India's top court lifts Hindu temple ban on women of menstruating age

India's top court on Friday lifted a ban that prevented women and girls between the age of 10 and 50 from entering a prominent Hindu temple in the southern state of Kerala.

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Taliban meets Afghan officials in Saudi Arabia ahead of election: sources

Representatives from the Taliban met an Afghan government delegation in Saudi Arabia this week to discuss security ahead of next month's parliamentary elections and a limited prisoner release, three Taliban officials said.

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Passengers safe after Air Niugini flight crashes into sea in Micronesia

A flotilla of small boats rescued all 47 passengers and crew from an Air Niugini flight that crashed into the sea short of the runway at an airport in the tiny South Pacific nation of Micronesia on Friday, the airport's manager said.

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Italy's president asked economy minister not to resign - reports

The Italian president called the Economy Minister on Thursday to ask him not to resign after the government targeted a budget deficit of 2.4 percent for the next three years, several newspapers said.

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Instant View: Reaction to Italian budget targets

Italy's government has targeted a budget deficit of 2.4 percent of gross domestic product for the next three years, defying Brussels and marking a victory for ruling-party chiefs over economy minister Giovanni Tria.

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Italy's new budget sees debt/GDP falling in 2019: League lawmaker

Italy's new budget expects debt to fall in terms of gross domestic output in 2019, a prominent lawmaker of the League ruling party said on Friday.

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Numbers in Italy budget document 'not written in stone': League official

The numbers in Italy's budget document announced on Thursday are not written in stone, an official of Italy's ruling League party said on Friday.

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Turkey's Erdogan rebukes U.S. over Kurdish militia in Syrian city: paper

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said the United States has failed to comply with the timescale agreed for the withdrawal of Kurdish YPG militia from northern Syrian city of Manbij, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Friday.

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Rosa intensifies in Pacific Ocean into Category 4 hurricane

Hurricane Rosa intensified into a major storm in the Pacific Ocean, with maximum sustained winds near 145 miles per hour (230 kph) and little change in strength was expected overnight, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said late on Thursday.

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Venezuela president says U.N. human rights chief welcome to visit

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday that U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet was welcome to visit any time after she urged Caracas to allow an international investigation of the humanitarian situation in the country.

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China says Rohingya issue should not be 'internationalized'

The Rohingya issue should not be complicated, expanded or "internationalized", China's top diplomat said, as the United Nations prepares to set up a body to prepare evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar.

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Netanyahu, in U.N. speech, claims secret Iranian nuclear site

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

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India will continue to buy Iran's oil: Iranian foreign minister

India is committed to buying Iranian oil and continuing the two nations' economic cooperation, the Iranian foreign minister said after a meeting with his Indian counterpart and ahead of U.S. sanctions aimed at halting Tehran's oil exports.

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