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North Korea suspected to have conducted fifth nuclear test

SEOUL - North Korea was likely to have conducted its fifth nuclear test, South Korea said after meteorological agencies reported a seismic tremor at surface level at the North's known test site. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim, 500 words)

U.N. nuclear agency says Iran sticking to nuclear deal

VIENNA - Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, a report by the U.N. nuclear agency finds. (IRAN-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Shadia Nasralla, 407 words)

Clinton criticizes Trump for comments on security briefing, Putin

WHITE PLAINS - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slams Republican rival Donald Trump for talking about things he learned in classified intelligence briefings and praising Russia's Vladimir Putin as a better leader than U.S. President Barack Obama. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Jeff Mason, 868 words)

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (PIX), moved, by Jeff Mason, 440 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-MILITARY, moved, by Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, 757 words

Turkey suspends thousands of teachers, wages 'biggest campaign' against Kurds

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - Turkey is waging the largest operation in its history against Kurdish militants and the removal of civil servants linked to them is a key part of the fight, President Tayyip Erdogan says, as 11,500 teachers are suspended. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Daren Butler and Ece Toksabay, 490 words)

Air strike kills top commander of former Nusra group in Syria

AMMAN - The top military commander of the militant group Jabhat Fateh al Sham, the former al Qaeda offshoot in Syria, is killed in an aerial raid that targeted a meeting of the group's leaders, both the group and rebel sources say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-MILITANTS (UPDATE 2), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 570 words)

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (INSIGHT, UPDATE 1, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Stephen Kalin, 1,271 words

ASIA

Duterte tells regional leaders, U.S. not to lecture Philippines on rights

VIENTIANE - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday defended his country's human rights record at a regional summit in Laos, urging East Asian leaders and the United States to help Manila eradicate the scourge of illicit drugs. (LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE (moved), by Manuel Mogato, 286 words)

Afghan forces repel Taliban offensive in provincial capital-officials

KANDAHAR - Taliban forces fought their way deep into the capital of Afghanistan's central province of Uruzgan on Thursday, threatening government offices and capturing a prison before being pushed back, officials said. (AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN/ (UPDATE 4), by Sayed Sarwar Amani, 682 words)

EUROPE

Three suspected female militants seized in France, policeman stabbed

PARIS - Three women arrested in connection with a car laden with gas cylinders found abandoned near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral were likely planning an imminent attack, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-CAR (UPDATE 4), moved, by Ingrid Melander and Richard Lough, 472 words)

UNITED STATES

Texas schoolgirl shoots fellow student, then kills herself -sheriff

AUSTIN - A 14-year-old girl shot and wounded a fellow student at Alpine High School in rural West Texas and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Brewster County sheriff tells reporters. (TEXAS-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 6, TV), moved, by Jon Herskovitz, 397 words)

Senators seek to block $1.15 bln U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON - Four U.S. senators introduce a joint resolution seeking to block the U.S. sale of $1.15 billion of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, citing issues including the conflict in Yemen. (USA-SAUDI/DEFENSE-CONGRESS (UPDATE 3), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 394 words)

AFRICA

South Sudan buys weapons as economy collapses-U.N. panel

UNITED NATIONS - South Sudanese government forces have acquired two jet fighters and truckloads of small arms ammunition and were seeking to manufacture bullets, while opposition troops have not received any significant arms shipments, U.N. sanctions monitors say in a confidential report seen by Reuters. (SOUTHSUDAN-SECURITY/UN (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 756 words)

Gabon opposition leader challenges election result in court

LIBREVILLE - Gabon's opposition leader lodges a challenge to the presidential election result at the constitutional court, hoping to overturn his defeat in a vote whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad. (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 525 words)

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