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China emerging as new force in drone warfare

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Determined to kill or capture a murderous Mekong River drug lord, China's security forces considered a tactic they'd never tried before: calling a drone strike on his remote hideaway deep in the hills of Myanmar. The attack didn't

UN report wants moratorium on killer robots

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Killer robots that can attack targets without any human input "should not have the power of life and death over human beings," a new draft U.N. report says. The report for the U.N. Human Rights Commission posted online this week deals

Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By FARID HOSSAIN and JULHAS ALAMAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious" Friday, hours after the 500th body

Indians angry at convicted spy's death in Pakistan

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By ASHOK SHARMAAssociated Press NEW DELHI (AP) - Indians expressed outrage at the Pakistan government Thursday over the death of a convicted Indian spy who had been attacked with a brick by two fellow inmates in a Pakistan prison, a development New Delhi said has damaged relations between the

Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 28th

WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is

American jihadi in Somalia tweets on kill attempt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

By JASON STRAZIUSOAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just hours after an assassination attempt left the Alabama native with a neck wound. Omar Hammami posted on

Kerry seeks to boost Afghan, Pakistan ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press BRUSSELS (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brought senior Afghan and Pakistani officials together Wednesday for security talks aimed at improving relations between the two nations ahead of next year's withdrawal of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan.

Kerry seeks to boost Afghan, Pakistan ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats and Republicans on Tuesday challenged the Obama administration to spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings amid growing concerns about unchecked powers of the presidency and Americans' civil liberties

Dems, GOP press Obama administration on drone use

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd