ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistani military said on Thursday that three terrorists were killed in an operation in the country's northwest Tank district.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the military, said in a statement that security forces conducted a joint intelligence-based operation on Thursday in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. (Pakistan-Anti-terrorism)

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TOKYO -- A total of 65 percent of the Japanese people see no need to rush to debate revisions to the constitution in parliament, despite the government's push to make an amendment, a Kyodo News poll showed.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has expressed that he intends to revise the constitution during his tenure as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has been advocating constitutional revision as part of its agenda since the party was founded in the 1950s, including changing the war-renouncing Article 9. (Japan-Constitution)

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HANOI -- Vietnam's National Assembly (NA) announced NA permanent vice chairman Tran Thanh Man will be in charge of the work of the NA on Thursday, a few days after former chairman Vuong Dinh Hue resigned, local media reported.

During the NA extraordinary session on Thursday, the legislators assigned politburo member Man to be in charge of the NA and NA Standing Committee's activities until the new NA chairman is elected following regulations, according to Vietnam News Agency. (Vietnam-National Assembly)

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HONIARA -- Foreign minister Jeremiah Manele was elected as the Solomon Islands' new prime minister by members of parliament on Thursday, Governor General of the Solomon Islands David Vunagi announced.

Manele defeated opposition leader Matthew Wale in a 31-to-18 vote in the newly elected 50-seat parliament, Vunagi said following a secret ballot on Thursday morning. (Solomon Islands-Election-PM)

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DHAKA -- A series of lightning strikes in three districts in southeastern Bangladesh killed six people on Thursday.

Three deaths were reported in different areas of Rangamati district, two in Cox's Bazar district and one in Khagrachhari district from dawn until noon on Thursday amid heavy rain. (Bangladesh-Lightening Strike) Enditem

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