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.@PheuThaiParty’s Srettha @Thavisin will become Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister. The former property tycoon has secured enough votes in the bicameral National Assembly.Vote is still under way, full result to come shortly

South African President: We share similar views with China on the expansion of BRICS

The US Secretary of Commerce is visiting China on August 27 to meet with senior government officials

Pakistan Army: 6 soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with militants near the border with Afghanistan

The Pakistani army announces the killing of 6 of its soldiers in an armed attack near the border with Afghanistan

UNAMA says since the fall of Kabul it has recorded at least 800 cases of extrajudicial killing, arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and ill-treatment & enforced disappearance of ex- government employees and security forces by the Taliban government

11 soldiers killed in an attack in Pakistan South Waziristan tribal district, sources say - there is no comment from officials

Chinese Foreign Ministry: Tokyo discharges "nuclear-contaminated water arbitrarily" into the sea

Taiwan Ministry of National Defense held a press conference in the morning. Spokesperson Major General Sun Lifang pointed out in an interview that the national military has carefully and carefully grasped the dynamics of all sea and airspace around the Taiwan Strait through joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods. This is what the Ministry of National Defense has been doing very seriously. .nnSun Lifang said that so far, he has not heard any relevant information confirming the loss of a Chinese nuclear submarine. Such information is circulated from social media, and there is no other official statement to further confirm it. "I have no other comment on it" of the message circulating on social media

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 75 km NE of Sanana, Indonesia

Indian Army Foils Infiltration Bid Along LoC In J&K’s Poonch, Two Militants Killed. Two intruders were killed with the Indian Army scuttling an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday. The bodies of the militants could not be retrieved as they managed to flee across the Line of Control (LoC) before succumbing to their injuries, suffered during a gunfight with the Indian Army. One AK-47 rifle, two magazines, 30 rounds, two hand grenades and some medicines of Pakistani origin were recovered from the scene of the gunfight in the Balakote sector

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 126 km NNE of Tobelo, Indonesia

Khalid Zadran, Kabul security department’s spokesman, said that two people were killed and one other was injured in a blast that happened on Monday evening in the Darul Aman area of Kabul. nThe security forces arrived in the area, he said.nTOLOnews

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 33 km SSE of Tamisan, Philippines

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - Seram, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 30 km W of Sarabetsu, Japan

Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 - 134 km N of Ruteng, Indonesia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan

China on Monday launched a Long March-4C carrier rocket from NW China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and successfully sent Earth observation satellite Gaofen-12 04 into orbit. The launch marks the 484th flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets

Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - southern Xinjiang, China

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 49 km SW of Chauk, Myanmar

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 201 km NNE of Shi Yomi, India

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 30 km ENE of Rahā, India

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 - eastern Xizang

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 44 km SSE of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Russia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 251 km ENE of Lospalos, Timor Leste

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 12 km WSW of Neijiang, China

The Presidential Office in Taiwan: China ignores its international responsibilities and increases military threats in a way that undermines stability

Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 1 km NW of Bacolod, Philippines

Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 163 km NE of Lospalos, Timor Leste