DETROIT — A mother and daughter who are both Lebanese were caught trying to smuggle close to $73,000 into the United States from Canada. An estimated $59,000 was found in the women’s bras. A criminal complaint was filed Tuesday in Detroit federal court. 

U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces used chemical weapons on a small scale against rebel fighters in Syria's civil war, the White House said on Thursday, June 13.

My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished to boast about the contributions of Arab Christians to Middle Eastern cultures. Of course, he is right. The modern Arab identity has been formulated through a fascinating mix of religions, sects and races. Christianity, as well as Islam, is deeply-rooted in many aspects of Arab life. Needless to say, the bond between Islam and Christianity is simply unbreakable.

WASHINGTON —  With Syrian government forces and their allies scoring a major victory over Western- and Gulf Arab-backed rebel forces this week, neo-conservatives and other anti-Damascus hawks are trying hard to turn up the pressure on President Barack Obama to sharply escalate U.S. support for the opposition.

DETROIT — Mike Duggan has been removed from the ballot as a candidate for Detroit Mayor, in accordance to a ruling by the Third District Court this week. Mayoral Candidate Tom Barrow had filed a claim in late May that Duggan was never qualified for the position to begin with.

Millions of Americans learned last week that their government is spying on them and looking at their phone records, via a massive surveillance program that is operated by the National Security Agency. Citizens have one man to thank for these revelations: Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old "geek," who leaked the information about the program to the media. 

Adonis is widely considered the greatest living Arab poet. He was born in Al-Qassabin, a small town in northeast Syria, in 1930. A lifetime supporter of democracy and secularism in the Middle East, he was imprisoned in Syria for his political beliefs in the mid-1950s.  

DEARBORN — Hussein "Sam" Nazzal, a Dearborn businessman, and Edward A. Schneider, a local attorney, were both found guilty this week by a federal jury for multiple counts of fraud and commercial bribery.

After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, men who eat a diet high in vegetable fats, such as those in nuts and olive oil, may be less likely to have their disease spread, a new study suggests.