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Trump "very committed" to Mideast peace, envoy Kushner says

JERUSALEM - U.S. President Donald Trump remains "very committed" to achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace, his son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, tells Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of talks. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Jeffrey Heller, 515 words)

In photos, North Korea signals a more powerful ICBM in the works

SEOUL - With photographs obliquely showing a new rocket design, North Korea has sent a message that it is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) more powerful than any it has previously tested, weapons experts say. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ICBM (CORRECTED, PIX), moved, by Jack Kim and Heekyong Yang, 628 words)

Weather boss steps down as Macau struggles to recover from typhoon

MACAU/HONG KONG - The head of Macau's observatory steps down after chaos and confusion followed one of the strongest typhoons on record, in which at least nine people were killed and more than half the city was left without water and power. (ASIA-STORM/MACAU (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Tyrone Siu and Farah Master, 566 words)

Dutchman arrested after threat to Rotterdam concert

AMSTERDAM/MADRID - Dutch police detain a man suspected of threatening an attack on a rock concert in Rotterdam, following a tip-off from Spain. (NETHERLANDS-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Bart H. Meijer, 304 words)

AMERICAS

Tropical storm Harvey heads for Texas, may become hurricane

SAN ANTONIO - The Texas Gulf Coast braces for Tropical Storm Harvey to make landfall by Friday, bringing with it powerful winds, torrential rains and the possibility that it could strengthen into a hurricane. (STORM-HARVEY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Jim Forsyth, 384 words)

White nationalist surrenders in Virginia on three felony charges

REUTERS - A white nationalist featured in a widely seen documentary about this month's violent marches and counter-protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, surrenders to police after they issued a warrant for his arrest, according to a police statement. (USA-PROTESTS/CANTWELL (PIX), moved, 356 words)

White House to send memo to Pentagon soon on transgender ban

WASHINGTON - The White House is expected to tell the Pentagon in coming days how to implement a ban on transgender people in the military, according to a memo that says the defence secretary may decide whether to remove service members based on their ability to deploy, a U.S. official says. (USA-MILITARY/TRANSGENDER, moved, 410 words)

Mexico, Canada dismiss Trump threats to scrap NAFTA trade pact

MEXICO CITY/OTTAWA - Mexico and Canada dismiss U.S. President Donald Trump's latest threat to scrap NAFTA, describing it as a negotiating tactic aimed at winning the upper hand in talks to update one of the world's biggest trading blocs. (USA-TRUMP/NAFTA-MEXICO (UPDATE 4, PICTURES), moved, by Gabriel Stargardter and David Ljunggren, 400 words)

Guatemalan leader seeks removal of U.N.-backed anti-graft chief -sources

GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will ask United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to remove the head of a U.N.-backed investigative body probing the politician's family for suspected graft, two government officials say. (GUATEMALA-CORRUPTION/ (UPDATE 3, PICTURES), moved, by Sofia Menchu, 400 words)

EUROPE

U.S.'s Mattis promises support to Ukraine, says reviewing lethal aid

KIEV - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on a visit to Ukraine says Washington will keep up pressure on Russia over what he calls its aggressive behaviour and signals his personal support for providing weapons to Kiev. (USA-UKRAINE/MATTIS (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, by Idrees Ali and Pavel Polityuk, 650 words)

Clashes in Rome as police evict refugee squatters from square

ROME - Police using water cannon and batons clash with refugees who had occupied a small Rome square in defiance of an order to leave a building where they had been squatting. Humanitarian groups say police used excessive force (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/ROME (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, by Philip Pullella, 447 words)

"Let's get emotional" says German SPD, struggling to oust Merkel

BERLIN - One month away from a national election, Germany's Social Democrats are struggling in their efforts to narrow a yawning gap in support behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. (GERMANY-ELECTION/SCHULZ (PIX), moved, by Paul Carrel, 442 words)

UK finance sector proposes "ambitious" post-Brexit trade pact

LONDON - Britain's financial sector is seeking an "ambitious" trade pact between Britain and the European Union to try to prevent a costly shift of jobs and business to the continent once the country leaves the bloc, according to a draft report seen by Reuters. (BRITAIN-EU/BANKS (UPDATE 2, EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Huw Jones and Andrew MacAskill, 1,000 words)

British teenagers caught up in summer tragedies score top marks

LONDON - The teenage sister of a British man killed in a militant attack in Manchester receives top marks in national exams she sat just in the days after learning her brother had died. (BRITAIN-EDUCATION/EXAMS, moved, 345 words)

MIDDLE EAST

U.N. calls for pause in air strikes to spare civilians in Syria's Raqqa

GENEVA - The United Nations calls for a humanitarian pause to allow an estimated 20,000 trapped civilians to escape from the Syrian city of Raqqa, and urges the U.S.-led coalition to rein in air strikes that have caused casualties. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 1, TV), moved, by Stephanie Nebehay, 415 words).

- MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RAQQA, moved, 790 words

- USA-RUSSIA/SYRIA-MILITARY, moved, by Phil Stewart, 800 words

Yemen's Saleh rallies followers in Sanaa amid Houthi rift

DUBAI - Thousands of supporters of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh rally in the capital Sanaa in a show of force amid a public rift within the alliance fighting a Saudi-led coalition for control of the country. (YEMEN-SECURITY/ (PIX, TV), moved, 351 words)

ASIA

Young Hong Kong democrats face jail amid fears of broader crackdown

HONG KONG - The democracy movement in Chinese-ruled Hong Kong faces a dark era, student protest leader Joshua Wong said on Wednesday, a day before an appeal court decides whether to send him and two other activists to jail. (HONGKONG-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PICTURES), moved, by Venus Wu, 586 words)

U.S. Navy says remains found by Malaysia not of a USS McCain sailor

SINGAPORE - The U.S. Navy says remains found by the Malaysian navy are not those of a sailor from the damaged warship USS John S. McCain. (USA-NAVY/CRASH (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 400 126 words)

Cambodia accuses U.S. of political interference, calls U.S. democracy "bloody and brutal"

PHNOM PENH - Cambodia hits back at U.S. criticism over its decision to expel a U.S.-funded pro-democracy group, accusing Washington of political interference and describing American democracy as "bloody and brutal". (CAMBODIA-POLITICS/ (moved), by Prak Chan Thul, 501 words)

AFRICA

As guns fall silent, Benghazi residents return to battered homes

BENGHAZI - Two months after the dominant military force in eastern Libya declared victory in a campaign to retake Benghazi, Hassan al-Zawy is living rough in the district that witnessed the city's last major battle. (LIBYA-SECURITY/BENGHAZI (TV, PIX), moved, by Ayman al-Warfalli, 460 words)

As votes counted, Angola's ruling party claims victory

LUANDA - Angola's ruling MPLA party says it is on track to win a two-thirds parliamentary majority, based on its own numbers, as votes were still being tallied ahead of an expected release of official election results. (ANGOLA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Stephen Eisenhammer, 563 words)

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