Cameron resists calls for military action

British Prime Minister David Cameron cut short his holiday to return to Britain to chair a meeting to discuss the Iraq crisis, but resisted calls to intervene there militarily and ruled out recalling parliament for now.

Mr Cameron returned, as Iraq’s new prime minister- designate won endorsements from the United States and Iran. He also called on Iraqi leaders to end feuds that have let jihadists seize much of the country.

Several British lawmakers have called on Mr Cameron to recall parliament from its summer recess to discuss Iraq, while at least two former senior military figures have said Britain should follow the US lead and intervene militarily against Islamist fighters there on humanitarian grounds.