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New Yemeni VP says he hopes to avoid Saudi invasion
ADEN — Yemen's newly-appointed Vice President Khaled Bahah, a widely respected figure named this week to shore up the legitimacy of the exiled Saudi-backed government, said on Thursday he hoped to avert a Saudi-led invasion to restore unity to the country. Arab military exercises planned for Saudi Arabia have raised speculation that...Nusra hails slain Lebanese militant as hero
Osama Mansour.BEIRUT — On Thursday, Al-Qaeda’s Syria affiliate the Nusra Front mourned Thursday Lebanese militant Osama Mansour, who was killed during a shootout with police in Tripoli last week. In a video tribute posted to the Twitter account of the group's Qalamoun branch, Nusra called the notorious jihadi militant a...Palestinian rams car into bus stop, killing Israeli
Israeli border guards stand near a car that plowed into pedestrians in Jerusalem injuring several people, March 6.JERUSALEM — Police said Thursday a Palestinian whose car struck people at a Jerusalem bus stop, killing an Israeli, appeared to have driven into them deliberately. Police had said earlier it was unclear whether the...Saudi Arabia executes two Indonesian women
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia executed an Indonesian domestic worker Thursday just days after beheading another woman from that country, prompting the Indonesian foreign ministry to summon the kingdom's ambassador, Jakarta said. Karni binti Medi Tarsim, 37, was convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl in 2012, according to a statement from...“Islamic State” clashes with security forces in Iraq’s largest refinery
Iraq’s largest oil refinery near the northern city of Baiji.BAGHDAD — "Islamic State" militants clashed with security forces inside Iraq's largest refinery on Thursday and held on to recent gains in the west of the country, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the extremist group remained "very, very dangerous".The insurgents...America’s moral failure: Abandoning U.S. citizens in Yemen
A C-17 aircraft evacuating Indians stranded in Yemen.Thousands of Americans are trapped in war-torn Yemen. But the U.S. government, which is legally mandated to protect and evacuate its citizens from dangerous situations anywhere in the world, is doing nothing to help them. Instead, the Obama administration is delivering weapons to...Rosa Parks should be the face of the $20 bill
An organization committed to gender equality is demanding that President Obama put a woman on the $20 bill, which currently features Andrew Jackson. Wilma Mankiller, the first elected female chief of the Cherokee nation; civil rights leader Rosa Parks; former first lady and human rights activist Eleanor Roosevelt and African American...Hillary Clinton run for presidency, begins campaign trail
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK/ — Hillary Clinton, under pressure from the left wing of her Democratic Party to aggressively campaign against income inequality, voiced concern about the hefty paychecks of some corporate executives in an email to supporters. Striking a populist note, Clinton, who announced on Sunday she was running for...
U.S. Iran bill makes nuclear deal harder, but not impossible
April 17th, 20150 WASHINGTON — A compromise allowing the U.S. Congress to vote on a nuclear deal with Tehran may prompt Iranian negotiators to drive a harder bargain, but does not drastically weaken President Obama's ability to deliver on a final agreement. For months, Obama resisted attempts led by Republicans and some Democrats to open an agreement...
How the paper helped mold the community’s social and political landscape
April 17th, 20150 DEARBORN — The Arab American News is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a community dinner at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn, on Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 p.m. The bilingual (Arabic - English) weekly newspaper is the largest and oldest Arab American publication in the country. "It has been a long, difficult but...
The Armenian genocide: Remembering pain and celebrating survival
April 17th, 20150 Armenian civilians, escorted by armed Ottoman soldiers to a prison, April 1915.DEARBORN — It has been a century since the Ottomans massacred 1.5 million Armenians and drove hundreds of thousands out of their ancestral homeland in what is today Turkey. But 100 years after the tragedy, Armenians are still holding on to the culture and...
Speaker at NRA annual meeting claims “no-go zones” exist in Dearborn
April 17th, 20150 DEARBORN — According to a report on thinkprogress.org, during the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee this month, author Steve Tarani said he has witnessed the alleged “no go zones” – areas where police cannot enter— while shadowing a friend who serves on the “Detroit Metro SWAT Police”...Muslims expected to surpass Jews as second-largest U.S. religious group
Two trends that are already well underway – the decline of Christians and the growth of religiously unaffiliated people as a share of the U.S. population – are expected to continue in the decades ahead, according to the Pew Research Center’s projections of major religious groups around the world. But, if current demographic trends...
Michigan Muslims participate in food drive to honor Chapel Hill victims
April 17th, 20150 DEARBORN – Michigan Muslims are taking part in a national food drive campaign entitled “Feed Their Legacy”, created to honor victims of the Feb. 10 Chapel Hill, North Carolina shootings. The victims, Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha, were shot execution-style at their home and their neighbor, a...Accused bullies could face legal troubles
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper has filed petitions with the Oakland and Wayne County juvenile courts concerning two students accused of bullying a Black 13-year-old boy with racial slurs. The petition cites one of the alleged bullies with harassment and the other, who lives in Wayne County, with ethnic......
Detroit boy found in basement expected to testify against his parents
DETROIT — A 13-year-old boy reported missing for 10 days last summer and subsequently discovered in his parents’ basement, was expected at press time to testify on Thursday against them. The boy was discovered on June 25 as a result of a search warrant. Dr. Dena Nazer, chief of the child protection team at Children’s Hospital of...
Residents still unsatisfied with services, recurring flooding in Dearborn Heights
April 17th, 20150 Flooding in Dearborn Heights Thursday, April 9.DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Residents appear frustrated with city officials over flooding issues in their neighborhood streets and over lack of clean-up services. Following the heavy rain storm that occurred on Thursday, April 9, several residents claimed that flooding occurred in their......
Interfaith group aimed at debunking ignorance forms powerful friendships
April 17th, 20150 Members of "The Bridge" gather for a weekly meeting at a local home.DEARBORN — When Steven Urenda, a Christian from California, moved to Michigan, he never imagined that he would become close friends with local Muslims here. But two years later, his participation with a group called "The Bridge" has changed his conception of...
‘American Sniper’ screenings stirs controversy at U of M, EMU
April 17th, 20150 ANN ARBOR — Screenings of the movie "American Sniper" at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University last week sparked controversies that captured national headlines at both colleges, as student groups opposed showing the movie on the campuses. Critics of the movie say the Clint Eastwood-directed film, which is based...
Sam Yono elected board president of IVC Detroit
April 17th, 20150 DETROIT — Sam Yono, a Chaldean American businessman and community leader, was elected board president of the International Visitors Council of Metropolitan Detroit (IVC Detroit). Yono has worked with the IVC for two years and previously served as vice president of the board. He is the former chairman of the Chaldean Federation of...Hezbollah: Saudi Arabia is the Israel of Yemen
BEIRUT — Hezbollah condemned the U.N. Security Council decision to impose an arms embargo on Yemen’s Houthis Thursday, comparing the Saudi-led military campaign to the Israeli wars on Gaza. "What Saudi Arabia is committing is identical to what Israel commits in Gaza," Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem told France 24 in an......
TAAN publisher to discuss 30th anniversary dinner Sunday, April 19 on WXYZ
April 16th, 20150 DETROIT—Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News (TAAN), will appear on WXYZ Channel 7’s program, Spotlight Sunday, April 19. Siblani will join WXYZ Editorial/Public Affairs Director Chuck Stokes to discuss the 2016 White House race, TAAN’s upcoming 30th anniversary dinner and Proposition 1. A special election...
Dearborn armed robbery suspect in police custody
April 15th, 20150 DEARBORN — On April 14 around 7:20 p.m. with the help of the United States Marshals Service Dearborn Police arrested 17 year-old Ezra Rodriguez Jr, of Detroit, for crimes related to the April 7th, 2015 carjacking and kidnapping of a Dearborn woman. On Wednesday at 10 a.m. Rodriguez was arraigned in......
Great Revelations Academy Board of Education election held
April 15th, 20150 DEARBORN—The advisory board of the Al-Mabarrat charitable organization held an election on Tuesday March 31 to elect the Great Revelations Academy Board of Education (GRA). GRA is an independent, Islamic school scheduled to open Fall 2015 and includes grades K-9. Arabic and Islamic studies will be embedded...
Dearborn police seek public’s assistance finding diner robbery suspect
April 14th, 20150 DEARBORN—On Sunday, April 12 around 2 p.m. an armed robbery occurred at an all-night diner in the area of Southfield and Outer Drive. The suspect is described as a white male. He was wearing a black Carhart skull cap, and black cloth covering his face. He also has on a navy blue hoodie with the letters “American......