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China says North Korea tension must be stopped from reaching "irreversible" stage
BEIJING/PYONGYANG - China says tension over North Korea must be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage" as a U. S. aircraft carrier group steams towards the region, amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test.
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China says North Korea tension must be stopped from reaching "irreversible" stage
BEIJING/PYONGYANG - China says tension over North Korea must be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage" as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steams towards the region, amid fears the North may conduct a sixth nuclear weapons test. (NORTHKOREA-USA/ (WRAPUP 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved, by Dominique Patton and Sue-Lin Wong, 892 words)
+ See also:
- NORTHKOREA-USA/NOODLES (TV), moved, by James Pearson and Ju-min Park, 466 words
- NORTHKOREA-USA/JAPAN (moved), moved, 446 words]
"Right time" to use huge bomb in Afghanistan - U.S. general
KABUL - The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan says the decision to deploy one of the largest conventional bombs ever unleashed in combat was purely tactical and made as part of the campaign against Islamic State-linked militants. (USA-AFGHANISTAN/BOMB (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Hamid Shalizi and Josh Smith, 870 words)
Turkish nationalist party's decline - another Erdogan victory
ANKARA - A decision by the veteran leader of Turkey's nationalists to back President Tayyip Erdogan's bid for more powers has cost his opposition party so much support that it could be wiped out of parliament in a snap election, giving Erdogan another victory. (TURKEY-REFERENDUM/NATIONALISTS, expect by 1700 GMT/1 PM ET, by Ece Toksabay, 850 words)
+ See also:
- TURKEY-REFERENDUM/PREVIEW (TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Nick Tattersall and Humeyra Pamuk, 923 words
- TURKEY-SECURITY/ISLAMIC STATE (UPDATE 1), moved, 263 words
- TURKEY-REFERENDUM/ (FACTBOX), moved, 464 words
Evacuation of Syrian rebels, Shi'ite villagers begins under swap deal
BEIRUT - Buses evacuate thousands of people from two rebel-besieged Shi'ite villages in northwest Syria while hundreds of rebels left a town near Damascus with their families, under a deal between the government and insurgents. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-EVACUATION (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, by Laila Bassam and John Davison, 575 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Iranian President Rouhani to run for second term, faces conservative challenge
ANKARA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registers to run for a second four-year term, state television says, buoyed by Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers though facing a hardline conservative challenge over his economic record. (IRAN-ELECTION/ROUHANI (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), expect by 1500 GMT/11 AM ET, by Parisa Hafezi, 400 words)
+ See also:
- IRAN-ELECTION/ROUHANI (NEWSMAKER, PIX, TV), expect by 1600 GMT/NOON ET, by Parisa Hafezi, 675 words
France's Ayrault says Assad's comments on Syria chemical attack are "lies"
BEIJING - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault dismisses as "lies and propaganda" comments by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that a poison gas attack last week that was blamed on his government in Idlib province was "100 percent fabrication". (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-FRANCE (UPDATE 1), moved, 360 words)
+ See also:
- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-GAS (UPDATE 3), moved, 379 words
Iraqi Christians return to ransacked town with fear and hope
QARAQOSH, Iraq - With Islamic State expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by anxiety for their security and yet hopeful they can live in friendship with Muslims of all persuasions. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-CHRISTIANS (PIX, TV), moved, by Ulf Laessing, 1,052 words)
EUROPE
French presidential race tightens further as vote nears
PARIS - France's presidential race looked tighter than it has all year on Friday, nine days before voting starts, as one poll put all four main candidates within touching distance of the two-person run-off round. (FRANCE-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Sarah White, 325 words)
Turkey says may suspend EU migrant deal if no progress on visas
ANKARA - Turkey could re-evaluate or suspend all agreements under its migration deal with the European Union if the bloc does not give a positive response on visa-free travel for Turks, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says. (TURKEY-EU/MIGRANTS (UPDATE 1), moved, 407 words)
Uzbekistan says told West that Stockholm attack suspect was IS recruit
TASHKENT - Uzbekistan's security services warned a western ally before last week's deadly truck attack in Stockholm that the suspected perpetrator was an Islamic State recruit, Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov says. (SWEDEN-ATTACK/UZBEKISTAN (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, 211 words)
Russian newspaper fears for staff after Chechen clerics vow vengeance
MOSCOW - Russia's most famous campaigning newspaper says it has appealed to the Kremlin to protect its staff after Chechen clerics warn the paper faces "retribution" for alleging that gay men in Chechnya were being tortured and killed. (RUSSIA-CHECHNYA/NEWSPAPER-THREAT, moved, by Andrew Osborn, 469 words)
Russia to boycott Eurovision song contest due to Ukraine row
MOSCOW - Russia's state broadcaster says it will boycott this year's Eurovision song contest after the host country, Ukraine, said it would bar entry to the Russian contestant and Moscow rejected two possible compromises suggested by organisers. (UKRAINE-EUROVISION/RUSSIA (UPDATE 1), moved, 418 words)
AFRICA
Two suspects in Congo murder of UN workers arrested; one escapes
KINSHASA - Congolese authorities have arrested two people suspected of involvement in the murder of two U.N. workers in central Democratic Republic of Congo, but one of the prisoners has escaped, a senior prosecutor says. (CONGO-VIOLENCE/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Amedee Mwarabu Kiboko, 416 words)
Ghana cocoa regulator seeks central bank funds to cover shortfall -sources
ACCRA - Ghana's cocoa industry regulator is seeking central bank funds to finance the rest of the 2016/17 season after a $1.8 billion loan to buy the crops ran out early, two sources close to the transaction tell Reuters. (GHANA-COCOA/ (EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE 1), moved, by Matthew Mpoke Bigg, 376 words)
UNITED STATES
CIA chief calls WikiLeaks a "hostile intelligence service"
WASHINGTON - CIA Director Mike Pompeo calls WikiLeaks a non-state "hostile intelligence service" often abetted by state actors, such as Russia during last year's presidential campaign. (USA-INTELLIGENCE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Warren Strobel and Mark Hosenball, 400 words)
United passenger dragged from plane has concussion, broken nose -lawyer
CHICAGO - The United Airlines passenger dragged from a plane in Chicago in an incident that sparked international outrage and turned into a corporate public relations nightmare suffered a concussion and broken nose and will probably sue, his attorney says. (UAL-PASSENGER/ (UPDATE 10, PIX, TV), moved, by Timothy Mclaughlin, Karen Pierog and Ben Klayman, 955 words)
Separate mothers and children: How a Trump threat deterred illegal migrants
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wins the first major battle in his war on illegal immigration, and he does it without building his wall along the border with Mexico. (USA-IMMIGRATION/MOTHERS (INSIGHT, GRAPHIC, PIX), moved, by Julia Edwards Ainsley, 1,188 words)
U.S. State Dept keeps hiring freeze as Tillerson looks to downsize
WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has maintained a hiring freeze at the State Department even though it was lifted for the rest of the federal government, a spokesman says, as the agency begins to downsize before Congress approves funding cuts. (USA-TRUMP/BUDGET-TILLERSON (UPDATE 3), moved, by Yeganeh Torbati and Lesley Wroughton, 427 words)
AMERICAS
Venezuela protesters aim to strain security forces
CARACAS/MARACAIBO, Venezuela - Venezuela's opposition is rallying across the nation as part of a bid to strain security forces by staging anti-government protests in each of the volatile country's 335 municipalities. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Alexandra Ulmer and Isaac Urrutia, 644 words)
Brazil's Temer calls $40 mln Odebrecht bribe accusation "a lie"
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian President Michel Temer denies that he hosted a meeting in 2010 where an executive of engineering firm Odebrecht SA was asked to arrange an illegal payment of $40 million to his political party. (BRAZIL-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Lisandra Paraguassu and Pedro Fonseca, 685 words)
SOCCER
Italian soccer clubs look to China to bankroll revival
MILAN/SHANGHAI - Italian soccer is sticking to its game plan to pull itself out of a steady decline: keep passing the ball to China. (SOCCER-ITALY/BROADCASTING (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Elvira Pollina and Adam Jourdan, 989 words)
+ See also:
- ACMILAN-M&A/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Giulia Segreti and Elvira Pollina, 552 words
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