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Pakistanis protest killing of 18 in village raid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By RIAZ KHAN and ASIF SHAHZADAssociated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Several thousand people rallied Wednesday in northwestern Pakistan, denouncing the killing of 18 local villagers in an overnight raid they blamed on security forces and displaying the victims' bodies in the provincial

Court orders arrest of Pakistani prime minister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

By MUNIR AHMED and ASIF SHAHZADAssociated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's top court ordered the arrest of the prime minister in a corruption case Tuesday, the latest clash between the government and a judiciary that has repeatedly pressured the country's political leaders. The ruling is

Court orders arrest of Pakistani prime minister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

Court orders arrest of Pakistani prime minister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

Court orders arrest of Pakistani prime minister

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

Panetta: US helping French forces with intel

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday that the U.S. is already providing intelligence-gathering assistance to the French in their assault on Islamist extremists in Mali, and that officials would not rule out having

Senate GOP leader optimistic about Afghanistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States should keep a residual force of about 10,000 in Afghanistan after combat forces leave at the end of 2014, the Senate Republican leader said Monday after a series of meetings with military leaders in the country. Sen. Mitch

Obama, Karzai meeting to discuss ending Afghan war

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By JULIE PACE and ROBERT BURNSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Charting the course for a war's end, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Friday at the White House to discuss the future of the U.S. role in Afghanistan and the 66,000 American troops in harm's way.

Pakistani Shiites protest after bombings kill 120

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 11th

By ABDUL SATTARAssociated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - Shiites in a southwestern Pakistani city hit by a brutal terror attack refused to bury their dead Friday in protest, demanding that the government do something to protect them from what has become a barrage of bombings and shootings against

From Ethiopia to Chile: Day 1 of a 7-year walk

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 10th

By JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - On the eve of an unimaginably long walk - one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the western United States, then Central and South America and ends in Chile - one question nagged