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Yemen hit by more airstrikes in first half of 2017 than in all of last year
August 20th, 20170 SANAA — Yemen suffered more airstrikes in the first half of this year than in the whole of 2016, increasing the number of civilian deaths and forcing more people to flee their homes, according to a report by international aid agencies. The pace of clashes on the ground has also intensified this year, especially around Yemen's third...
Militant allies: U.S. forces to stay in Syria for decades
August 20th, 20170 AIN ISSA, SYRIA — Washington's main Syrian ally in the fight against ISIS says the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria long after the jihadists are defeated, predicting enduring ties with the Kurdish-dominated region. The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias dominated by the Kurdish YPG,...
Lebanese, Syrian ministers vow to improve economic ties
August 20th, 20170 BEIRUT — Lebanese and Syrian ministers pledged to boost economic ties on Wednesday, part of a visit that has challenged the Lebanese state's policy of neutrality toward Syria's war. Government ministers from Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Amal party arrived in Syria for a trade fair, a trip that has ignited a political row in...
For diabetics, aquatic exercise as good as working out on land
August 20th, 20170 For people with type 2 diabetes, exercising in water is just as effective at improving blood sugar as other types of workouts, according to a review of existing research. People who face obstacles in getting to a gym or exercising outdoors should consider hitting the pool to meet their exercise goals, the authors write in Acta...
Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS turn up the heat on generic drugmaker deals
August 20th, 20170 The largest U.S. retail pharmacies, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., are wielding more leverage when buying generic drugs, accelerating a decline in prices likely to affect drug companies for some time, industry experts said on Thursday, Aug. 3. That pressure is exacerbated by efforts from U.S. health...
Senate Bill 720: Making it a crime to support Palestinian human rights
August 20th, 20170 By James J. Zogby It is fascinating to watch some U.S. senators tripping over themselves as they attempt to defend their support for or opposition to proposed legislation that would make it a federal crime to support the international campaign to Boycott, Divest or Sanction (BDS) Israel for its continued occupation of Palestinian...
Charlottesville tragedy can be lesson to community
August 20th, 20171 By Abed Hammoud The recent tragic events in Charlottesville, VA should be a lesson to our Arab and Muslim community here in Metro Detroit, specially in the Dearborn-Dearborn Heights area. These events show that personal attacks, character assassination and the spread of false information on social media and elsewhere can have...
Clashes among Arab Americans get us nowhere
August 20th, 20170 On any Election Day, be it primary or general, it’s the norm for residents to differ in opinions on particular candidates and their qualifications. That’s why voters have the right to choose their representatives at the ballot box after much debate and discussion. However, that healthy democratic process should not turn into...
Boston march against hate speech avoids Charlottesville chaos
August 20th, 20170 Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a "free speech" rally featuring far-right speakers a week after a woman was killed at a Virginia white-supremacist demonstration. Rally organizers had invited several far-right speakers who were confined to a small pen that police set up in the historic...
Australian men charged with terrorism over mosque fires
August 20th, 20170 MELBOURNE- Australian police have charged three men with committing terrorist acts on suspicion of starting fires at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Melbourne last year, inspired by ISIS and intending to divide the Muslim community. Two of the men are already in custody and awaiting trial on suspicion of plotting bomb attacks in Australia's...
Two men who entered Dearborn police station armed sentenced
August 19th, 20170 DEARBORN- Two men who entered the Dearborn Police Station armed with firearms and dressed in tactical vests and masks earlier this year were sentenced to time in prison by Judge Mariam Bazzi of the Wayne County Circuit Court. Police first arrested Brandon Vreeland, 40, of Jackson and James Craig Baker, 24, of Leonard on Feb. 5 after...
State Police raids Dearborn Medical Clinic for overprescribing opioids
August 18th, 20172 DEARBORN — About 8 a.m. on Thursday, Michigan State Police raided the Dearborn Medical Clinic, where a doctor is accused of over prescribing opiates. Lt. Mike Shaw of the State Police described the clinic, located at Warren and Yinger Avenues, as a "pill mill" and said oxycodone is the drug most prescribed. It was attracting...
Van mows down crowd in Barcelona, 13 reported killed
August 17th, 20170 BARCELONA- A van plowed into crowds in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday and Spanish media reported at least 13 people were killed, in what police said they were treating as a terrorist attack. The death toll was reported by Cadena Ser radio, citing police sources. Police said some people were dead and injured but did not confirm the...
Michigan State Police conducting raid at Dearborn Medical Clinic
August 17th, 20170 DEARBORN - Michigan State Police are conducting a raid at a medical office in Dearborn Thursday morning. We're told the raid is happening at the Dearborn Medical Clinic on Warren Avenue, which is near Greenfield Road. Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw says the raid is part of the fight against the opioid problem in Michigan,...
Nasrallah says U.S. can’t hurt Hezbollah, dismisses sanctions
August 16th, 20170 BEIRUT — On Sunday, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah dismissed the prospect of tougher U.S. sanctions against his group, which is backed by Iran, and said the U.S. administration had no way to harm it. "The American administration, with all available and possible means, will not be able to damage the strength of the resistance,"......
Backlash against Trump intensifies after his comments on Virginia violence
August 16th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― Several leading members of Trump's Republican Party and ally Britain sharply rebuked the president on Wednesday after he insisted that white nationalists and protesters opposed to them were both to blame for deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. Trump's remarks on Tuesday, a more vehement reprisal of what had...
Jordanian companies on the hunt for opportunities in Detroit
August 15th, 20170 DETROIT — On Thursday, Aug. 3, the Honorary Consulate of Jordan in Michigan hosted a reception and forum welcoming a Jordanian trade delegation to Detroit. The key objective of the mission was to promote the growth of trade and business diversification of the Jordanian exports to the U.S. in several manufacturing sectors that are......
Robber ties up elderly Dearborn Heights woman in her home
August 12th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS—On Wednesday, a man broke into an elderly woman's home in Dearborn Heights around 11:50 a.m., forcefully requested money and then tied her up. Police said the front door to her home near Van Buren Road and Colonial Street was unlocked. The man walked into the old woman's home, grabbed her by the throat and demanded...
White supremacist rally stopped in Virginia after factions clash
August 12th, 20170 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - White supremacists clashed with counter-demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, prompting the governor to declare an emergency and stop a rally to protest the planned removal of a Confederate general from a public park. Fighting broke out in the city's downtown before noon when hundreds of...
Dearborn Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko meets with secretary of education
August 11th, 20170 DEARBORN — Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko was one of 20 superintendents from Michigan invited to meet with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. "I was honored to have been one of the superintendents selected to attend," Maleyko said in a press release. "I believe the size of our district, the challenges we face...
Detroit primary election results
August 11th, 20170 DETROIT — Incumbents in Detroit proved their favorability among residents. Mayor Mike Duggan received 67 percent (43,488 votes) of the total votes cast, while State Sen. Coleman Young II received 27 percent (17,155 votes). The two will compete in the November 7 general election. "Thank you, Detroit," Duggan said at his election......
More than half a million children in Libya need help: UNICEF
August 10th, 20170 UNITED NATIONS - On Wednesday, the United Nations children agency UNICEF warned that more than half a million children in Libya need help and called on warring parties to end the violence and negotiate a political solution to the crisis. Libya has spiraled into turmoil after a civil war ousted longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011....
UN study: Foreign fighters in Syria ‘lack basic understanding of Islam’
August 10th, 20170 Young men who leave their homes to fight for terrorist groups in Syria mainly come from disadvantaged backgrounds, have low levels of education and “lack any basic understanding of the true meaning of jihad or even the Islamic faith”, according to a study for the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism. The report, which was......
Trump vows to ‘win’ against opioid epidemic, offers no new steps
August 9th, 20170 BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - President Trump promised to win the fight against a U.S. epidemic of opioid drug use, but offered no new steps to do so and did not act on a recommendation made by a presidential commission that he declare a national emergency. Trump spoke at an event he had billed as a "major briefing" on the opioid crisis during a...
Minnesota governor calls mosque bombing ‘act of terrorism’
August 7th, 20170 St. Paul ― Minnesota's governor called the bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis the previous day "an act of terrorism" during a visit to the site on Sunday. Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, were called on Saturday at 5:05 a.m. local time about an explosion at the Dar Al Farooq mosque, after a bomb was thrown through the window of......
