BRUSSELS (AP) – Prime Minister David Cameron went into Thursday’s European Union summit ready to be “battling for Britain” as he seeks a deal to fundamentally reform the EU to make sure a U.K. referendum on continued British membership can be won. “It is going to be hard,” Cameron said …

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – The Latest on Turkish airstrikes on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and aftermath of Ankara bombing (all times local): 3:55 p.m. A coalition of Arab and Kurdish groups in Syria has condemned the bombing in the Turkish capital of Ankara that killed 28 people and wounded …

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s leaders on Thursday blamed top enemies, including Kurdish militant groups in Turkey and in Syria as well as the Syrian government, for the suicide bombing in Ankara and vowed strong retaliation against the perpetrators, threatening to further complicate the Syria conflict. The rush hour car-bomb …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – The Latest on the influx of refugees to Europe (all times local): 3:25 p.m. The EU’s top migration official says an Austrian plan to cap asylum-seeker numbers unlawful. Dimitris Avramopoulos said in a letter Thursday that “Austria has a legal obligation to accept any asylum application …

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Amid tardy delivery of voting materials, Ugandans tried to cast ballots Thursday in presidential and parliamentary elections, with tempers sometimes boiling over. A top international election observer called the delays “worrying” while the main opposition party said they were deliberate, aimed at favoring President Yoweri Museveni. …

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) – Four U.S. F-22 stealth fighters flew low over South Korea on Wednesday in a clear show of force against North Korea, a day after South Korea’s president warned of the North’s collapse amid a festering standoff over its nuclear and missile ambitions. The …

BEIJING (AP) – Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday sought to downplay reports that China had positioned anti-aircraft missiles on a disputed South China Sea island, accusing the media of hyping the issue and saying more attention should be paid to what he called “public goods and services” provided by …

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Syrian government troops who have besieged dozens of rebel-held communities are moving toward their biggest target yet – the opposition-controlled neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo, where some 300,000 people risk being trapped. Sieges were widely used for centuries as a military tool – from Jerusalem …

HAMMERFEST, Norway (AP) – After hiding below the horizon for two long months, the sun has finally risen in Hammerfest, casting a pale pink hue over the Arctic landscape surrounding the world’s northernmost refugee shelter. From her modest room, Huda al-Haggar admires the wonderland of snow and ice, a sight …

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Pope Francis wraps up his trip to Mexico on Wednesday with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juarez prison just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49 inmates and a stop at the Texas border when immigration is a …