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Poll: Americans want U.S. goods, but not willing to pay more
July 27th, 20170 HARRISBURG, PA — Americans say they love U.S.-made goods. They are less enthusiastic, however, about paying a premium for them. At the AMES Companies Inc factory here, the wheelbarrows coming off the assembly line once every six seconds cost the company more to make in the United States than abroad, but U.S. retailers generally will...
U.S. pledges extra $140 million to Lebanon for Syrian refugees, fighting ISIS
July 27th, 20170 BEIRUT ― The United States will give Lebanon an extra $140 million to help Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them, the State Department said during a U.S. visit by Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri. Lebanon is hosting at least 1.5 million Syrian refugees who have fled the more than six-year conflict there and who now make...
Former Dearborn Clerk sentenced to probation
July 26th, 20170 DEARBORN - On July 21, Wayne County Circuit Judge Lawrence S. Talon sentenced former longtime City Clerk Kathleen Buda to 24 months-probation on an embezzlement charge. She also has to pay $1,638. Three charges of larceny in a building and three counts of misconduct in office were dismissed in exchange for a guilty plea on the...
Israel replaces Al-Aqsa mosques metal detectors with surveillance cameras, Palestinians reject new measures
July 25th, 20170 JERUSALEM - Palestinians have vowed to continue protests and confrontations with Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in rejection of new surveillance cameras installed at the gates to al-Aqsa Mosque compound. After a security cabinet meeting late on Monday, a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
U.N.: Solution is needed by this Friday to curb escalating violence in Jerusalem
July 24th, 20170 NEW YORK - United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned on Monday that a solution was needed by Friday to the Jerusalem mosque crisis, which he said threatens to have "potential catastrophic costs well beyond the walls of the Old City." Israel installed metal detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in...
Meet Dearborn’s City Clerk candidates
July 24th, 20170 Five candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for Dearborn's City Clerk. Four of them are Arab Americans. Their names will appear on the August 8 primary election ballot. The four will advance to the general election on November 7 to compete for two seats. The AANews asked the candidates the following question: Q. Why do you...
Meet Dearborn’s City Council candidates
July 24th, 20170 There are 16 candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring for Dearborn's City Council. Their names will appear on the August 8 primary election ballot. The top 14 will advance to the general elections on November 7. The AANews asked the candidates two questions: Q1. Why do you feel you are qualified candidate for the...
Hezbollah says battle with Nusra Front almost won at Syria-Lebanon border
July 24th, 20170 BEIRUT – Hezbollah said on Monday its battle with Nusra Front jihadists at the Syria-Lebanon border was almost over and urged remaining insurgents in the area to give up, pressing its campaign to take their last foothold at the frontier. With the Nusra Front almost beaten in the mountainous area on the outskirts of the Lebanese town...
Meet Dearborn Heights’ City Council candidates
July 22nd, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - A changing city requires a change in leadership. That is the premise many of Dearborn Heights' City Council candidates are running their campaigns on as the August 8 primary elections draw closer. Reflected in the increase in Arab Americans running, the city's demographics are drastically changing. Many residents...
Meet Dearborn Heights’ mayoral candidates
July 22nd, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS - Three candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for Dearborn Heights' mayor. Their names will appear on the August 8 primary election ballot. The top two will advance to the general elections on November 7. The AANews asked the candidates the following three questions: Q1. Why do you feel you are a qualified...
Meet Dearborn’s mayoral candidates
July 22nd, 20170 DEARBORN - Five candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for Dearborn's mayor. Their names will appear on the August 8 primary election ballot. The top two will advance to the general elections on November 7. The AANews asked the candidates the following questions: Q1. Why do you feel you are a qualified candidate for the...
Avoiding summertime dehydration
July 22nd, 20170 | By Dr. S. George Kipa, MD Studies show that 75 percent of Americans drink significantly less water than what is recommended daily. A common misconception is that dehydration results solely from water loss, however, it can also stem from chronic illness, medication, caffeine/alcohol intake and several other factors. Paired...
Free Iranian citizens, Iran tells U.S. in response to Trump
July 22nd, 20170 BEIRUT - Iran demanded on Saturday that the United States release Iranians detained there, a day after U.S. president Donald Trump called on the Islamic Republic to release three U.S. citizens. "America should quickly release Iranian prisoners in the country," foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, according to the Iranian...
Hezbollah, Syrian army launch offensive at Syrian-Lebanese border
July 21st, 20170 BEIRUT — The Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Syrian army launched an offensive on Friday to clear militants from an area of the Syrian-Lebanese frontier, a commander in the military alliance fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad said. The operation is targeting insurgents from the Nusra Front group in the Juroud Arsal...
Al-Aqsa standoff: Palestinian anger mounts over holy site restrictions
July 21st, 20170 JERUSALEM — For the first time in decades, Israel closed the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City to worshipers on Friday, July 14. The closure followed an attack near an entrance to the compound that houses the al-Aqsa mosque, one of the holiest sites for Muslims, following a deadly shootout that killed two Israelis and......
Sam Jammal announces run for Congress in 39th District in California
July 21st, 20170 FULLERTON, CA — Republican Congressman Ed Royce is the 24-year incumbent who has been challenged by a former Obama Administration official, Sam Jammal, in the 39th district. Born and raised in Fullerton, Jammal said he aims to reestablish the American Dream; he believes it has been becoming out of reach for citizens. Jammal is the...
Hamtramck’s Muslim majority Council proves media wrong
July 21st, 20170 HAMTRAMCK — When the voters of Hamtramck elected four Muslims to the City Council in 2015, it made headlines nationally and internationally on media outlets like the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, CNN, Fox News and more as a seemingly oxymoronic move in an "American city"— as if those public officials' Islamic faith......
The story behind the Jerusalem attack: How Trump and Netanyahu pushed Palestinians into a corner
July 21st, 20170 By Ramzy Baroud Early October 2016, Misbah Abu Sbeih left his wife and five children at home and then drove to an Israeli police station in occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The 39-year-old Jerusalemite was scheduled to hand himself over to serve a term of four months in jail for, allegedly, trumped up charges of "trying to hit...
AAPAC issues more endorsements, approves financial support for selected candidates
July 20th, 20170 DEARBORN — On Thursday, AAPAC members approved monetary support for selected candidates who are members of the organization. Also, AAPAC members voted to support Mo Baydoun, a fourth candidate in the Dearborn Heights Council race. Last week AAPAC endorsed candidates Bob Constan, Bill Bazzi and Jeff Mallad. Eleven candidates are...
Lebanon names former Bloomfield Hills resident Gabriel Issa as its ambassador to Washington
July 20th, 20170 BEIRUT — On Thursday, the Lebanese Cabinet passed long-awaited diplomatic appointments as President Michel Aoun called for “improving the state's revenues” in the wake of parliament's approval of a new wage scale for civil servants and the armed forces. As per protocol, the names of the appointed ambassadors will be announced...
Saudi prince arrested over bloody “assault” video
July 20th, 20170 DUBAI - A Saudi prince was arrested after a video that appeared to show him assaulting a bloodied man stoked outrage online, Saudi police said, in a rare airing of public anger at a member of the royal family. The clip, apparently filmed by the attacker, shows a Yemeni driver berated for parking in front of the man's house and being......
Trump seeks crackdown on ‘Made in America’ fakes
July 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON- President Trump is looking for ways to defend American-made products by certifying legitimate U.S. goods and aggressively going after imported products unfairly sporting the "Made in America" label, the White House said on Tuesday. Trump, who campaigned on reviving the U.S. manufacturing sector, vowed on Monday that his...
State Department: Number of terrorist attacks globally dropped in 2016
July 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― The number of terrorist attacks worldwide and deaths from such attacks dropped in 2016 for the second straight year, driven by decreases in Afghanistan, Syria, Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen, the State Department said on Wednesday. The total number of terrorist attacks in 2016 dropped 9 percent compared to 2015, while......
Saudi-led air strikes kill at least 20 Yemeni civilians
July 19th, 20170 DUBAI - At least 20 Yemeni civilians were killed and many others were wounded when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a village in the south, officials from the armed Houthi movement and the government said on Wednesday. The U.N. said the victims of Tuesday's bombing, which hit al-Atera village in Taiz province where fighting between...
Palestinian driver shot dead after ramming car into Israeli soldiers
July 18th, 20170 JERUSALEM - A Palestinian driver rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and was shot dead by the troops, the Israeli military said. There was no immediate comment from Palestinian officials. According to Israel's Magen David Adom, two of their soldiers were slightly wounded. "In......
