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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 22nd

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress - a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies. The question now is whether the chairman of the House

Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 18th

By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and

Egyptians targeted with blasphemy charges

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 18th

By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad." The case

US, Turkey project united front on Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia and the global

US sanctions on 4 Syrian ministers, rebel leader

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has added four Syrian government ministers to a U.S. terror blacklist as well as the leader of an al-Qaida-linked organization fighting President Bashar Assad's (bah-SHAR' AH'-sahd) regime. Thursday's

Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 16th

By BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month.

Verdict in trial of Egypt activist on June 3

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 13th

By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian activist charged with insulting the president will remain in detention until June 3, when a verdict is expected, his lawyer said Monday. Ahmed Douma is the first prominent critic of President Mohammed Morsi to be tried on this charge, though

Party's withdrawal threatens Moroccan govt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 12th

By SMAIL BELLAOUALLIAssociated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Morocco's second largest political party has announced it is withdrawing from the Islamist-led government elected during the Arab Spring and leaving its fate up to the king, a party spokesman said Sunday. The move by Istiqlal is the

Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 12th

By SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the country's state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor. The 85-year old Mubarak said in

Egypt arrests 3 suspected al-Qaida militants

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 11th

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEFAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's interior minister said Saturday that security authorities have arrested three suspected al-Qaida-linked militants who were planning to carry out suicide attacks on vital installations and an unspecified foreign embassy. Mohammed Ibrahim