North Korea: US calls on Russia and China to tackle breaches of oil sanctions
(The Guardian China)

Mike Pompeo alleged at least 89 ship-to-ship transfers this yearRussia and China reject call to step up UN sanctions regimeThe US has urged Russia and China to clamp down on repeated breaches of the oil sanctions regime imposed on North Korea, saying America had evidence of at least 89 illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers this year.Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, was speaking at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday, the day after Russia and China at the UN sanctions committee rejected a US call to step up sanctions saying it needed further evidence of North Korean sanctions evasion. Continue reading...