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N. Korea's largest nuclear test draws condemnation, threat of more sanctions

SEOUL - North Korea conducts its fifth and biggest nuclear test and says it has mastered the mounting of 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 8, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim, 1,028 words)

+ See also:

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

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CARTER (UPDATE 1), moved, by Phil Stewart, 228 words

Trump criticizes U.S. policy on Russian television

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticizes U.S. policy in Iraq again, this time airing his grievances on a Russian government-funded television network that critics have labeled a propaganda arm of Vladimir Putin's government. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Doina Chiacu and Ginger Gibson, 716 words)

U.S. says progress made in Syria talks, but unclear if final deal can be reached

GENEVA - The United States and Russia make progress toward advancing proposals for a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, but technical details still have to be worked out, a senior official of the U.S. State Department says. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by David Brunnstrom and Tom Miles, 545 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (TV, PICTURE), moved, by Tom Miles, 330 words

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ROAD (UPDATE 1), moved, 321 words

U.S. House votes to allow Sept. 11 families to sue Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passes legislation by voice vote that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages, leading the White House to reiterate that President Obama will veto the measure. (USA-SEPT11/SAUDI (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Patricia Zengerle, 205 words)

EUROPE

Britain's May tackles education, appeals to Brexit voters

LONDON - Setting her sights on making Britain "the world's great meritocracy," Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled reforms to widen opportunity in schools in an appeal to "frustrated" Britons who voted to leave the EU. (BRITAIN-POLITICS/MAY (PICTURE), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 559 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 after ballot papers for postal voting turned out to be damaged. (AUSTRIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Kirsti Knolle, 440 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 says. (BRITAIN-SCOTLAND/INDEPENDENCE (INTERVIEW, PICTURE), moved, by Elisabeth O'Leary, 490 words)

AFRICA

Gabon faces 'sustained instability' if no presidential vote recount -Ping

LIBREVILLE - Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping says failure to recount votes from the presidential election could lead to "profound and sustained instability." (GABON-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 402 words)

MIDDLE EAST

EU seeks to soothe Turkey ties, but no breakthrough on visa deal

ANKARA - Two of the European Union's top officials sought to smooth fractious relations with Turkey, vowing deeper trade ties and continued cooperation on migration, but there is no immediate end to a deadlock over visa-free travel for Turks. (EU-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Ece Toksabay and Tulay Karadeniz, 495 words)

Iranian court jails British-Iranian aid worker for five years - family

An Iranian Revolutionary court has sentenced Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to five years in prison on charges that remain secret, her family says. (BRITAIN-IRAN/NAZANIN (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, 428 words)

Iranian opposition group in Iraq resettled to Albania

BAGHDAD - The remaining members of an exiled Iranian opposition group based in Iraq for decades leave for resettlement in Albania following attacks on their camps in recent years. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-IRAN, moved, 213 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

Carolina clown sightings scare me, says horror master Stephen King

A spate of creepy clown sightings in South Carolina has perplexed police and worried parents, but their frightening appearance is no surprise to best-selling U.S. horror author Stephen King. (USA-CLOWNS/KING, moved, 335 words)

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- USA-CLOWNS/ (PIX), moved, by Colleen Jenkins, 341 words

Texas mattress store slammed for 'disgusting' 9/11 sale video

A Texas mattress store that used bedding to stage a mock collapse of New York City's Twin Towers in an ad for a Sept. 11 sale has come under a barrage of protests that described it as a tasteless pitch and called for the business to go bankrupt. (USA-SEPT11/TEXAS, moved, by Jon Herskovitz, 346 words)

LATIN AMERICA

Outside Havana, Cubans are still waiting for American visitors

HOLGUIN/SANTA CLARA - U.S. visitors and their dollars are flooding into Havana as airlines and hotels take advantage of the thaw in relations between the Cold War antagonists, but in the provinces outside the Cuban capital, the promised tourism boom is more rumor than fact. (CUBA-USA/TRAVEL (PICTURE, GRAPHIC), by Sarah Marsh and Jeffrey Dastin, 590 words)

ASIA

Afghan forces encircled by Taliban in provincial capital, officials say

KANDAHAR - U.S. warplanes unleash three strikes in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province, where Afghan security forces remain surrounded by Taliban fighters a day after having fought back a concerted push by the militants. (AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 385 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" 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)

SPORT

Blatter and two others facing FIFA investigation over salaries

ZURICH - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from football for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation, this time over the salaries and bonuses they received in office. (SOCCER-FIFA/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Brian Homewood, 494 words)

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