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The two were freed and repatriated to Iran on Monday night thanks to efforts by the staff of the Iranian embassy in Doha, the ambassador said on Instagram on Tuesday.The two Iranians entered Qatar by the Hayya Card — an entry permit to Qatar used during the FIFA World Cup 2022 — and worked in the country without a permit, said Dehghani, stressing that the Iranian embassy had previously warned that the Hayya Card cannot be used as a permit for working in the Arab country, Xinhua news agency reported.In June, Qatar released seven Iranian nationals imprisoned in the country.…

Upholding Libya’s stability is even more critical now in light of the latest events, including the recent clashes in Tripoli, as well as the regional turmoil in Sudan and Niger, said Abdoulaye Bathily, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya, on Tuesday.”Current events in Libya and the region demonstrate that interim arrangements are fraught with risks of violence and disintegration for countries,” Bathily told a UN Security Council meeting.Without an inclusive political agreement that paves the way for peaceful, inclusive and transparent elections across Libya, the situation will worsen and cause further suffering to the Libyan people, he noted.”I therefore…

King Felipe made the decision after meeting earlier on Tuesday with both Feijoo and acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is also the Socialist Party (PSOE) leader, Xinhua news agency reported.This is the second day of consultations between the King and main party leaders after the general election on July 23 failed to produce a candidate to form a new government.The Spanish Constitution merely states that the Monarch has to name a candidate to try and win an investiture vote in Congress, but it does not specify whether this should be the leader of the party that has won the…

For many in the art world, the idea seemed way far-fetched. Well, those very people had to bite their tongues when the pandemic struck and reality became more absurd than fiction.”When your concerns are extremely close to the climate and environment, it is not tough to gauge the direction where we are headed. Sometimes one can feel the vibrations of the impending doom. See the polluted Yamuna in New Delhi, and you will know what the future holds,” she tells IANS.Amid the lunar landscape of Disko Valley in Ladakh, where ‘sa Ladakh’ is organizing Asia’s highest land art exhibition, exploring…

The Security Council on Monday condemned an assault on UN peacekeepers and damage to UN vehicles in Cyprus by Turkish Cypriot personnel, which was confirmed by UNFICYP on Friday.The attacks took place in Pyla, a village in the buffer zone dividing the eastern Mediterranean island, on the southeastern coast where both Greek and Turkish Cypriots live, Xinhua news agency reported.While the Cypriot authorities on Tuesday welcomed the Security Council’s statement, the Turkish Cypriot side was critical, saying “the UNSC has distorted the picture” and that UNFICYP’s soldiers and vehicles had “displayed a provocative attitude”.The incident on Friday concerned an attempt…

The NSW state government said in a statement on Tuesday that the new syllabus was developed in consultation with the deaf community, teachers, students and parents, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the statement, Auslan is an optional course and decisions about teaching the syllabus will be made by schools and education sectors in consultation with the deaf community. Teachers will have up to a year of extra time to plan and prepare before 2026.Deaf Australia, a not-for-profit organisation for deaf communities, estimated that there are 30,000 signing deaf people in Australia who may need an Auslan interpreter.However, only 300 qualified…

“We are deeply concerned about the impact of renewed fighting in several parts of the country,” said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday.OCHA added that the International Organisation for Migration reported at least 60 people killed and 250 injured in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state. As many as 50,000 people fled their homes, and hostilities blocked relief trucks from delivering aid.Fighting erupted about a week ago between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the western part of Sudan, Xinhua news agency reported.According to the Nyala Emergency Room…

At a joint press conference after meeting with Fidan, Hussein said on Tuesday that the two sides discussed bilateral relations, including the issue of Iraq’s water share as both countries have been affected by global climate change.”The main water sources for Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers come from Turkey, and getting a fair share of water was an important topic of discussion during the meeting,” the Iraqi Foreign Minister added.Iraq heavily relies on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which originate in Turkey, to fulfill its water needs. But the water levels in the two rivers have declined significantly over the…

District Magistrate Neha Sharma conducted a surprise inspection at the Kasturba Gandhi Residential Girls School in Paraspur late Monday night.Seeing the chaos in the school premises, the District Magistrate reprimanded those responsible for the negligence and spoke to the 11 girl students present in the hostel and took stock of the facilities being provided in the school.On the instructions of the District Magistrate, District Basic Education Officer (BSA) and District Coordinator Girl Education also reached the school late Monday night.During the inspection, the officials found only 11 girl students present in the school of the total 100. No clear answer…

In a viral video, a group of people seen shouting the slogan ‘Vande Matram’ ransacked an e-commerce office. The incident was reported at the Ganeshpeth area on Tuesday afternoon.They were protesting against the sale of Pakistani flags and a book which allegedly hurts religious sentiments of Hindus on the e-commerce platform.The protesters are said to be associated with the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).Later, a Nagpur-based MNS leader Chandu Lade reportedly wrote to Amazon India Limited, claiming that Pakistani flags were available for sale on its website.He also claimed that the Amazon website sells a book titled ‘Deadly Bhagavat Geeta’ which…