US says time for China to act on North Korea, Japan's Abe talks to Trump

Nikki Haley said China must decide if it will back imposing stronger UN sanctions on North Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with US President Donald Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for further action on North Korea just hours after the US Ambassador to the United Nations said the United States is "done talking about North Korea".

Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement that China must decide if it is willing to back imposing stronger UN sanctions on North Korea over Friday night's long-range missile test, the second this month.

Any new UN Security Council resolution "that does not significantly increase the international pressure on North Korea is of