United Nations hits out at North Korea

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told North Korea to rein in its nuclear threats, warning that any miscalculation could lead to an extremely grave outcome. North Korea has issued a crescendo of nuclear threats over past weeks, culminating in a military statement that it had received approval for action possibly including nuclear strikes. The daily security and humanitarian reports from Pyongyang are "really alarming and troubling", the United Nations Chief told a news conference in Madrid.