Pyongyang warns Washington over UN sanctions push

North Korea threatened to make the United States pay a "due price" on Monday for leading the push for fresh sanctions on Pyongyang. The UN Security Council is expected to vote on the US led resolution later today, following North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date on September 3.

Original wording, including the imposition of an oil embargo on the isolated state and a travel ban on leader Kim Jong-un, has been watered down to appease fellow Security Council members China and Russia, according to diplomats. Both states, who each have the power to veto any resolution, have been reluctant to pursue tougher penalties on North Korea.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has expressed concern that increasing sanctions on oil would have negative humanitarian impacts for the North Korean people.

UCJ, UNILORIN.