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Kuwaittimes 7-1-2018.Qxp Layout 1 RABI ALTHANI 20, 1439 AH SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 2018 Max 22º 32 Pages Min 04º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17424 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Durra chief defends high Erdogan’s tensions with Iranian FM ridicules Trump Khawaja achieves his 3 charges for hiring maids 7 Gul erupt into open feud 11 ‘blunder’ at Security Council 13 Ashes century dream Injured football fans leave hospital, probe launched Amir congratulates Sultan Qaboos on Gulf Cup title KUWAIT: The vast majority of Omani football fans who were injured a day earlier while celebrating their country’s Arabian Gulf Cup win have been discharged from hospital, Kuwait’s Public Authority for Sport (PAS) said yesterday. A number of Kuwaiti officials have consistently checked on the wellbeing of the Omani fans, who plunged to the ground at the packed Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium on Friday after a glass barrier shattered, PAS’ Director General Dr Homoud Flaiteh told reporters. He added that a probe has been launched into the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate mishap. Oman on Friday beat the UAE in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw to win their second Arabian Gulf cup, sending legions of Omani supporters into a frenzy. HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday sent a cable to Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman congratulating him on the Omani team’s win. The Amir praised the achievement of the Omani national football team and the high performance of the two KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al- teams in the “Gulf 23” final game. HH the Amir also Sabah checks on the wellbeing of an injured Omani fan yesterday, accom- highlighted the “high brotherly spirit” displayed by the panied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs teams in the fixture, as well as fair play and competi- MUSCAT: Omani player Ahmed Mubarak holds the 23th Arabian Gulf Cup Anas Al-Saleh and Health Minister Dr Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah. — KUNA tion, embodying the close and strong ties among them. trophy during a celebration ceremony for the team yesterday. — AFP The Amir prayed for Sultan Qaboos’ well-being, and further development and prosperity for Oman Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al- tals to get the necessary treatment quickly, said intent on ensuring that the Omani fans are taken care under his wise leadership. HH the Crown Prince Roudhan also said in a statement late Friday that the Roudhan, who is also Minister of Commerce and of and safely repatriated once they are fully healed, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH 40 Omanis who were injured were in good condition, Industry. Kuwait will secure tickets and accommoda- Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- affirming that Health Minister Dr Sheikh Basel Al- tion for fans who missed flights, he added. for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said in a statement. Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar congratulatory cables Sabah was personally supervising medical treatment Meanwhile, Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber yesterday National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem also to the sultan. for them. All of the injured were transferred to hospi- visited the injured Omani football fans. He said he is visited the wounded Omanis. — KUNA have long benefited from a generous ($267) monthly living allowance for mili- ballooning budget deficits. Saudi Arabia News in brief Saudi boosts welfare system. tary personnel and public servants for a has also intensified efforts to boost After the 2014 oil market crash, Saudi period of one year. Student stipends will employment of its own citizens. The job- Activist on hunger strike Arabia as well as the neighboring United be increased by 10 percent, an official less rate among Saudis aged 15 to 24 citizen benefits Arab Emirates announced a five percent statement said. Allowances for retirees stood at 32.6 percent last year, accord- KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti activist sentenced to seven value-added tax on most goods and and social security recipients were also ing to the International Labor years in prison after he stormed parliament has as taxes bite services which took effect at the start of boosted. Organization. Saudi Arabia posted an begun a hunger strike in jail to demand a mistrial, this year. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top The oil-rich Gulf has long been a tax- economic contraction in 2017 for the according to his family. Sulaiman Binjassem was RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced yes- oil exporter, also roughly doubled gaso- free haven for both high-income house- first time in eight years due to severe one of 67 people handed prison sentences in terday it had boosted stipends and ben- line prices on the same day as part of a holds and migrant laborers, who fre- austerity measures. The coming year’s November over a 2011 protest calling for an inves- efits for citizens to cushion the impact of broad reform initiative aimed at diversi- quently rely on remittances to support budget envisions record spending for tigation into corruption and bribery. A statement economic reforms including the king- fying its economy. their families back home. But countries in the kingdom, a move meant to return the from Binjassem’s family said he had launched an dom’s first ever taxes after an oil price In a move that aims to “soften the the region have introduced a series of economy to positive growth. indefinite hunger strike on Thursday because the slump. Most working Saudi Arabians are impact of economic reforms on Saudi austerity measures over the past two Under Friday’s royal decree, troops 2017 ruling failed to meet the standards of a fair tri- employed by the state and, like nationals households,” King Salman issued a royal years to boost revenues and cut spend- serving at the border with Yemen, where al, including allowing witnesses to testify. in other energy-flush Gulf monarchies, decree late Friday ordering a 1,000 riyal ing as the slump in world oil prices led to Continued on Page 11 Mohammed Al-Hamidi, who heads the Kuwait Human Rights Society, told AFP the Kuwaiti appeals court had not yet allowed defense attor- neys to appeal the sentencing. Trump: I’m a ‘very stable KAC passengers, crew safe genius’ and ‘like, very smart’ KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Flight 118 bound from New York had a minor accident on the runway before takeoff from JFK International Airport, with all passengers and crew onboard safe, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said yesterday. The Boeing 777 was preparing for take- off when another plane belonging to a Chinese air- line bumped into it, resulting in the inability to operate the flight in accordance with international aviation safety regulations, said a DGCA statement. All passengers were transferred to a hotel until fur- ther arrangements are taken. An extreme winter storm is currently hitting the US’ East Coast, which led to the shutting down of airports and the cancel- lation of about 3,300 flights, mainly at JFK. THURMONT, Maryland: US President Donald Trump speaks during a retreat with Republican lawmakers and members of his Cabinet at Camp David yesterday. — AFP 11 Saudi princes arrested WASHINGTON: US President Donald to top T.V. Star to President of the United RIYADH: Saudi authorities have arrested 11 Trump yesterday praised himself as “a States (on my first try). I think that would princes who protested against the kingdom’s aus- very stable genius”, following the release qualify as not smart, but genius....and a terity measures and who could face trial, a news of a bombshell book that calls into doubt very stable genius at that!” his mental health. But Trump’s response The new supposed tell-all book - website close to the government reported yester- to the book’s allegations had Washington Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury: Inside day. Sabq said the princes were protesting at a his- focusing anew on the question of his sta- the Trump White House” - was rushed torical Riyadh royal palace, Qasr al-Hokm, against a bility. Trump, in a series of extraordinary into stores Friday after the Trump government’s decision to stop paying the water and morning posts on Twitter, said his administration failed to suppress it. The electricity bills of royals. They were also demanding Democratic critics and the US news book quickly sold out in Washington and “financial compensation” after one of their cousins media were bringing up the “old Ronald has been the talk of the town. Trump has had been sentenced to death for an unspecified Reagan playbook and screaming mental decried the instant best-seller as “pho- crime. The princes were transferred to the high- stability and intelligence” since they ny” and “full of lies” as the White House security Ha’ir prison in the capital “ahead of their have not been able to bring him down in issued a scorched-earth dismissal of trial”, Sabq said. It said the princes “were informed other ways. Reagan, a Republican who “Fire and Fury” along with its author and of the error of their demands but they refused to was the US president from 1981-1989, his sources. leave Qasr al-Hokm”, prompting the royal guards to was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease Trump’s stability has been questioned intervene and arrest them. “Everybody is equal in 1994 and died in 2004. by critics almost since he declared his before the law and anyone who does not implement Trump said that “throughout my life, candidacy for the presidency.
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