ISLAMABAD -- Two soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, official sources confirmed.

The incident happened in Dera Ismail Khan district of the province when some unknown militants opened fire at a convoy of security forces, sources from the Counter Terrorism Department of the province told Xinhua. (Pakistan-Counter terrorism)

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Three people have been confirmed dead and 12 others injured as a suicide blast rocked Kandahar city, the provincial capital of south Afghanistan's Kandahar province, on Thursday, provincial police spokesman Mullah Asadullah Jamshid said.

"A suicide blast in front of Kabul bank in the Police District 1 of Kandahar city at 08:30 a.m. local time martyred three persons and injured 12 others," Jamshid confirmed. (Afghanistan-Blast-Casualty)

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HANOI -- Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan was named as the acting president of the country on Thursday, a day after former President Vo Van Thuong resigned, local media reported.

The decision was made at an extraordinary session of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA), Vietnam News Agency reported. (Vietnam-Acting President)

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TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck Ibaraki Prefecture, Tokyo and nearby areas in Japan's east on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

The temblor occurred at 9:08 a.m. local time with its focus in southern Ibaraki Prefecture at a depth of about 50 km, measuring lower 5 on Japan's seismic intensity scale, which peaks at seven, the weather agency said. (Japan-Earthquake) Enditem

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