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Hundreds of Letters to ICE: Save Rranxburgaj Family
March 16th, 20180 DETROIT – An Albanian American family currently in sanctuary in a Detroit church gathered supporters who will hold a press conference on Friday March 16 at the Rosa Parks federal building. The supporters will deliver more than 600 letters to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office on Jefferson. Ded Rranxburgaj, an...
Three men charged with Minnesota mosque bombing
March 16th, 20180 MINNEAPOLIS — Three men from a rural Illinois community were arrested on Tuesday and charged in the 2017 bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis and the attempted bombing of an Illinois abortion clinic, U.S. prosecutors said. Michael Mcwhorter, 29, Joe Morris, 22, and Michael B. Hari, 47, were accused of carrying out a pipe bomb...
April is arts month in Dearborn
March 16th, 20180 DEARBORN — Galleries, artists and cultural events across the city will be celebrated throughout April, according to a press release from the Dearborn Community Fund. The month will begin with a “Gallery Rally” week April 2-7. Galleries in that event include the Padzieski Gallery (Ford Community & Performing Arts Center);...
School safety bill passes House, no action on gun control
March 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives approved spending more money on metal detectors, locks and other school security measures on Wednesday, but took no steps to tighten gun control laws a month after a Florida high school shooting that killed 17 people. While students marched nationwide for change on one of America’s...
Local public health effort aims to de-stigmatize sexual health
March 16th, 20180 By Maliha Ahmed DEARBORN — There is a need for culturally-competent and accurate information on sexual health and healthy relationships in the Arab and Muslim communities. The preventative nature of this education can have long-lasting impact on individuals, their health-seeking practices and overall population health. However, if...French judge issues arrest warrant for daughter of Saudi king
PARIS — A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for the daughter of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz in relation to an attack by her bodyguard against a worker in her Parisian flat, a source close to the investigation said. Princess Hassa bint Salman is the sister of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and is...
Sisi calls for big turnout in upcoming Egyptian presidential election
March 16th, 20180 CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday his government had fulfilled its promises during his first term and called on Egyptians to vote in large numbers in an election where he is seeking a second term in office. The former army chief is widely expected to win by a huge margin in the March 26-28 vote, since...
Houthis and Saudi Arabia in secret talks to end war in Yemen
March 16th, 20180 RIYADH/SANAA — Saudi Arabia and its adversaries in Yemen's armed Houthi movement are holding secret talks to try to end a three-year-old war that has unleashed the world's worst humanitarian crisis, diplomats and Yemeni political sources said. A Saudi-led coalition is fighting to counter the influence of Riyadh's arch-foe Iran, an...
Interview with Sheikh Naim Qassem: We don’t expect Israel to launch war against Lebanon, but Hezbollah is ready for one
March 16th, 20180 BEIRUT — Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah does not expect its arch foe Israel to launch a war for now in Lebanon but is prepared for one, the deputy leader of the group told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. As the war in Syria enters its eighth year, Sheikh Naim Qassem also said there was no end in sight to the conflict which would...
Saudi crown prince: Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear bomb if Iran does
March 16th, 20180 RIYADH — Saudi Arabia will develop nuclear weapons if its arch-rival Iran does so, the kingdom's crown prince said in remarks released on Thursday, raising the prospect of a nuclear arms race in a region already riven with conflict. "Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a...
Hariri: Lebanon plans to boost army presence on southern border
March 16th, 20180 ROME — Lebanon plans to increase its military presence along its southern border with Israel, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday at a meeting in Rome, where he is seeking financial support for the armed forces. Some 40 countries participated in the meeting, along with United Nations Secretary General Antonio...
Top U.S. general signals support for Iran nuclear deal
March 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, top U.S. general signaled support for the Iran nuclear deal, saying the agreement, which President Trump has threatened to withdraw from, has played an important role in addressing Iran's nuclear program. "The JCPOA addresses one of the principle threats that we deal with from Iran, so if the JCPOA...
Arab American broker ranks as top real estate performer
March 16th, 20180 DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Sherri Saad, a broker/owner of RE/MAX Leading Edge, was honored at the RE/MAX of Southeastern Michigan Awards Gala on March 14. Saad is currently ranked number one in southeast Michigan for individual transactions and commissions, according to a press release. She has held the first place ranking since 2014. The...
Driver responsibility fee law changed
March 16th, 20180 LANSING — Michigan citizens affected by the Driver Responsibility Fee law will be relieved of their outstanding fees, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury. On March 31, citizens who entered into a payment plan on or before Feb. 1 will have their outstanding driver responsibility fees eliminated, according to a press...
New spa opens in Dearborn Heights
March 16th, 20180 Dearborn Heights — Mayor Dan Paletko cut the ribbon at Sianna Muscles in Motion on March 5. Officials from the Dearborn Area of Commerce, employees and friends of the business joined the mayor to celebrate the ceremony. The business is the city’s newest spa/rehabilitation center. The facility is located at 27247 Joy Road. It......
Evans stresses diversity and rebuilding message at State of the County address
March 16th, 20180 By Georgi-Ann Bargamian New Michigan Media Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans delivered a strong diversity and rebuilding message at his 2018 State of the County address before a packed invitation-only crowd at the Detroit Film Theatre. Co-hosted by the Arab-American Chamber of Commerce, the March 13 address contained...
With #Enough posters, students in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and across the nation protested against gun violence
March 16th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News DEARBORN – On the one month anniversary of the deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students in various high schools across the country walked out for 17 minutes to protest gun violence with placards and T-shirts that read #Enough. The cold......
A look at Michigan’s Congressional races: Who’s running (Part 2)
March 16th, 20180 By Farah Harb The Arab American News The following is the continued list of Metro Detroit candidates running for congressional seats in the Aug. 7 and Nov. 6 elections. 10th DISTRICT Paul Mitchell (Republican incumbent) Mitchell of Dryden, replaced former U.S. Rep. Candice Miller in 2016 and has since created a system of...
Stephen Hawking, who unlocked the secrets of space and time, dies at 76
March 14th, 20180 LONDON ― Stephen Hawking, who sought to explain the origins of the universe, the mysteries of black holes and the nature of time itself, died on Wednesday aged 76. Hawking’s formidable mind probed the very limits of human understanding both in the vastness of space and in the bizarre sub-molecular world of quantum theory,...
Russia says U.S. plans to strike Damascus, pledges military retaliation
March 13th, 20180 MOSCOW - Russia said on Tuesday it had information that the United States planned to bomb the government quarter in Damascus on an invented pretext, and said it would respond militarily if it felt Russian lives were threatened by such an attack. Rebels in the enclave of eastern Ghouta were planning to fake a chemical weapons attack...
White House hosts meeting on Gaza crisis without Palestinians participation
March 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday hosted 19 nations, including Israel and Arab Gulf states, to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority boycotted the meeting, angered by the Trump administration’s policies on Jerusalem. President Trump reversed decades of U.S. policy in December, when he decided to......
Trump fires State Sec. Tillerson after clashes, taps CIA Director Pompeo
March 13th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. ― President Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday after a series of public rifts over policy on North Korea, Russia and Iran, replacing his chief diplomat with loyalist CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The biggest shakeup of Trump’s Cabinet since he took office in January 2017 was announced by the...
Iran won’t negotiate with West over regional presence, missile program
March 9th, 20180 TEHRAN/PARIS — Iran will not negotiate with the West over its presence in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, a few days after France's visiting foreign minister sought to raise Tehran's role in regional conflicts. Jean-Yves Le Drian flew to Tehran on Monday with a brief to reaffirm European......
Iraq’s militias formally inducted into security forces
March 9th, 20180 BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a decree on Thursday formalizing the inclusion of mostly Shi'a paramilitary groups in the country's security forces. According to the decree, members of the militias, an assortment of militia groups known collectively as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), will be granted many...
UNIFIL says ‘no appetite’ for war as Lebanon, Israel talk about border dispute
March 9th, 20180 NAQOURA, LEBANON — Lebanon and Israel have been holding talks nearly every day over a border dispute that has raised tensions between the two enemy states, according to the U.N. peacekeeping force on the frontier that is mediating their discussions. "There is a full engagement from all the sides and there have been meetings almost......
