SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking Tribune Publishing Co.’s purchase of Southern California newspapers the Orange County Register and the Press-Enterprise of Riverside. The move late Friday from U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. comes a day after the U.S. Department …

CAMPINA GRANDE, Brazil (AP) – In May, as the first cases of the Zika virus were being detected in Brazil, Rossandra Oliveira stopped receiving a critical tool she needed to do her job: insecticide. Monthly shipments from the government to her office at the epicenter of the outbreak stopped. Oliveira, …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea ignored U.N. resolutions by firing a medium-range ballistic missile into the sea on Friday, Seoul and Washington officials said, days after its leader Kim Jong Un ordered weapons tests linked to its pursuit of a long-range nuclear missile capable of reaching the U.S. …

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union and Turkish leaders were locked in tense negotiations on Friday as the EU seeks to send tens of thousands of migrants back to Turkey and ease the pressure from a human emergency that is increasingly dividing the bloc. But making a tough early stand, Turkish …

IDOMENI, Greece (AP) – Her children are in Germany, safe in a refugee shelter with their father. But for their mother, stuck in an increasingly fetid, overflowing camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, the separation and the uncertainty of when – or if – she will see her children again is …

BEIRUT (AP) – With Syria’s shaky cease-fire holding, peaceful protesters have yet again taken to the streets in opposition-held areas of the country. But this time, in addition to President Bashar Assad’s government, they have another despised authority they seek to topple – al-Qaida’s affiliate in the country, the oppressive …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The Apple-FBI fight may just be the opening salvo in a broader war over encryption, as technology companies continue to lock up their users’ messages, photos and other data to shield them from thieves and spies – and, incidentally, criminal investigators. WhatsApp, the globally popular messaging …

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders pushed ahead Thursday with contested plans to send tens of thousands of migrants back to Turkey amid deep divisions over how to manage Europe’s biggest refugee emergency in decades. With European unity fraying in the face of more than 1 million migrant arrivals over …

ISTANBUL (AP) – The Latest on developments regarding Turkey (all times local): 12:25 p.m. Germany’s foreign minister says he decided to close the country’s embassy in Ankara and its consulate in Istanbul, as well as German schools in both cities, after authorities received a security warning Wednesday night. Foreign Minister …