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Oil up to above $87 after Tel Aviv bus explosion

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By PABLO GORONDIAssociated Press The price of oil rebounded slightly to above $87 a barrel on Wednesday after an explosion injured 10 people on a bus in Tel Aviv, a development that has the potential to seriously complicate diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Islamic

Israel-Hamas cease-fire remains elusive

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel and the Hamas militant group edged closer to a cease-fire Tuesday to end a weeklong Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, but after a day of furious diplomatic efforts involving the U.S. secretary of state, U.N. chief

Panetta says war on al-Qaida taking new direction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - America's war on al-Qaida is taking a new direction, moving beyond declared combat zones like Afghanistan while countering the terrorist network's search for new sanctuaries, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday.

Panetta says war on al-Qaida taking new direction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 21st

UN Security Council to meet on Gaza on Wednesday

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.N. ambassadors announced the Security Council will hold an open debate on the Gaza crisis Wednesday afternoon if a cease-fire is not called before then. The open debate would break a week of silence in the council. After hours of

UN Security Council puts sanctions on Congo rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to sanction the leaders of Congo's M23 rebel force, which hours earlier occupied the eastern Congolese city of Goma as U.N. peacekeepers stood by without resisting. But it did

UN Security Council falls silent on Gaza fighting

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By PETER JAMES SPIELMANNAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council is silent on Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. A draft press statement circulated to the 15 members' capitals overnight seems to have failed to win the unanimous approval that would have led to

Former Sen. Warren Rudman of NH dies at 82

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By NORMA LOVEAssociated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Colleagues knew former Sen. Warren B. Rudman for his abrupt manner, but they trusted his expertise. On one matter in particular, though, he wished people would have listened to him: that the U.S. was vulnerable to a major terrorist attack.

Egypt arresting kid protesters, rights group says

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian authorities arrested more than 300 children during protests in Cairo over the past year, beating and torturing some and trying many as adults, a leading international rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said in a report that the

Courting Asia, Obama finds that the world intrudes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 20th

By JIM KUHNHENN and JULIE PACEAssociated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - For all the attention wrenched elsewhere in recent days - on new violence in the Middle East, the "fiscal cliff" back home - President Barack Obama's speedy trip to Southeast Asia achieved a major goal: It was