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Quotations of the day

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 10th

By The Associated Press "We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, but there is absolutely no justification for this type of senseless violence. None." - President Barack Obama in a statement as the U.S. dispatched an elite group of Marines to Tripoli on Wednesday

UPDATE: Iran State TV: At Least 180 Dead In Earthquake

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on August 11th

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - State TV has raised the toll from a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit northwestern Iran to at least 180 people dead and more than 1,350 others injured. The news report says at least six villages were totally leveled in Saturday's quake, and 60 others

Warm reception expected as Romney lands in Israel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 28th

By AMY TEIBELAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Mitt Romney's support for Israel will likely earn the presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee a warm welcome from Israeli leaders when he meets with them Sunday - and a frosty reception from Palestinians, who fear he would do little

Warm reception expected as Romney lands in Israel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 28th

Pentagon sending aircraft carrier to Mideast early

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By PAULINE JELINEKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East several months early to make sure at least two carriers will constantly be present in the troubled region. There are two carriers in the area now, but one was scheduled to leave

Syrian rebels push war into capital Damascus

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By BEN HUBBARDAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels fired grenades at tanks and troops while regime armor shelled Damascus neighborhoods on Monday, sending terrified families fleeing the most sustained and widespread fighting in the capital since the start of the uprising 16 months ago. A

Oil falls below $87 as China cautions on economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By PABLO GORONDIAssociated Press The price of oil slipped below $87 a barrel on Monday as the Chinese premier gave a downbeat assessment of the economy, underlining the possibility that demand may drop in the world's second-biggest crude consumer. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil

Mideast peace slips to second billing for US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 16th

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Mideast peace, America's defining issue for decades of dealings with Israel and its Arab neighbors, was just a postscript Monday as Hillary Rodham Clinton made perhaps her final visit to the region as secretary of state.

The progression in world views on Syria's conflict

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By The Associated Press Sunday's statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross that it considers Syria's conflict a civil war is the latest in the progression of sharpening world views of that country's bloodshed since it began in March 2011 with the regime's crackdown

Red Cross declares Syrian conflict to be civil war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on July 15th

By ALBERT AJI and FRANK JORDANSAssociated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's 16-month bloodbath crossed an important symbolic threshold Sunday as the international Red Cross formally declared the conflict a civil war, a status with implications for potential war crimes prosecutions. The Red