more UN sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches.

U.S. President Donald Trump today increased pressure on North Korea by announcing a new Executive Order (E.O.).

The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country's sixth and most powerful nuclear test conducted on Sept 3.

China's Commerce Ministry issued a ban effective from Tuesday on several imports from North Korea, a move that is in line with U.N. sanctions announced this month.

Wang said the new resolution showed China and the international community's opposition to North Korea's continued missile tests.

The United Nations Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday that could slash its $3 billion annual export revenue by a third.

The United Nations Security Council first imposed sanctions on North Korea in 2006 and has strengthened the measures in response to its five nuclear tests and two long-range rocket launches.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for new economic sanctions on North Korea and other "painful" measures over its nuclear weapons program.

The Trump administration is considering sweeping sanctions aimed at cutting North Korea off from the global financial system, to counter its nuclear and missile threat.

Malaysia rejects claims that it has violated sanctions imposed by the United Nations on North Korea.

The UN Security Council agreed on Friday to immediately begin work on a new raft of sanctions on North Korea after its fifth nuclear test drew global condemnation.

US President Barack Obama signed an order Wednesday implementing UN-backed sanctions on North Korea, amid a series of reprisals from Pyongyang.

The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on North Korea's primary foreign exchange bank and four senior officials, upping the pressure on Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear program.

Israel will gradually withdraw its forces over 60 days as Lebanon's army takes control of territory near its border with Israel to ensure that Hezbollah does not rebuild its infrastructure there.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

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