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Russia says close to starting joint military action with U.S. in Aleppo - RIA

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States are close to starting joint military action against militants in Syria's Aleppo, Russian news agencies cite Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu as saying. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-USA (UPDATE 1), moved, 240 words)

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- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA (UPDATE 1), moved, 230 words

Turkish police search Istanbul courthouses, more officers detained

ISTANBUL - Turkish police raid offices at three Istanbul courthouses after detention warrants were issued for 173 judicial personnel as part of an investigation into last month's failed coup attempt, the private Dogan news agency reports. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, TV), moving shortly, by Daren Butler, 880 words)

Police question man in killing of Muslim cleric in New York

NEW YORK - New York City police say they are questioning a man in the killing of a Muslim cleric and his associate as they left prayers at a mosque in the borough of Queens, a crime that shocked their Bangladeshi community. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE), moved, by Chris Prentice and Laila Kearney, 605 words)

Trump should change tack or drop out - Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump should fix his stumbling White House campaign by Labor Day or step down, The Wall Street Journal says in a sharply worded warning from a leading conservative voice. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 1600 GMT/NOON ET, 585 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Russia's Klishina to compete after appeal upheld

RIO DE JANEIRO - Russian long jumper Darya Klishina will compete at the Rio Olympics after her ban from the Games was struck down by sport's highest court on the eve of her event. (OLYMPICS-RIO/RUSSIA-KLISHINA (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE), moved by Jack Stubbs, 300 words)

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- OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-ATM100/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURES), moved, by Mitch Phillips, 650 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (PICTURE), moved, 320 words

- OLYMPICS-RIO-SHOOTING/ (PICTURE), moved, by Mary Milliken, 625 words

MIDDLE EAST

Islamic State says bus blast killed 50 fighters at Syria-Turkey crossing

BEIRUT - Islamic State claim a suicide bombing on a bus in Syria near the Atmeh border crossing with Turkey late on Sunday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say killed at least 32 people. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 3), moved, 200 words)

Three people killed by car bomb in Turkey's southeast

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey - A child and two police officers are killed by a car bomb outside a police station in southeastern Turkey, the provincial governor says, blaming the attack on Kurdish militants. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Seyhmus Cakan, 240 words)

Iraq parliament approves cabinet overhaul, bolstering PM Abadi

BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament approve the appointment of Jabar Ali al-Luaibi, former head of the main state oil firm, as oil minister in a cabinet overhaul that bolsters Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's leadership. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-OIL (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Maher Chmaytelli, 645 words)

EUROPE

Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal, Turkey says

BERLIN/ISTANBUL - Turkey could walk away from its promise to stem the flow of illegal migrants to Europe if the European Union fails to grant Turks visa-free travel to the bloc in October, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tells a German newspaper. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TURKEY-EU (UPDATE 3), expect by 1430 GMT/10:30 AM ET, by Michelle Martin and Humeyra Pamuk, 680 words)

Germany urges Russia and Ukraine to ease tension over Crimea, keep talking

MOSCOW - Germany's foreign minister urge Russia and Ukraine to reduce tensions over Crimea and stick to the troubled Minsk peace accords as a way of ending hostilities in eastern Ukraine. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/RUSSIA-GERMANY (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Andrew Osborn and Polina Devitt, 430 words)

"We owe you so much," Kosovo to tell Biden as street named after late son

SOJEVE, Kosovo - On a busy road in Kosovo, brand new signs have been put up ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, showing the 35-km route in the southeast of the small Balkan nation that has been renamed after his late son Beau. (KOSOVO-BIDEN/STREET (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Fatos Bytyci, 480 words)

AFRICA

Zambian president Lungu re-elected in disputed vote

LUSAKA - Zambian President Edgar Lungu narrowly wins re-election, in a vote his main rival Hakainde Hichilema rejected on claims of alleged rigging by the electoral commission. (ZAMBIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Chris Mfula and Stella Mapenzauswa, 230 words)

South African baby-snatcher sentenced to 10 years in jail

CAPE TOWN - A South African woman found guilty of kidnapping a newly born baby is given a 10 year prison sentence, almost two decades after she snatched the child from her biological mother's hospital bedside, a court official sayys. (SAFRICA-KIDNAP/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, 160 words)

UNITED STATES

One person shot, officer injured in second night of Milwaukee protests

MILWAUKEE - Tension flares again overnight in Milwaukee, with one person shot and a police officer injured in the second night of riots triggered by the fatal shooting of a suspect by an officer. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moving shortly, by Brendan O'Brien, 765 words)

ASIA

South Korea expresses regret as Japan leaders pay tribute to wartime shrine

TOKYO - South Korea expresses deep regret and China's state-run news agency calls on Tokyo to repent its wartime past after dozens of Japanese lawmakers visit a shrine for war dead, which Seoul and Beijing see as a symbol of Tokyo's wartime militarism, on the anniversary of Japan's World War Two defeat. (WW2-ANNIVERSARY/JAPAN (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Kento Sahara and Nobuhiro Kubo, 490 words)

Hong Kong student leaders avoid jail for 2014 democracy protest

HONG KONG - Three Hong Kong student leaders who helped orchestrate the financial hub's massive pro-democracy street protests in 2014 are spared jail time but ordered to carry out community service. (HONGKONG-PROTESTS/SENTENCING (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Venus Wu and Hera Poon, 450 words)

Taliban capture key district in Afghan north

KUNDUZ - Taliban insurgents, seeking to force the NATO-led coalition out of Afghanistan and bring in Islamic law, capture a key district in the northern province of Baghlan after days of fighting, officials say. (AFGHANISTAN-FIGHTING/, moved, by Feroz Sultani, 300 words)

New Nepal PM sends envoys to woo China, India

KATHMANDU - Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda sends one of his trusted lieutenants from the insurgency period as a special envoy to China, seeking to clear confusion over the future of agreements signed by his predecessor. (NEPAL-DIPLOMACY/, moved, by Gopal Sharma, 425 words)

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