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Car bomb explodes, kills four in Syria’s Homs
May 24th, 20170 SYRIA- A car bomb exploded in Homs on Tuesday morning, Syrian state television said, two days after the city went back under full government control for the first time since 2011. Authorities destroyed another vehicle rigged with explosives near a Shi'ite Muslim shrine south of Damascus, the broadcaster and other state media...
British police name suicide bomber, May condemns ‘sickening’ attack
May 23rd, 20170 MANCHESTER- British police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber who killed 22 people, including children, in an attack on a crowded concert hall in Manchester, and said they were trying to establish whether he had acted alone or with help from others. The man suspected of carrying out Britain's deadliest bombing in nearly 12 years...
At least 19 dead in blast at Ariana Grande concert in British arena
May 22nd, 20170 MANCHESTER- A blast on Monday night at a concert in the English city of Manchester where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing left at least 19 people dead and about 50 injured in what British police said was being treated as a terrorist incident. Police said they were responding to reports of an explosion and that there were a...
Palestinian solidarity activists’ homes targeted in Pro-Israel intimidation campaign
May 22nd, 20171 Berkeley, CA-University of California lecturer Hatem Bazian noticed a flyer placed on his winsheild when he went to drop off his daughter at school the morning of May 10. He was appalled to confront an image of himself on a flyer that claimed he "supports terror." Pictured alongside Rebecca Vilkomerson, executive director of Jewish...
Trump budget poised to slash healthcare for poor, other programs
May 22nd, 20170 WASHINGTON-The White House is set to release President Donald Trump's first full budget on Tuesday, a plan that will include a cut of more than $800 billion from the Medicaid program for the poor and reductions in other social spending. The Medicaid cuts were part of a Republican healthcare bill passed by the U.S. House of...
Trump reaps Saudi arms deal, stronger ties
May 20th, 20170 RIYADH- Under political fire at home, U.S. President Donald Trump sealed a $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia on Saturday on his maiden foreign trip as he struggled to shift attention from the aftermath of his firing of the director of the FBI. The arms deal, plus other investments that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said...
Ford to cut 1,400 white-collar jobs, shares tumble
May 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — Ford Motor Co plans to cut 1,400 salaried jobs in North America and Asia through voluntary early retirement and other financial incentives as the No. 2 U.S. automaker looks to boost its sagging stock price. Ford shares fell as much as 2.5 percent in heavy trading Wednesday and were headed to their worst close since...
Rep. Hammoud introduces resolution condemning hate crimes and discrimination
May 19th, 20170 LANSING — State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-Dearborn) introduced a resolution condemning hate crimes and any other acts of discrimination, urging Congress to investigate and prosecute. House Resolution 99 was drafted with the assistance of Emgage (Empowering Engaged Muslims), a non-partisan organization formerly known as Emerge USA, in...
Unis Middle School hosts FIRST tech challenge
May 19th, 20171 DEARBORN — If you come to Unis Middle School on a typical Saturday morning, it wouldn't be difficult to find a parking spot. On May 13, however, things were different. Unis hosted its debut FIRST Tech Challenge. FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) is a K-12 program for students age 6 to 18-years-old...
Jewish nation-state bill: Israel’s precarious identity is Palestine’s nightmare
May 19th, 20170 The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has hurriedly passed a new bill that defines Israel as the "national home of the Jewish people." Although the association between Jewishness and Israel goes back to the foundation of the state, the new law also carries clear discriminatory elements that target the country's Arab communities, numbering...
Outside Washington, a ‘more powerful’ immigrant rights movement emerges
May 19th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO — Immigrant rights advocates say that despite the cloud of fear hanging over communities in the first 100 days of the Trump administration, there is also a growing and increasingly organized resistance. "We are seeing an increase in the number of people apprehended for removal," Melissa Chua, immigration director of...
Immigration arrests up nearly 40 percent under Trump
May 19th, 20170 NEW YORK — U.S. arrests of suspected illegal immigrants rose by nearly 40 percent in the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency, following executive orders that broadened the scope of who could be targeted for immigration violations, according to government data released on Wednesday. The acting director of Immigration and...
Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning leaves prison
May 19th, 20171 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chelsea Manning walked out of a U.S. military prison on Wednesday, seven years after being arrested for passing secrets to WikiLeaks in the largest breach of classified information in U.S. history. Manning, 29, was released from the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, at about 2 a.m., according...
To ease fears, Muslim schools reach out to neighbors
May 19th, 20172 NEW YORK — At a Roman Catholic high school in New York's Long Island suburbs, two dozen visiting Muslim students knelt and prayed while teens in uniform blazers from the host school looked on. The trip's agenda was simple: give students whose schools are just 10 miles apart but culturally worlds away a chance to get to know each...
Special counsel named to investigate Trump-Russia ties
May 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, the Justice Department named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between President Trump's campaign and Moscow. The move followed a week in which the White House was thrown into an uproar amid......
Palestinian killed as settler opens fire during clashes
May 19th, 20170 WEST BANK — A Palestinian man was killed in the occupied West Bank on Thursday when an Israeli settler opened fire as protesters crowded around his car and pelted it with rocks, according to multiple accounts. A Reuters photographer and other witnesses said hundreds of Palestinians had gathered near the city of Nablus to show...
U.S. nears $100 billion arms deal for Saudi Arabia
May 19th, 20170 WASHINGTON — The United States is close to completing a series of arms deals for Saudi Arabia totaling more than $100 billion, a senior White House official said on Friday, a week ahead of President Trump's planned visit to Riyadh. The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the arms package could end up......
Trump visit seen as long shot to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking
May 19th, 20170 JERUSALEM — Just four months after taking office, Donald Trump will make the earliest foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking by any U.S. president next week. But with mounting obstacles at home and abroad, he faces long odds of succeeding where more experienced predecessors have failed. Even as last-minute changes are being made...Fresh Syria peace talks off to another stumbling start
GENEVA — Syria peace talks hosted by the United Nations in Geneva spawned a new series of meetings on Thursday with no hint of tangible progress toward a deal to end the six-year-old civil war. U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura had promised a refreshingly brisk pace of business-like meetings over a short four-day round, with new...
Syrian government denies U.S. accusation of crematorium at prison
May 19th, 20171 DAMASCUS — The Syrian government on Tuesday denied U.S. accusations that a crematorium had been built at one of its prisons that could be used to dispose of detainees' remains. A foreign ministry statement published by state news agency SANA said the U.S. administration had come out with "a new Hollywood story detached from reality"...
Common painkillers tied to heart attack risk
May 19th, 20170 Commonly used painkillers such as Motrin, Advil and Aleve might increase your risk for heart attack, even in the first week of use, a new study suggests. Overall, these drugs and others known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of a heart attack by 20 to 50 percent, compared with not using them,......
Spread of fighting, cholera pushes Yemen to collapse
May 19th, 20170 SANAA, Yemen — Spilling into the hallways of crowded Yemeni hospitals, children writhe in pain from cholera. Displaced villagers roam baking hot plains and barren mountains to evade warring militias. The escalating outbreak of disease and displacement of tens of thousands by recent fighting has inflamed one of the world's worst...
Dearborn Heights Councilman Tom Berry suddenly resigns
May 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, May 16, Dearborn Heights City Councilman Tom Berry abruptly resigned. He released a letter to the mayor, city residents, employees and his fellow City Council members, explaining his decision and sincerely expressing the honor he had in working with "loyal and hardworking people" during his tenure. He said......
New supermarket opens to meet demand of diverse communities
May 19th, 20170 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — In the increasingly diverse Southeast Michigan region, markets catering to the cuisine of one's homeland can be far and few. Dearborn, which harbors the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the country, has overcome that problem, as streets like Warren Avenue are lined with Mediterranean grocers. A...
AAYSP awards 25 scholarships at eighth annual gala
May 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — On May 17, The American Association of Yemeni Students and Professionals (AAYSP) awarded scholarships to 25 high school seniors and undergraduate students at its eighth annual scholarship gala. The event took place at Byblos Banquet Hall and was made possible through community sponsors. AAYSP Michigan chapter President......
