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China, U.S., France denounce fifth North Korean nuclear test

SEOUL - China, United States and France denounce a fifth nuclear test by North Korea which says it has the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic rocket. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Ju-min Park and Se Young Lee, 908 words)

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/OBAMA (URGENT), moved, 84 words

- NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/CHINA-TALKS (URGENT), moved, 60 words

- IRAN-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Shadia Nasralla, 407 words

Clinton criticizes Trump for comments on security briefing, Putin

WHITE PLAINS - U.S. 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 (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel, 875 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/SYRIA-KERRY, moved, by David Brunnstrom, 551 words

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

ASIA

Philippine's Duterte says he called Ban Ki-moon an "imbecile"

JAKARTA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte denies that he called Barack Obama a "son of a bitch" but maintains his defiant stance in his war on drugs, saying he called U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon an "imbecile" for bringing up human rights. (PHILIPPINES-DRUGS/ (PIX, TV), moving shortly, 206 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

U.S. regulator tells air passengers not to turn on Galaxy Note 7 phones

WASHINGTON/SYDNEY - Airline passengers should not turn on or charge their Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights or stow them in checked baggage due to concerns over the fire-prone batteries, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says. (SAMSUNG-USA/FAA (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, by Eric Beech and Tom Westbrook, 446 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

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)

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, PIX), moved, by Irene Klotz, 511 words)

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