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A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has announced it is establishing an alternative government in a challenge to the military-led authorities in the capital Khartoum, with the northeastern African country’s brutal civil war in its third year, Aljazeera reported.

The group, which calls itself the Leadership Council of the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS), said RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo will chair the 15-member presidential council of the government, which includes regional governors.

Sudanese politician Mohammed Hassan Osman al-Ta’ishi will serve as prime minister, TASIS said, according to Aljazeera.

Ukrainian drones targeted St. Petersburg on Sunday, Russian authorities said, forcing the airport to close for five hours as Vladimir Putin marked Russia's Navy Day in the city, despite the earlier cancellation of its naval parade due to security concerns, Reuters reported.

St. Petersburg usually holds a large-scale, televised navy parade on Navy Day, which features a flotilla of warships and military vessels sailing down the Neva River and is attended by Putin.

Last year, Russia suspected a Ukrainian plan to attack the city's parade, according to state television.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Sunday that this year's parade had been cancelled for security reasons, following first reports of its cancellation in early July, according to Reuters.

Iran said Sunday it has executed two members of the exiled opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq after convicting them of carrying out attacks on public and civilian infrastructure, Associated Press reported.

The judiciary’s official news website, Mizan Online, reported that Behrouz Ehsani Eslamlou and Mehdi Hasani were hanged on Sunday morning after being found guilty of using improvised mortar launchers to target residential areas, educational institutions and government buildings.

The report said Eslamlou had a long history with the group, dating back to the 1980s. He was previously imprisoned, rejoining the group after his release, according to Associated Press.

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to hold talks in Malaysia on Monday in an attempt to negotiate an end to a conflict that has lasted four days, BBC reported.

Thailand said on Sunday a delegation led by acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai would attend, after US President Donald Trump called the leaders of both countries on Saturday to press for an immediate ceasefire.

The Thai government said it had been told by Malaysia that Cambodian Prime Minister Hum Manet would also attend.

At least 33 soldiers and civilians have been killed while thousands of Thai and Cambodian nationals have been displaced since border fighting broke out on 24 July, according to BBC.

The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) plunged by 23. 93 points to close at 2, 958. 71 points on Sunday. 

Similarly, the sensitive index dropped by 4. 36 points to close at 512. 76 points.

A total of 58,653,762-unit shares of 323 companies were traded for Rs 26. 57 billion.

Meanwhile, Samata Gharelu Laghubitta Bittiya Sanstha Limited (SMATA) and Trade Tower Limited (TTL) were the top gainers today with their price surging by 10. 00 percent. Likewise, Narayani Development Bank Limited (NABBC) was the top loser as its price fell by 6. 34  percent.

At the end of the day, the total market capitalization stood at Rs 1. 68 trillion.

Russia will launch direct passenger flights from Moscow to North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Sunday, Russian authorities said, as the two former communist bloc allies move to improve ties following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Reuters reported.

The start of regular flights between the capitals for the first time since the mid-1990s, according to Russian aviation blogs, follows the resumption of Moscow-Pyongyang passenger rail service, a 10-day journey, in June.

The first flight will leave Sheremetyevo airport at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT), according to the airport's timetable.

The eight-hour flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-200ER with a capacity of 440 passengers, Russia's RIA state news agency said on Sunday. It said tickets started at 44,700 roubles ($563), and the first flight quickly sold out, according to Reuters.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK is working with Jordan on plans to drop aid into Gaza by air,after more than a third of MPs signed a letter calling on the government to recognise a Palestinian state, BBC reported.

A small team of British military planners and logisticians is being made available to help Jordan get aid into the territory.

On Friday, Israel said it would allow foreign countries to deliver air supplies in the coming days amid mounting international concern about humanitarian conditions in the territory.

However, the UN and aid groups have consistently said airdrops will not get sufficient supplies into Gaza, while the falling crates can cause injury and chaos on the ground, according to BBC.

The number of tourists visiting Dhorpatan, Nepal's only hunting reserve area, has been increasing annually. 

According to the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Office in Baglung, the number of domestic tourists here rose by 8,000 in a year. 

Ranger Sagar Subedi of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Office said that 23,692 tourists visited Dhorpatan in the fiscal year 2024/25 while such number was 15,573 in the previous fiscal year. 

Among the visitors, only 12 were the citizens from the SAARC member states and 213 were the nationals from other countries while the rest of them were the domestic tourists. 

Subedi further explained that the rise in the tourist numbers is due to increased promotion of Dhorpatan and improved tourism infrastructures. He added that the increase in tourists has also boosted revenue. 

Nepali tourists visiting Dhorpatan should pay Rs 100 as an entry fee. 

More than two million rupees in revenue was collected from the entrance fees in the last fiscal year. 

The growth in tourists is also due to popular trekking routes, said Subedi. 

While foreign tourists come mainly for hunting, the domestic tourists have been visiting to explore the hunting reserve area, Dhorpatan Valley, Niseldhor, Dhorbarah Temple, Bukipatan, Jaljala, and other sites. 

Ram Bahadur Gharti, operator of Dhorpatan Community Homestay, shared that about two dozen hotels and homestays are now offering services to the visitors in Dhorpatan Valley, and tourists can conveniently reach the area by buying tour packages too.