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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...
Grandmas, grandpas from travel ban states now welcome
July 18th, 20170 WASHINGTON - Grandparents of U.S. citizens from six Muslim-majority countries are now eligible to receive U.S. visas, according to a State Department memo seen by Reuters that reflects the latest court ruling on U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban. The memo, or cable, from U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was sent to all U.S....
U.S. provides visas for up to 15,000 temporary workers
July 17th, 20170 WASHINGTON- The U.S. government is allowing 15,000 additional visas for temporary seasonal workers to help American businesses in danger of suffering irreparable harm because of a shortage of such labor, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly found after consulting with Labor...
Israeli ‘counter-terrorism boot camp’ a tourist attraction in occupied West Bank
July 17th, 20170 GUSH ETZION SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK – Taking in the scene of a simulated fruit market in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, a group of tourists ponders whether a poster-size figure of an Arab man holding a cellphone is a threat and should be shot. The aim of the mock scenario is to teach rapt foreign visitors how to deal...
North Korea may have more nuclear bomb material than thought
July 16th, 20170 WASHINGTON - Thermal images of North Korea's main nuclear site show Pyongyang may have reprocessed more plutonium than previously thought that can be used to enlarge its nuclear weapons stockpile, a U.S. think tank said on Friday. The analysis by 38 North, a Washington-based North Korean monitoring project, was based on satellite images...
Iran jails U.S. dual national for 10 years for spying
July 16th, 20170 IRAN- An Iranian court has sentenced a U.S. dual national to 10 years in jail on spying charges, Iran's judiciary spokesman said on Sunday, the latest case involving dual nationals held on security charges in the country. The spokesman did not name the person or give details about when the sentence was passed but said the person was a...
Intra-cultural conflicts among Dearborn’s Arab Americans are a concern
July 14th, 20170 It is a known fact that Dearborn has the highest concentration of Americans of Arab descent, some thriving more than others, in part due to their long history in this nation. For many reasons, internal segregation, which tends to stem from religious separation, politics and tribalism, has truly become a community concern. Last week,...
Governor Snyder signs laws banning female genital mutilation
July 13th, 20170 LANSING- On Tuesday, Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation making genital mutilation of girls a state felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, both for doctors who perform the procedure and parents who transport a child to undergo the surgery. Genital mutilation of girls, typically involving removal of all or part of the...
Kid Rock hints online he will run for U.S. Senate
July 13th, 20170 DETROIT- Recording star Kid Rock, an outspoken supporter of Republican President Donald Trump, hinted in website and social media messages on Wednesday that he intends to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018, promising a "major announcement" to come soon. The 46-year-old Michigan native drew attention on Twitter and his Facebook page to a...
Official in northern Michigan shares Facebook posts that call to kill all Muslims
July 13th, 20170 KALKASKA, Mich. — A village president of Kalkaska, about 230 miles northwest of Detroit, shared Facebook posts that condemned Islam and called for the murder of “every last Muslim." He declined to apologize. The Record-Eagle of Traverse City reported that president Jeff Sieting said on Monday that he’s not obligated to apologize...
After passenger dragged, Chicago says police will handle airport incidents
July 12th, 20170 CHICAGO- Months after an online video of a United Airlines passenger being dragged from a plane went viral and sparked global outrage, Chicago aviation officials on Wednesday said future airport disturbances will be handled by city police, not aviation security officers. The forced removal of a passenger on April 9 to make room for...
Iranian cancer researcher sent home after detained at Boston airport
July 12th, 20170 BOSTON- An Iranian cancer researcher who had been headed to a prominent Boston hospital to work as a scholar was sent back to his country on Tuesday, a day after U.S. immigration officials detained him and his family, media said. Mohsen Dehnavi, his wife and three children were put on a return flight at about 9 p.m. after being detained...
Syrian Observatory: ISIS leader al-Baghdadi is dead
July 11th, 20170 BEIRUT ― The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. The report came just days after the Iraqi army recaptured the last sectors of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which Baghdadi's forces overran almost exactly three years......
U.S. judge halts deportation of Iraqi immigrants
July 11th, 20170 DETROIT- On Tuesday, a U.S. judge ruled that the government cannot immediately deport nearly 200 Iraqi immigrants arrested last month who argued they would face persecution if they were removed from the country. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith in Michigan said he had the authority to order the government to keep the Iraqis in the...
Trump Jr. email chain cites Russian support for his father
July 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON- Presidential candidate Donald Trump's eldest son eagerly agreed last year to meet a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who might have information incriminating Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as part of Russian government support for his father, according to an email chain released on Tuesday. The email......
Obituary: Jack Shaheen, who fought against Arab stereotyping
July 11th, 20170 Charleston, S.C.—Renowned scholar Jack Shaheen, who spent his life breaking stereotypes of Arab Americans and Muslims in the media, died Sunday, July 9 at Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He was 81. Shaheen was an internationally acclaimed author, lecturer and media critic considered to be a pioneering voice...
Iraqi PM declares victory over ISIS in Mosul
July 10th, 20170 MOSUL/ERBIL, IRAQ - Iraq's prime minister declared victory over Islamic State in Mosul on Monday, three years after the militants seized the city and made it the stronghold of a "caliphate" they said would take over the world. "I announce from here the end and the failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and...
Trump’s son says ‘happy’ to work with Senate intelligence panel on Russia
July 10th, 20170 WASHINGTON- On Monday, President Trump's eldest son offered to talk to a Senate committee investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, after he acknowledged meeting a Russian lawyer during the campaign. "Happy to work with the committee to pass on what I know," Donald Trump Jr. wrote on...
Iraqi Prime Minister congratulates armed forces for Mosul ‘victory’
July 9th, 20170 MOSUL, IRAQ- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their victory over ISIS after nearly nine months of urban warfare. ISIS's defeat in Mosul three years after taking the city is a major blow for the terrorist group, which is also losing ground in its operational base in......
Flint Islamic center raises $10,000 for Lt. Jeff Neville
July 9th, 20170 FLINT- The Flint Islamic Center raised $10,000 for Lt. Jeff Neville, the victim of the Bishop International Airport stabbing, as he continues to recover from his injury. The Flint Muslim community launched the fundraising campaign right after the attack. Amor Ftouhi, 49, of Montreal, was charged with stabbing officer Neville at...
Dearborn teenager drowned in Cass Lake
July 9th, 20170 WATERFORD, Mich. - Rescuers are searching for Mohammed Wutwut (15), a Dearborn teenage boy who went missing in Cass Lake on July 8. Witnesses say the 15 year-old from Dearborn was swimming in a shallow part of the lake this afternoon. He went underwater and never resurfaced. Dive teams from the Oakland County Sheriff's Department......
Dearborn teenager drowned in Cass Lake, recovery efforts continue
July 9th, 20170 WATERFORD, Mich. - Rescuers are searching for Mohammed Wutwut (15), a Dearborn teenage boy who went missing in Cass Lake on July 8. Witnesses say the 15 year-old from Dearborn was swimming in a shallow part of the lake this afternoon. He went underwater and never resurfaced. Dive teams from the Oakland County Sheriff's Department...
Muslim leaders begin European tour to protest against terror
July 8th, 20170 Dozens of religious leaders boarded a bus on the Champs Elysees in Paris on Saturday to kick off a European tour of the sites of recent ISIS attacks to remember the victims and condemn violence. Imams from countries including France, Belgium, Britain and Tunisia were joined by representatives of other religious communities at the spot......
