MANILA -- The death toll from tropical storm Trami that slammed into the Philippines this week has risen to 110, with at least 42 still missing, due to massive flooding and landslides, the Philippines' National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Sunday.

The disaster agency said Trami impacted over 5.9 million people across 16 regions across the Southeast Asian country. (Philippines-Trami-Death Toll)

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COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) won the Elpitiya local government election held on Saturday, securing 15 of the 28 available seats, according to the Election Commission.

Sri Lanka is set to hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14. Elpitiya was the first one to launch the local government election. (Sri Lanka-Election-Parliament)

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KABUL -- The Afghan caretaker government's National Statistics and Information Authority announced Sunday that airports and border ports had processed around 4,000 inbound and outbound trips of foreign nationals in Afghanistan in the past month.

Among them, 2,231 including 63 women made inbound trips, while 1,809 including 11 women made outbound trips. Tourism and work activities were the main travel purposes for these foreign nationals in Afghanistan, the authority posted on its social media platform account X. (Afghanistan-Industry-Tourism)

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TOKYO -- Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to lose its single-party majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday's general election, public broadcaster NHK said, citing its exit poll.

As of 8 p.m. local time, when polling stations closed, NHK forecasts showed that it is not clear whether the ruling coalition of LDP and its partner Komeito can secure a majority. (Japan-Lower House Election) Enditem

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