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Xinhua World News Summary at 0030 GMT, July 11

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The military of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued a warning Monday that it would take "physical measures" to cope with U.S. deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea.

The physical counter-measures will be taken the moment the location and place of the THAAD deployment are chosen, said the DPRK. (DPRK-THAAD)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council is expected to meet behind closed doors on Sunday afternoon in an emergency session to discuss the current situation in South Sudan, where fighting in the capital Juba has killed more than 110 soldiers.

The 15-nation UN body is scheduled to start the closed-door meeting at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030GMT) on Sunday at UN headquarters in New York, the UN spokesperson's office told reporters. (UN-South Sudan)

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LIMA -- Peru's president-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Sunday named beer company executive Fernando Zavala to be his prime minister, when he takes office on July 28.

For the position, which officially carries the title "President of the Council of Ministers," Kuczynski chose someone with both public- and private-sector experience. (Peru-Cabinet)

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian senior lawmaker, Heshmatollah Falahat Pisheh, survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, state IRIB TV reported.

Four armed men opened fire at the convoy of the parliament member and his entourage after blocking their path near Rijab, a village bordering Iraq in Dalahu county in western Kermanshah province, but he narrowly escaped the assassination attempt, the report said. (Iran-Lawmaker) Endi