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Germany Syrian bomb suspect kills himself in jail
BERLIN — Police and judicial officials in the German state of Saxony faced a blaze of criticism on Thursday after a Syrian man suspected of plotting to bomb a Berlin airport killed himself in a detention center where he had been deemed not at risk of suicide.Jaber Albakr, 22, who evaded police on Saturday and...U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on Navy ship
The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi forces, retaliating after failed missile attacks this week on a U.S. Navy destroyer, U.S. officials said.The strikes, authorized by President Obama, represent Washington's first direct...Syrian forces push for Aleppo ahead of Swiss talks
DAMASCUS — Syria's military backed by Russian warplanes have killed more than 150 people in eastern Aleppo this week say rescue workers, part of a renewed bombardment supporting an offensive to seize the city's shattered rebel-held sector.As air strikes and shelling of the city's east intensified since Tuesday after a brief period of...Turkey warns assault on Mosul would trigger refugee wave
ANKARA — Any mistake in a planned U.S.-backed operation to drive ISIS from the Iraqi city of Mosul could result in hundreds of thousands of refugees, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday.Turkey is locked in an escalating row with Iraq over who should take part in the Mosul assault and Kalin voiced...
Muslim woman speaks out about vicious attack targeting her baby
October 13th, 20160 NEW YORK- A Muslim woman who was attacked while strolling her baby in Brooklyn last month, is finally speaking out. In an interview with New York local affiliate PIX11, the woman disguised herself out of fear of retaliation. As she and another Muslim woman walked in Bath Beach, Brooklyn,...
Humans may already have reached maximum lifespan
October 13th, 20160 When she turned 120 years old in 1995, plucky Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment was asked what type of future she expected. "A very short one," she replied. But Calment lived two more years, dying at age 122 with the longest documented lifespan of any person in history. Scientists who examined statistical trends regarding maximum lifespans...
Muslim boy was beaten on school bus for refusing to eat non-halal sandwich
October 11th, 20160 NORTH CAROLINA -New details have emerged in a case involving the beating of a 7-year-old boy on a school bus because he was Muslim.Abdul Usmani was bruised and battered on a school bus when he refused to eat a sandwhich that wasn’t halal.According to Usmani’s father, Dr. Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani, a classmate had tried to force...
Autistic teen pleads guilty to terrorism charges following FBI sting
October 11th, 20160 ARIZONA - An Arizona teenager who the FBI said professed himself to be an "American jihadist" has agreed to plead guilty to terrorism and conspiracy charges stemming from a suspected plot to bomb a state motor vehicle office, court documents showed on Monday. Mahin Khan, 18, jailed since his arrest in July, reached a deal with...
Child “terrorist” Halloween costume causes outrage
October 11th, 20160 IRELAND - A “child terrorist” Halloween costume has been withdrawn from sale after numerous customers complained it was offensive. The outfits were being sold for £15 at a Halloween pop-up shop in the Diamond Shopping Centre in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. They included a shirt, vest, pants and...
Hotel clerk not charged for suspecting guest was a terrorist
October 10th, 20162 AVON, Ohio -- A Lorain County grand jury chose not to indict the hotel desk clerk accused of falsely reporting that an Emirati guest pledged his allegiance to ISIS. The grand jury opted not to indict the clerk or anyone else involved in the June 29 arrest of Ahmed Al Menhali at the Fairfield Inn and Suites on Colorado Avenue,...New York Muslim man attacked while walking with mother
BRONX — Police are searching for three individuals connected to an assault that occurred in the Bronx in September and involved anti-Muslim slurs. On Sept. 15 right before midnight, the 25-year-old victim and his mother were walking and crossing the street in front of 2481 Creston Avenue in the Fordham Manor section of the...Dozens arrested at India call center linked to IRS scam calls
NEW DELHI (AP) – Indian police have arrested 70 people and are questioning hundreds more after uncovering a massive scam to cheat thousands of Americans out of millions of dollars by posing as U.S. tax authorities and demanding unpaid taxes.According to police in Mumbai, the yearlong scam involved running fake call centers which sent...Trump threatens jail time, Clinton says rival’s campaign is ‘exploding’
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, defiant amid a tide of criticism of his sexually aggressive remarks about women, said Hillary Clinton would go to jail if he were president and attacked her husband for his treatment of women in a vicious presidential debate less than a month before the U.S. election. The Sunday...Over 140 killed from Saudi airstrikes in Yemen
YEMEN - Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral at a community hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the country's Houthi-run administration said on Saturday, but the coalition denied any role in the attack. More than 140 mourners were killed, according to local health officials cited by the United Nations, in an attack that prompted a strong...Police chief under fire by Muslims for “bacon grease bullets” Facebook posts
ALABAMA - A Police chief in Alabama faces scrutiny after a Muslim rights organization called him out for his Facebook activity. The Alabama chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations is asking federal authorities to investigate "anti-Muslim bigotry expressed" on social media posts allegedly made by the Gurley Police chief......
Sikh man attacked by group of men
NEW YORK: "Cut his f*****g hair," yelled a group of men before brutally attacking a Sikh American, knocking off his turban and cutting his unshorn hair with a knife. Maan Singh Khalsa, 41, an IT professional in California, was driving home on the night of September 25 when a group of men in car threw a beer can at his vehicle....Multiple clowns arrested in metro Detroit
DEARBORN - The clown craze continues to cause panic in the metro Detroit region prompting police and school campuses to take caution. At the University of Michigan-Dearborn on Thursday, administrators issued a warning due to a clown sighting on campus. Campus police said a man wearing a white clown mask was spotted, "close to the......
A sobering look beyond the election
October 7th, 20160 This campaign year has been full of twists and turns. We don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, let alone on November 8. So talking about what comes afterward seems premature. But it’s been on my mind a lot, because I’m worried. This is not about who wins the presidency. I’m concerned about the aftermath of this...
The war in Yemen must end, as famine spreads
October 7th, 20160 Yemen is on the verge of famine, according to media reports and humanitarian organizations. The country's social, economic and political fabric is being disseminated by the ongoing, apparently endless war. For months, the warring parties met in Kuwait, agreeing and disagreeing every other day, until the negotiations collapsed...State Board of Education candidate Ish Ahmed: Put the public back into public schools
Ish AhmedDEARBORN — Ismael "Ish" Ahmed, a veteran in organizing and mobilizing communities to fight for social justice and equal opportunity education, wants to equip schools statewide with the tools to nurture creative and highly adept students – from the ground up.That is why Ahmed, a Democrat, is running for the State Board of...
Justice Department, CAIR settle lawsuit over rejected Islamic school
October 7th, 20160 CAIR annoucing a lawsuit against Pittsfield Township.PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP — While a heated presidential race continues to brew grave anti-Muslim sentiments, Islamic institutions in Michigan are being caught in the crossfire. Prominent legal cases involving cities denying the construction of religious schools and mosques set new......
U.S. road deaths jump 10.4 percent in first half of 2016
WASHINGTON - U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.4 percent in the first six months of 2016 to a "crisis" level, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday. NHTSA said road deaths in the first half totaled 17,775 and said the number was likely to be higher in the second half...Dozens of Afghani troops gone missing in the U.S.
WASHINGTON - Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, according to a report by Reuters. Although the number of disappearances is relatively small -- some 2,200 Afghan......
Deadly Hurricane Matthew strikes
ORLANDO - Matthew, the first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years, blasted the Bahamas on Thursday as it headed for Florida after killing at least 140 people in the Caribbean, mostly in Haiti. Matthew, carrying winds of 140 mph (220 kph), pounded the...
Sanders returns to Michigan to rally voters behind Clinton
October 7th, 20160 Sanders at the UAW in DearbornDEARBORN — Michigan was one of many states "Feelin the Bern" during the primary election season when Senator Bernie Sanders (D- VT.) surprisingly upset Hillary Clinton. Earlier this year, the Arab American community overwhelmingly backed Sanders, who also received an endorsement from The AANews. In......
