Power | MyFOX Spokane

APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press ROME (AP) - The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. The announcement will be made by

Stephen Hawking won't attend Israeli conference

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By GREGORY KATZ and ARON HELLERAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - Physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major conference in Israel in June, prompting criticism Wednesday from Israeli officials who believe he has joined a boycott organized to protest Israel's treatment of the

Cyberattacks a growing irritant in US-China ties

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) - Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urgency to fledgling efforts by both governments to engage on the issue. The Pentagon this week said China appeared

UK gov't agenda focuses on immigration, economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By JILL LAWLESSAssociated Press LONDON (AP) - The message was one of thrift and austerity, but the messenger was opulence incarnate. Britain's Conservative-led government on Wednesday announced a modest program of legislation to tighten immigration rules, curb welfare expenses, encourage

Former US official describes Libya attack

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 8th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, with a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary

GOP: Stronger borders or immigration bill will die

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Landmark immigration legislation is doomed to fail in Congress unless border-security provisions are greatly strengthened, Republican senators bluntly warned on Tuesday. "If in fact the American people can't trust that the border is controlled,

GOP: Stronger borders or immigration bill will die

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

Obama says he's never spoken to Kim Jung Un

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he doesn't know Kim Jung Un personally and has never spoken to him, but says the North Korean leader can still take a different path. Obama says he does know that Kim Jung Un's actions seem to pursue a dead end. Obama spoke at a joint news

Obama says he's never spoken to Kim Jung Un

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

Woman who ran secret prison bypassed as top spy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By ADAM GOLDMAN and KIMBERLY DOZIERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency's top spy job. The officer, who remains undercover, was a finalist