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SYDNEY -- Embattled Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced his resignation in the capital city of Port Moresby on Sunday, after a series of ministers defected from his cabinet.
With a pending vote of no confidence scheduled for Monday, the leadership challenge was expected to gain the majority support of MPs and as a result, O'Neill cited the parliament's "need for change" as the reason for his departure. (PNG-PM-Resignation)
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A total of 15 militants including two local commanders of the Taliban group have been confirmed dead as the government forces have targeted Taliban hideouts in Khakriz district of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province since Saturday, said a statement of the army released here Sunday.
According to the statement, Gulab and Mustafa were the two commanders among those killed in the ongoing crackdowns. Seven more militants have been injured, the statement added. However, it didn't say if there were casualties on security personnel. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Crackdown)
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NEW DELHI -- The stage is all set for Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi to take oath of office and begin his second consecutive term as the head of Indian government, even as President Ram Nath Kovind has already formally appointed him to the office of prime minister.
Now, Modi is expected to soon fix the date of his swearing-in ceremony. In 2014, he along with his council of ministers, took the oath of office on May 26.
In the just-concluded 17th General Elections, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had registered a spectacular victory by winning in more than 300 constituencies out of the total more than 500 that went to polls. (India-Modi-PM)
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MOSCOW -- The dispute resolution procedures provided by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea are not applicable to the settlement of last November's Kerch Strait incident, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
"As previously noted by the Russian side, statements made by both Russia and Ukraine, when signing and ratifying the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982, rule out the possibility of using the Convention's dispute resolution procedures regarding the incident of November 25, 2018 in the Kerch Strait," the ministry said in a statement. (Russia-Ukraine-Kerch Strait) Enditem
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