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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani announced on Sunday a "budget of resistance" against US sanctions targeting the country's vital oil sector, backed by a $5 billion Russian investment. Rouhani said the aim was to reduce "hardships" in Iran where a shock fuel price hike last month triggered nationwide demonstrations that turned deadly. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2DZZ8Ge

The decision, which essentially ends gender segregation rules in public, was quietly announced Sunday in a lengthy and technically worded statement by the Municipal and Rural Affairs Ministry. While some restaurants and cafes in the coastal city of Jiddah and Riyadh's upscale hotels had already been allowing unrelated men and women to sit freely, the move codifies what has been a sensitive issue in the past among traditional Saudis who view gender segregation as a religious requirement. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2sbeBjL

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday touted his plan to annex a swathe of the occupied West Bank & Israeli settlements in a last-ditch effort to prevent another general election. "It's time to apply Israeli sovereignty over Jordan Valley & legalise all the Judea & Samaria settlements, those that are in settlement blocs & those outside of them," he said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/35efjeI

All 650 seats in the House of Commons are up for grabs Thursday when voters will pass judgement on a divisive election that will determine Britain's future with European Union. Although opinion polls have placed Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the lead in Thursday's general election, analysts suggest the gap is not wide enough to guarantee a majority in Parliament. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RyyHzc

The protest is part of an unusual climate movement that has taken root around France this year, in which activists have stolen more than 130 portraits of Macron from town halls from the Alps to the Atlantic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Yu3DSB

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