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Editor: Clarence Fernandez 65 6870 3861 Picture Desk: Singapore 65 6870 3775 Graphics queries: 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT/ET) TOP STORIES In setback for Trump, U. S. judges reject travel ban U. S. President Donald Trump suffers a legal blow when a federal appeals court refuses to reinstate a temporary travel ban he ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

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TOP STORIES

In setback for Trump, U.S. judges reject travel ban

U.S. President Donald Trump suffers a legal blow when a federal appeals court refuses to reinstate a temporary travel ban he ordered on people from seven Muslim-majority countries. (USA-TRUMP/IMMIGRATION (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved, by Dan Levine and Mica Rosenberg, 811 words)

- USA-COURT/TRUMP (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved, by Doina Chiacu, 867 words

- NORDSTROM-IVANKA/TRUMP (UPDATE 6, PIX), moved, by Susan Heavey, 653 words

Trump backs "One China" policy in call with China's Xi

BEIJING/WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump agrees to honour the longstanding "One China" policy during a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, taking steps to improve ties after angering Beijing by talking to the leader of Taiwan. (USA-TRUMP/CHINA-XI (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), by Ben Blanchard and Steve Holland, expect by 0800 GMT/3 AM ET, 500 words)

In call with Putin, Trump denounced Obama-era nuclear arms treaty -sources

WASHINGTON - In his first call as president with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, say two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call. (USA-TRUMP/PUTIN (UPDATE 2, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Jonathan Landay and David Rohde, 828 words)

Russian bombing mistake kills three Turkish soldiers in Syria

AMMAN/ANKARA - Russian air strikes accidentally kill three Turkish soldiers during operation against Islamic State in Syria, Turkish military says, highlighting risk of unintended clashes between numerous outside powers in complex war. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALBAB (UPDATE 4, TV), moved, by Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Daren Butler, 400 words)

ASIA

U.S., China military planes come inadvertently close over South China Sea

WASHINGTON - A U.S. Navy P-3 plane and a Chinese military aircraft came close to each other over the South China Sea in an incident the Navy believes was inadvertent, a U.S. official tells Reuters. (USA-CHINA/DEFENSE (UPDATE 2), moved, 416 words)

Trump, Afghanistan's Ghani discuss security, counterterror

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump and his Afghan counterpart discuss security in a telephone call, officials said, hours after the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said thousands more troops were needed to break a stalemate with the Taliban. (USA-TRUMP/AFGHANISTAN (UPDATE 1), moiving shortly, by Eric Walsh, 400 words)

- AFGHANISTAN-AID/ (PIX), moved, by Josh Smith, 800 words

Plots and wiretaps: Jakarta poll exposes proxy war for presidency

JAKARTA - As a few hundred protesters held a rally outside his home in an upscale Jakarta neighbourhood this week, Indonesia's former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono took to social network Twitter to vent his displeasure. (INDONESIA-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved, by Tom Allard and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, 812 words)

Modi's reforms meet realpolitik in key Indian state election

LUCKNOW - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised to clean up politics. The man running the ruling party's campaign in a crucial state election, who is facing 11 criminal cases, says it will take a while. (INDIA-ELECTION/ (INSIGHT, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Tom Lasseter and Rupam Jain, 1176 words)

Bangladesh says stopping Rohingya militants, allowing "helpless" refugees

DHAKA - Bangladesh is working with Myanmar security forces to stop Rohingya Muslim militants crossing their shared border, but will continue to allow women, children and the elderly to seek shelter there, a top government official said. (MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/BANGLADESH (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Krishna N. Das and Serajul Quadir, 600 words)

- MYANMAR-ROHINGYA/MALAYSIA (moved), by Simon Lewis and Aye Win Myint, 582 words

Sydney braces for blackouts as heat keeps ice cream vendors indoors

MELBOURNE - Australians in Sydney face power outages as an extreme heatwave moves from the desert interior to the country's most populated city, with demand straining power supplies. (AUSTRALIA-ELECTRICITY/OUTAGES (UPDATE 2, PIX), expect by 0700 GMT/2 AM ET, by Jonathan Barrett and Sonali Paul, 391 words)

EUROPE

France's scandal-hit Fillon wants inquiry dropped

PARIS - French presidential candidate Francois Fillon strikes back over scandal sapping his campaign, calling for fraud investigators to drop their inquiry into "fake jobs" affair. (FRANCE-ELECTION/POLL (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Richard Balmforth, 583 words)

MIDDLE EAST

New Syrian jihadist alliance vows to step up attacks against army

AMMAN - Head of new alliance of Syrian Islamist factions, including former affiliate of al Qaeda, promises to escalate attacks against Syrian army and its Iranian-backed allies, with goal of toppling President Bashar al-Assad. (MIDEAST-CRISIS-SYRIA/JIHADISTS (UPDATE 1), moved, 268 words)

AFRICA

Keynote Zuma speech disrupted as lawmakers brawl, walk out

CAPE TOWN - A session of South Africa's parliament convened for a keynote address by the president descends into chaos as far-left lawmakers brawl with orderlies after interrupting the speech and the main opposition party walked out. (SAFRICA-ZUMA/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Wendell Roelf, 529 words)

AMERICAS

Over 100 dead in Brazil as police strike spurs anarchy

VITORIA, Brazil - More than 100 people are reported killed in violence and looting during six-day strike by police in Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, with schools and businesses closed and public transportation frozen. (BRAZIL-VIOLENCE/ESPIRITO SANTO (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Paulo Whitaker and Pablo Garcia, 600 words)

 

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