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 …

CAIRO (AP) – Scans of King Tut’s burial chamber have revealed two hidden rooms, Egypt’s antiquities minister said Thursday – a discovery that could intensify speculation that the chambers contain the remains of the famed Queen Nefertiti. Mamdouh el-Damaty told reporters that the secret chambers may contain metal or organic …

MASIK PASS, North Korea (AP) – To view the humbling limits of round after round of international sanctions against North Korea, come to Masik Pass. It isn’t a secret military facility where Kim Jong Un’s best and brightest are hard at work developing nuclear warheads and long-range missiles. It’s a …

PARIS (AP) – French lawmakers leading an investigation into the deadly Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and some first responders at the Bataclan concert hall that night returned Thursday to re-enact the horror that left 130 people dead across the capital. The exercise aims to shed light on what happened …

TOKYO (AP) – No more fiddling with remote-controller buttons or a mouse. Just look. San Francisco-based startup Fove has developed eye-tracking for virtual reality – that kernel of technology many feel is key for the illusion of becoming immersed in a setting. Glance, and a video-game character talks back. Or …

BEIRUT (AP) – A powerful Syrian Kurdish political party announced plans Wednesday to declare a federal region in northern Syria, a model it hopes can be applied to the entire country. The idea was promptly dismissed by Turkey and also the Syrian government team at U.N.-brokered peace talks underway in …

BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on the influx of migrants in Europe (all times local): 2:40 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the current migrant crisis can only be solved if all European leaders heading to the EU summit in Brussels are interested in finding a common solution. Merkel, in …