VILNIUS -- Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas on Thursday announced his resignation as the country's head of government and chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party.
"I informed the president ... that I took the decision to resign from my duties as the prime minister," Paluckas said in a statement.
The resignation comes ahead of a planned vote by the party's executive board and follows a warning from Saulius Skvernelis, speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) and leader of the Democratic Union "For Lithuania," who threatened to withdraw his party from the coalition government if Paluckas remained in office. (Lithuania-PM-Resignation)
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YANGON -- Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) on Thursday formed a new union government and State Security and Peace Commission, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television (MRTV) reported.
The union government is led by U Nyo Saw as prime minister, and the State Security and Peace Commission is chaired by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the report said.
The NDSC also decided to annul the order transferring the sovereign power to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, according to the report. (Myanmar-New Union Gov't)
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KATHMANDU -- 43 people have lost their lives and 116 others sustained injuries across Nepal since the monsoon season started in late May, a government agency said.
The 569 disasters sparked by monsoon rains have also left 16 people missing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said in a report on Wednesday evening. (Nepal-Disasters-Deaths)
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BEIJING -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted East of Kuril Islands at 0527 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 49.55 degrees north latitude and 158.60 degrees east longitude. (Earthquake-Kuril Islands) Enditem
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