WORLD NEWS SCHEDULE AT 1000 GMT/6 AM ET

09/13/2016 6:28

Editor: Janet Lawrence + 44 207 542 7923

Picture Desk: Singapore + 65 6870 3775

Graphics queries: + 65 6870 3595

(All times GMT/ET)

TOP STORIES

Syria truce largely holds, aid delivery gets underway

BEIRUT - A nationwide ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia is mostly holding across Syria and efforts to deliver badly-needed aid to besieged areas including the city of Aleppo get underway, cautiously. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1), expect by 1230 GMT/8.30 AM ET, by Lisa Barrington, 700 words)

+ See also:

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RIGHTS (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURE), moved, 420 words

'I didn't think it was a big deal,' Clinton says of pneumonia

WASHINGTON - U.S. Democrat Hillary Clinton says she could resume presidential campaigning in a couple of days after a bout of pneumonia that she initially had not believed was "that big a deal." (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 8, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Alana Wise and Jeff Mason, 855 words)

+ See also:

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-HEALTH (PICTURE), moved, by Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson, 780 words

- USA-ELECTION/RYAN (PICTURE), moved, 680 words

U.S. bombers fly over S.Korea in show of force after nuclear test

SEOUL - Two U.S. B-1 bombers fly over South Korea in a show of force and solidarity with its ally after North Korea's nuclear test last week, while a U.S. envoy calls for a swift and strong response to Pyongyang from the United Nations. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURE, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by James Pearson and Ju-min Park, 750 words)

Record U.S. military aid deal for Israel to be signed in days - sources

WASHINGTON - The United States and Israel reach final agreement on record new package of at least $38 billion in U.S. military aid and 10-year pact expected to be signed within days, sources close to matter say. (USA-ISRAEL/ (UPDATE 1), moved by Matt Spetalnick, 500 words)

EUROPE

Germany arrests three Syrians suspected of IS involvement

BERLIN - German police have arrested three Syrian nationals in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein suspected of being sent to Germany by the militant Islamic State group, prosecutors says. (GERMANY-SECURITY/ARRESTS (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 390 words)

Hungary should be excluded from EU, Luxembourg minister tells paper

BERLIN - Hungary should be excluded from the European Union because of its tough anti-migrant policies, including erecting a razor-wire fence, which undermine EU values, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told German newspaper Die Welt. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/HUNGARY-ASSELBORN (UPDATE 2), expect by 1030 GMT/6.30 AM ET, 380 words)

Bulgaria's pine forests threatened by bark beetle

BREZNIK - Pine forests planted in Bulgaria to combat soil erosion are falling prey to a beetle that is feeding on trees weakened by excessively hot weather, dense planting and a lack of proper logging in the years after the fall of communism. (BULGARIA-FOREST/BEETLES (PICTURE, TV), moved, 245 words)

MIDDLE EAST

Israeli aircraft attack Syrian army position, Israel denies any shot down

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM - Israel say its aircraft attack a Syrian army position after a stray mortar bomb strikes the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, and it denies a Syrian statement that a warplane and drone are shot down. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL (UPDATE 1), moved, 215 words)

Turkey formally requests U.S. arrest of cleric Gulen over coup plot - NTV

ISTANBUL - Turkey has made a formal request to the United States for the arrest of U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen on charges of orchestrating an attempted military coup on July 15, Turkish broadcaster NTV says. (TURKEY-SECURITY/USA-CLERIC (UPDATE 1), moved, 285 words)

ASIA

China police fire rubber bullets as 'democracy' village erupts after arrests

HONG KONG - Chinese riot police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in a village once dubbed a symbol of grassroots democracy, residents and Hong Kong media said, less than a week after the elected village chief was jailed for corruption. (CHINA-WUKAN/PROTESTS (UPDATE 1), moved, by Venus Wu and James Pomfret, 640 words)

S.Korea's biggest earthquake triggers nuclear safety concerns

SEOUL - Two earthquakes that jolted South Korea, including the largest ever recorded in the country, prompt concerns about the safety of nuclear plants clustered in the quake-prone southeast. (SOUTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/QUAKE, moved, by Jane Chung, 400 words)

Philippines guarantees U.S. deal intact as Duterte's salvos test ties

MANILA - The Philippines moves to shore up relations with the United States with guarantees that a treaty between them would be honored and security ties were "rock solid," despite President Rodrigo Duterte's railings against Washington. (PHILIPPINES-USA/ARMY (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Enrico Dela Cruz and Manuel Mogato, 715 words)

India's tech capital, companies shut down after violent protests

BENGALURU - Indian and foreign technology companies including global outsourcing firm Accenture closed offices and told staff to stay at home in the technology hub of Bengaluru on Tuesday after riots over the diversion of water from a river. (INDIA-PROTESTS/ (UPDATE 2, PICTURE, GRAPHIC), moved, by Robin Paxton and Mamidipudi Soumithri, 450 words)

AMERICAS

Brazil's former speaker stripped of seat over Swiss accounts

BRASILIA - Two weeks after the removal of Dilma Rousseff as Brazil's president, the lower house of Congress expel the lawmaker who engineered her impeachment for lying about secret bank accounts in Switzerland. (BRAZIL-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PICTURE, TV), moved, by Anthony Boadle and Maria Carolina Marcello, 560 words)

09/13/2016 6:28