BANGKOK -- Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed Anutin Charnvirakul as the country's new prime minister on Sunday, Secretary-General of the House of Representatives Arpath Sukhanunth announced.
In a ceremony held at the Bhumjaithai Party headquarters, Arpath read out the royal command appointing Anutin as premier, as he received majority support in the parliamentary vote on Friday. (Thailand-PM)
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday announced that he will step down as the head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), amid growing calls for him to take responsibility for the party's election setback.
He also said he would not stand as a candidate in the upcoming LDP leadership election triggered by his resignation. (Japan-PM-Resign)
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KATHMANDU -- A tiger killed an elderly man in Nepal's Bara district on Sunday morning, taking the death toll from tiger attacks in the area to four in the past two months, local police said.
The 60-year-old man was collecting mushrooms at a forest when he was attacked, and his body was found later by locals, said Bijay Raj Pandit, information officer for district police. (Nepal-Tiger Attacks-Deaths)
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KABUL -- The first batch of emergency earthquake relief supplies provided by the Chinese government to Afghanistan arrived in Kabul on Sunday.
The shipment, aboard two Y-20 aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force, included tents, blankets and other urgently needed items for quake-hit areas. (Afghanistan-China-Quake Relief) ■
