Top military commanders from Pacific nations are quietly meeting in Canada as tensions increase over North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons program. The U.S. is calling on the United Nations for even tougher sanctions on the isolated country. Putin also warned that the crisis over North Korea’s weapons program could end in a global catastrophe. Trump had earlier slammed South Korea, labeling its efforts to defuse the tension with North Korea as “appeasement”. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “begging for war.”• Email: dpugliese@postmedia.com | Twitter: davidpugliese

Source: National Post September 05, 2017 16:21 UTC