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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...
DTE Energy to hold informative meeting about gas meters renewal in Dearborn
May 19th, 20170 DEARBORN — DTE Energy invites Dearborn residents and business owners in the area enclosed by Chase Road and E. Moross Circle, and W. Warren and Tireman to a May 24 public meeting about the extensive gas meter and gas line replacement project in their neighborhood. The meeting is at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 24 at the Henry Ford...
Nakba was 69 years ago, but Arab complacency keeps it going
May 19th, 20170 May 15 marked the 69th year of systematic expulsion and pillaging of Palestinian communities, in addition to the centennial of the Balfour declaration that began the travesty. In May of 1948 alone, after the Israeli militiamen of the Haganah, Irgun and Palmach liquidated entire villages via massacres, forcing the spared from their...
Wayne County Sheriff: We won’t turn over immigrants to ICE
May 18th, 20170 DETROIT ― Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon has ordered his staff to deny requests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to turn over immigrant inmates without a warrant signed by a federal judge or magistrate. In an April 28 memo from Napoleon obtained by The AANews the sheriff wrote: “Recent court decisions have...
Palestinian killed as settler opens fire during peaceful protest
May 18th, 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...
US special counsel named to investigate Trump-Russia ties
May 17th, 20170 The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday 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 Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow. The move followed a week in which the White House was thrown into an uproar amid rising...
BREAKING: Michigan Senate votes to outlaw female genital mutilation
May 17th, 20170 LANSING-The Michigan Senate approved legislation on Wednesday 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. The legislation, which now goes to the state House of Representatives, was spurred...
U.S. immigration arrests up nearly 40 percent under Trump
May 17th, 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 Customs...
Former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning leaves prison
May 17th, 20170 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......
Concerns emerge over racism, anti-Semitism in Detroit Fire Department
May 16th, 20170 DETROIT ― The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is raising concerns about racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism in the city of Detroit’s Fire Department – specifically in the EMS Division. The concerns are linked to the Facebook account of Captain Tim Goodman, described as “a torrent of racist and...
Trump: ‘absolute right’ to share information with Russians
May 16th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.-Facing heavy criticism over his handling of highly classified information, U.S. President Donald Trump defended having shared "facts" with senior Russian officials, saying on Tuesday he had an "absolute right" to do so and had been trying to get Moscow to be more active in combating Islamic State militants. Trump's......
US: Syrians built crematorium at prison to dispose of bodies, Syria denies accusations
May 16th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The United States has evidence Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has built a crematorium at a large military prison outside the capital Damascus, a State Department official said on Monday. Stuart Jones, acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, said U.S. officials believe the...
Trump defends his ‘absolute right’ to share information with Russians
May 16th, 20170 WASHINGTON- Facing a deluge of criticism over his handling of highly classified information, U.S. President Donald Trump defended having shared "facts" with senior Russian officials, saying on Tuesday he had an "absolute right" to do so and had been trying to get Moscow to be more active in combating ISIS militants. Trump's...
Trump revealed classified intelligence to Russians about ISIS
May 15th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― President Trump disclosed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister about a planned ISIS operation during their meeting last week, two U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation said on Monday. The intelligence, both officials said, was supplied by a U.S. ally in the fight against the militant...
North Korea fires missile that lands in sea near Russia
May 14th, 20170 SEOUL- North Korea, defying calls to rein in its weapons program, fired a ballistic missile that landed in the sea near Russia on Sunday, days after a new leader came to power in South Korea pledging to engage Pyongyang in dialogue. The U.S. military's Pacific Command said it was assessing the type of missile that was fired but it was......
To ease fears, U.S. Muslim schools reach out to neighbors
May 14th, 20170 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 (16 km) apart but culturally worlds away a chance to get to know each...
LGBTQ Arabs use spaces to transgress misconceptions
May 12th, 20170 DEARBORN — A lack of language for gay identity in religious doctrine reflected the stigmatization and eventual pathologization of it in Western discourse, where homosexuality was recognized as a mental illness from the 19th century until its removal from the DSM in 1973. Ironically, Arabic and Islamic-era words articulating......
Firing Comey will haunt Trump’s presidency
May 12th, 20171 In another display of power overreach, Trump played Nixon when he fired FBI director James Comey. Or perhaps he thought he was still on the Apprentice, with "You're fired" as his only misguided attempt at wielding power. Here, in firing Comey, the ends do not justify the means; the Americans are paying attention to the cause of...
U.S. airlines meet with Homeland Security on expanding laptop ban
May 11th, 20170 WASHINGTON ― Homeland Security officials met with major U.S. airlines and a trade group on Thursday to discuss the impact of possibly expanding a ban on large electronic gadgets on planes to flights from some European airports, three sources briefed on the meeting said. The afternoon meeting included high level executives from Delta......
