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North Korea conducts fifth and largest nuclear test

SEOUL - North Korea conduct its fifth and biggest nuclear test and says it has mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United Nations have been powerless to contain. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 5, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim, 765 words)

+ See also:

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ben Blanchard and Michael Martina, 885 words

Kerry tries again with Lavrov on Syria; U.S. says patience not infinite

GENEVA - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov resume negotiations on a Syrian ceasefire plan, with U.S. officials saying they believed a deal was still possible but warning the talks could not go on for ever. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by David Brunnstrom, 480 words)

Trapped Mont Blanc cable car passengers brought to safety

CHAMONIX, France - Rescuers brought 33 people trapped overnight in cable cars high over the glaciers of Mont Blanc to safety on Friday morning after technicians repaired the ride's tangled cables, the operator says. (FRANCE-CABLECAR/ (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, by Cecile Mantovani, 240 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)

EUROPE

At least three dead after train derails in northern Spain

MADRID - At least three people are killed after a train derails in Galicia in north-western Spain, emergency services say. (SPAIN-CRASH/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, 165 words)

Austria's interior ministry could postpone new presidential vote

VIENNA - Austria's Interior Ministry says it is considering postponing the re-run of a presidential election that is scheduled for Oct. 2 on technical grounds after ballot papers for postal voting turned out to be damaged. (AUSTRIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Kirsti Knolle, 440 words)

Spain's construction industry first to feel chill of political void

MADRID - Spain's convalescing construction sector was hoping to move on from a national economic crisis which at its height saw abandoned building sites and bankrupt infrastructure projects littering the landscape. (SPAIN-POLITICS/ECONOMY (PIX) moving shortly, by Sonya Dowsett and Sarah White, 765 words)

Scotland will not hold an independence vote for five years, says former leader

EDINBURGH - Scotland will not hold another vote on independence in the next five years because there is no sign it can be won, but the risk of secession from the United Kingdom is growing, a former Scottish first minister predicts. (BRITAIN-SCOTLAND/INDEPENDENCE (INTERVIEW, PICTURE), moved, by Elisabeth O'Leary, 490 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State

QAYYARA AIRBASE, Iraq - The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group's funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his "caliphate" two years ago. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (INSIGHT, UPDATE 1, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Stephen Kalin, 1,270 words)

ASIA

Embattled Afghan forces encircled by Taliban in provincial capital, officials say

KANDAHAR - Exhausted Afghan security forces are surrounded by Taliban fighters in the capital of Afghanistan's south-central province of Uruzgan, a day after they had fought off a concerted militant push, officials say. (AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN/, moved, by Sayed Sarwar Amani, 340 words)

Duterte says he told Obama he never insulted him, thinks UN's Ban a fool

JAKARTA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tells Barack Obama he never called him a "son of a bitch," he says, but maintains a defiant stance on his war on drugs, saying U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is a fool for bringing up human rights. (INDONESIA-PHILIPPINES/DRUGS (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Fergus Jensen and Karen Lema, 260 words)

Cambodian critic of PM Hun Sen sentenced to jail in absentia

PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court sentences opposition leader Kem Sokha to five months in jail in absentia amid what activists say is a crackdown on critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of local and general elections. (CAMBODIA-POLITICS/ (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Prak Chan Thul, 240 words)

UNITED STATES

Sept. 11 drama on Air Force One unfolds in Bush aide's handwritten notes

WASHINGTON - The notes are handwritten on a legal pad and provide a verbatim account of the shock, pain and grim determination aboard Air Force One on Sept. 11, 2001. (USA-SEPT11/BUSH (PICTURE, TV), moved, by Steve Holland, 595 words)

+ See also:

- USA-SEPT11/MOOD (FEATURE, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Gina Cherelus, 620 words

SPACE

NASA probe blasts off on quest to collect asteroid samples

CAPE CANAVERAL - An Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Florida carrying a robot space probe on NASA's first quest to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth in hopes of learning more about the origins of life. (SPACE-ASTEROID/LAUNCH (UPDATE 3, TV, PICTURE), moved, by Irene Klotz, 510 words)

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