The United Nations Security Council has supported International Criminal Court’s demand to arrest a Sudanese governor and a militia leader accused of atrocities in Darfur.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton called the proposed new United Nations sanctions against Iran’s suspect nuclear programme the toughest yet.

South Korea officially referred North Korea to the UN Security Council today over the sinking of a navy ship that killed 46 sailors, taking its strongest step toward making the communist North face international punishment.

The United Nations Security Council tonight condemned North Korea’s recent rocket launch and announced it was expanding sanctions against the reclusive communist nation.

The US and its allies were seeking punishment today for North Korea’s defiant launch of a rocket that apparently fizzled into the Pacific.