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Hezbollah leader says Hariri’s See page 2 resignation to be ‘Saudi madness’ INTERNATIONAL Lebanese resistance Prime Minister Saad Hariri of an intent deskmovement of Hez- to assassinate him, but the Lebanese bollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah Army has denied such claims. Riyadh on Sunday blamed the House of Saud Hezbollah chief’s Sunday after- regime for Lebanon’s turmoil, howev- noon speech was also in response er he states that war is not expected to Hariri’s sudden resignation, calling to occur in the near future. Nasrallah’s it “Saudi madness.” Nasrallah made speech came after Western intelligence the remarks during a meeting with forced sources reportedly warned Lebanese hundreds of people. 13 Tehran dismisses U.S. allegations on 9/11 Hariri to POLITICS TEHRAN — The Ira- “The fresh allegations by America desknian Foreign Minis- and claims against Iran are a clear ex- try has dismissed recent falsification of ample of shameless falsification to cor- the 9/11 records by the United States’ roborate remarks by the country’s pres- Central Intelligence Agency to incrimi- ident and are for consumption inside resign: Iran nate the Islamic Republic. America,” Qassemi explained. In a late Saturday statement, its spokes- Recently the CIA released a 19- man Bahram Qassemi said such a futile prop- page al-Qaeda report in Arabic, which aganda campaign is meant to protect some claimed Iran had supported the extrem- of Washington’s allies in the Middle East. ist group before the 9/11 attacks. 2

ICCIMA planning 9 new joint chambers of commerce ECONOMY TEHRAN — Iran Qatar, Austria, Pakistan, Vietnam and deskChamber of Indonesia will be the new parties to Commerce, Industries, Mines and ICCIMA. Agriculture (ICCIMA) is planning on ICCIMA has already set up over 25 establishing nine new chambers jointly joint chambers with other countries with foreign trade partners, the portal including, Spain, Greece, Azerbaijan, of ICCIMA announced. Britain, India, the Netherlands, According to the report, South Georgia, South Korea, Canada, France, File photo Africa, Poland, Tajikistan, Kuwait, and Iraq amongst others.

Motives behind Trump confused about Trump’s systematic geography and national security unilateral decisions strategy: ex-senator ARTICLE By Zahra Khezri ticians Galbraith says Trump is seeking Larry Cata Backer Peter Woodard Galbraith, a former to roll back what his predecessor Ba- Prof. of Law & Int. Affairs in Democratic senator from Windham rack Obama did. Penn State University County, says Donald Trump is con- “Donald Trump’s main motivation fused about geography as he is about as U.S. president is to undo what his security strategy. predecessor Barack Obama did. Since President Trump’s approach cannot be In declaring in his new Iran strategy the JCPOA was President Obama’s understood in isolation as a specifically on October 13, Trump used the phrase signature foreign policy achievement, anti-Iranian or anti-nuclear project. In- “Arabian Gulf” rather than “Persian Gulf”. he has decided to undo it, just as he stead it forms part of a broader objec- “It appears that Donald Trump is is trying to undo Obama’s signature tive that views the thrust of U.S. multi- as confused about geography as he domestic achievement, the Afforda- lateralism over the last several decades is about national security strategy,” ble Care Act (a U.S. law that expanded (including a broad range of treaties and Galbraith tells the Tehran Times in an health care for Americans).” other agreements of prior Democrat- exclusive interview. ‘Trump’s action undermines ic and Republican Administrations) as Galbraith says, “I have consulted six everyone’s confidence in America’s inimical in approach to U.S. interests respected atlases. None show an Ara- word’ as understood by the current U.S. Ad- bian Gulf. There is an Arabian Sea.” As a former diplomat, Galbraith ministration and other leaders in power. In his speech on Oct. 13 when said Trump’s “decision to decertify the Mr. Trump has systematically and quite he announced his new Iran strategy, JCPOA has nothing to do with Iran’s openly sought to challenge the basic Trump refused to certify Iran’s com- implementation of the deal or any ra- terms and the fundamental approaches pliance with the nuclear deal despite tional U.S. strategy.” to U.S. multilateralism in everything from repeated confirmations by the UN nu- Trump’s approach to the landmark the U.S.’s trade pacts to its security ar- clear watchdog that Tehran is honor- nuclear deal has already shaken the rangements worldwide. ing its commitments. confidence of Washington’s allies in Mr. Trump would also take a similar po- Like many other analysts, and poli- America’s word. 6 sition with respect to the Iran deal. The object is not necessarily to pull away from the world or from deal making; rather the object is to renegotiate the Iranian general warns of terms of these “deals” on terms that the President believes better serve U.S. cyberthreat from U.S. regional interests. And in a sense that position does reflect a strategic reorientation of command the traditional post 1945 U.S. position. IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbia Base, said on Mr. Trump appears to be moving away Sunday. from a position in which the U.S. sought He made the comments in an to assert and maintain global leader- address to a conference on civil ship through the construction of a web defense, held in Tehran. of obligations built on U.S. subsidies (in According to the commander, the various forms) to its partners from which U.S. cyber command in Bahrain could it would be difficult for states to escape. pose “serious threats” to Iran in future. Instead Mr. Trump has aligned his pol- Warning that cyberattacks could icy with one in which the autonomy of target the country’s vital infrastructures, the multilateral systems themselves are General Izadi said Iran should be de-centered in favor of an approach ranked among the world’s top five grounded first in national interests A senior Iranian cyber security official cyber powers, according to the goals (long and short term), which now be- cautioned against “serious” potential set by Leader of the Islamic Revolution come the basis for constant bartering threats posed by an American cyber Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. among the U.S. and its deal partners. command center in Bahrain. Last year, Iran’s Civil Defense Or- In a way, many states ought to be re- The U.S. has launched a cyber ganization unveiled plans for devel- lieved—the change in approach repre- command with a powerful operational oping a nationwide alarm system that sents a return to old fashioned state- and data system whose major division would alert the country’s organiza- craft, and away from an experiment is stationed at the U.S. Fifth Fleet in tions to possible cyberattacks. that, had it succeeded, might have Bahrain, Major General Mostafa Izadi, It came after a spate of cyberattacks substantially reduced the ability of commander of the cyber security and against Iranian websites in June 2016. states to threaten global orders. 7 modern threats department at the (Source: Tasnim) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y POLITICS NOVEMBER 6, 2017 MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS Leader appoints Riyadh forced Hariri new Army commanders to resign: Iran POLITICS TEHRAN — The Leader of the Islam- desk POLITICS TEHRAN — On ic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei deskSunday, a day after in decrees on Sunday appointed Brigadier General Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hari- Mohammad Hossein Dadras as deputy chief of the ri surprised the world by announcing Army, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari as deputy co- his resignation in a televised program ordinator of the Army, and Hossein Khanzadi as the broadcast from Saudi Arabia, a num- Navy chief. ber of Iranian officials responded to the In separated decrees, Ayatollah Khamenei wished the news, saying he has been bullied by the new commanders success and thanked their predeces- Saudis to resign. sors for their efforts in the jobs, ISNA reported. While announcing his resignation, the Dadras has been serving as deputy coordinator of the anxious-looking Lebanese prime minis- Army, Sayyari as the Navy chief and Khanzadi as budget ter, who was reading a speech word by and planning deputy chief of the Army. word, accused Iran of sowing “fear and destruction” in several countries, includ- Barzani offers ing Lebanon. He also said he was stepping down condolences to because he feared for his life. Gen. Soleimani Hariri’s father, former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, was assassinated in 2005. Mohsen Rezaee, secretary of Iran’s Ex- Rezaee says Hariri Shamkhani says the Vaezi says Hariri’s pediency Council, said late on Saturday resigned after Saudis resignation is part of POLITICS TEHRAN — Former president of the that Hariri resigned after Saudi Arabia resignation sounds desk Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani twisted his arm to do so. twisted his arm to do so. Riyadh’s plot. “fishy”. has expressed condolences to Qods Force chief Major “New information demonstrated a meet with Velayati to convey the king- declare his resignation outside the Leb- General Mohammad Ali Jafari said. General Qassem Soleimani over the death of his father. new adventurism by Saudi Arabia, the dom’s message to Iran regarding the anese territory.” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram “I express my condolences to you, your family, friends Zionist regime and America,” Rezaei said Yemeni conflict. A top Iranian security official, Ali Qassemi has said Hariri’s resignation was and relatives, and wish you good health,” Barzani said in in a message posted on his Instagram ac- Hariri was hopeful that he could dis- Shamkhani, has also said that the resig- a Saudi-orchestrated scenario, urging Ri- a message, ISNA reported. count, in an apparent reference to Hariri’s courage the Islamic Republic from its op- nation is part of Riyadh’s plot. yadh to take a realistic approach toward Iraqi President Fuad Masum has also condoled anti-Iran remarks which came earlier in position to the “Saudi crimes” in Yemen, Such act would not weaken the will of regional issues. Soleimani over his father’s demise. the day. but he received Iran’s negative response, the “free nations”, noted Shamkhani, sec- “As Mr. Aoun (the Lebanese presi- Hassan Soleimani passed away at the age 95 on Tues- An informed Iranian source said on the source remarked. retary of the Supreme National Security dent) has said, Iran-Lebanon ties are very day due to old age. Sunday that Hariri’s resignation came Velayati told Hariri during their meet- Council. friendly and the Islamic Republic have after Iran turned down a request by Ri- ing that the Saudis should halt their “What Riyadh did to Beirut is what always respected the opinion, independ- Intelligence minister yadh to stop expressing support for the bombing campaign and economic and Washington does to Riyadh,” Shamkhani ence and freedom of Lebanon,” Qassemi oppressed Yemeni nation in the face of a medical blockade on Yemen in order to said, suggesting that the resignation was said. cheerful over deadly Saudi war. pave the way for dialogue with the im- a direct order from Saudi Arabia. Mahmoud Vaezi, the chief of staff of security at Iran-Iraq The source – described as close to Ali poverished nation, the source went on to The commander of Iran’s Islamic Rev- President Rouhani’s administration, re- Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Aya- say. olution Guards Corps (IRGC) responded jected Hariri’s allegations against Iran, border tollah Ali Khamenei – was qutoed by Fars “The inappropriate request by Hariri to allegations by Hariri against Iran and saying his resignation sounded “fishy”. news agency as saying that the text of and the Saudis was that the Islamic Re- POLITICS TEHRAN — Iran’s Intelligence Minister Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbol- Vaezi said Riyadh and the West have desk Hariri’s resignation was dictated by the public of Iran abandon backing the right lah, saying Hariri was a “stooge” of Saudi been behind such act. “This is an unrea- Mahmoud Alavi said on Sunday that Saudis. Arbaeen pilgrims have been using the Mehran, Shalam- side [in the Yemen crisis], but because Arabia. sonable, undiplomatic act and we hope it The source said following a trip to they were disappointed, Saad Hariri was Hariri’s sudden departure was aimed doesn’t have a bad impact on Lebanon,” cheh, and Chazzabeh border crossings to travel to Iraq Saudi Arabia, Hariri returned to Beirut to in full security. immediately summoned to Riyadh to at “creating instability” in Lebanon, Major Vaezi said. Alavi said more than two million people have crossed the country’s border into Iraq to attend the Arbaeen pil- IRGC dismisses Trump claim Iran responsible for Yemen missile launch on Riyadh grimage, ISNA reported. POLITICS TEHRAN — The com- The missile was launched on Saturday founded and wrong words and has ac- upgraded their range “in line with taking Arbaeen marks the 40th day following Ashura, the deskmander of the Islamic at King Khaled International Airport on the cused Iran of many things and this is anoth- revenge for blood of their martyrs”. 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram, when Imam Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sun- northern outskirts of Riyadh. er accusation.” Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier Gen- Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and the day dismissed as unfounded claims by U.S. “Trump’s claim of Iran’s role in the launch The IRGC chief added, “It is not possible eral Amir Hatami also dismissed claims that third Shia Imam, was martyred. President Donald Trump that Iran was re- of missile from Yemen to Saudi Arabia is un- for us to transfer missile to Yemen.” Iran was behind the missile attack, saying sponsible for a missile launched from Yem- founded,” Mohammad Ali Jafari said. The top general said these missiles “be- the U.S. uses any opportunity to level accu- Pakistani general in en over Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. He said, “Mr. Trump has said many un- long to Yemenis themselves” which have sations against Iran. Tehran to discuss regional issues Iran says to enrich uranium to 20% in ‘4 days’ if nuclear deal ditched POLITICS TEHRAN — Ali Akbar Salehi, director marked Salehi who served as foreign minister from 2010 deskof the Atomic Energy Organization of to 2013. POLITICS TEHRAN — Pakistan’s Chief of Army Iran, said on Saturday that Iran can enrich uranium to a He said that according to the JCPOA, no action should deskStaff, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, purity of 20% in four days at the Fordow nuclear plant if be done to weaken the nuclear deal but the U.S. admin- arrived in Tehran on Sunday while accompanied by a the U.S. kills the 2015 nuclear deal. istration has violated various terms of the agreement by high-profile military delegation. “5060 centrifuges work in Natanz [nuclear plant] and making anti-JCPOA comments. The general’s visit to Iran came after an invitation by we can resume enrichment to 20% purity at Fordow in In his new Iran strategy declared on October 13, Trump Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chief of staff of four days,” Salehi, a nuclear physicist, said in a televised decertified the nuclear deal and asked Congress to de- the Iranian armed forces. The two top generals are slated interview. cide about the fate of the agreement. to hold talks about regional issues and border security. However, he expressed hope that the nuclear deal, Congress now has to decide whether to reimpose eco- Days ago, Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry released a state- officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- nomic sanctions on Tehran that were lifted under the deal. ment saying Tehran and Islamabad will hold a meeting tion and backed by the UN Security Council, would be The decision came despite the fact that the Inter- to find a solution for Afghanistan’s conflict and exchange protected. national Atomic Energy Agency – the United Nations views about border security. He said that the U.S. seeks to quit the nuclear deal at nuclear watchdog – has issued eight reports each time the expense of Iran but Tehran will give the “necessary “The Europeans have opposed Trump’s position. Gen- confirming that Tehran is abiding fully to the terms of the response in a smart way”. erally, Trump has entered a dark tunnel by his stances and agreement. ‘KAATSA blatant The top nuclear official likened U.S. President Donald remarks. So, we should hope that the people around him President Hassan Rouhani said in August that Iran will violation of JCPOA’ Trump’s approach toward the world of politics like a per- would make him come to his senses and stop causing quit nuclear agreement “in hours” and return to the pre- son who is “entering a dark tunnel”. problems to us and the international community,” re- vious stage if sanctions are re-imposed on the country. Tehran dismisses U.S. allegations on 9/11 POLITICS TEHRAN — The Countering America’s 1 er wild claim, alleging that eight of the hijackers who He emphasized that conscientious minds in the in- desk The document was part of nearly 47,000 Adversaries Through Sanctions Act is a documents recently released by the CIA. kept passengers on the hijacked flights under control ternational community have no doubt about the U.S. blatant violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- The U.S. government’s 9/11 Commission has made passed through Iran before arriving in the U.S. role in creating and ideologically nurturing terrorist tion (JCPOA), aka Iran nuclear deal, director of the Stra- similar allegations, saying Iranian officials met with Qassemi said U.S officials have yet to comment on groups over the past two decades. tegic Council on Foreign Relations said on Sunday. al-Qaeda leaders in Sudan in either 1991 or early these documents, but added that the U.S. govern- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thurs- “The imposition of new sanctions under KAATSA sure- 1992. ment and intelligence agency had a grim record of day dismissed U.S. allegations about Iran’s support for ly violates the JCPOA,” Kamal Kharrazi, the Islamic Re- Ignoring the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers in- falsification and deception of world public, even the the al-Qaeda terror group, describing the claims as public of Iran Broadcasting reported. volved in the 9/11 attacks were Saudi nationals, the American people, to achieve their own political and an attempt to “whitewash” the truth about the role He also said that while the JCPOA parties were sup- U.S. government’s 9/11 Commission made yet anoth- strategic goals. Washington’s allies had in the September 11 attacks. posed to be committed to creating better economic sit- uation for Iran, “their acts have been such that there are more problems compared to the past.” Iran condemns Daesh ‘brutal act’ in Defense chief: Tehran to stand Syria’s Deir ez-Zor beside Syrians after war Ambassador says POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- POLITICS TEHRAN — Irani- Baku fully backs deskan Foreign Ministry deskan Defense Minister spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Sun- Brigadier General Amir Hatami has nuclear deal day strongly condemned the “brutal” said that Iran is determined to stand terrorist blast in eastern Syrian city of beside the Syrians after end of war in Deir ez-Zor which left at least 75 peo- the country. POLITICS TEHRAN — Buniyad Huseynov, the ple killed. In a phone conversation with Syrian deskambassador of Azerbaijan to Tehran, “Inhuman and brutal acts of Daesh Defense Minister Fahd Jassem al-Freij, said on Sunday that his country strongly supports the terrorist group are clear signs of the Hatami congratulated liberation of Iran nuclear deal, also called the Joint Comprehensive group’s frustration and defeat,” Qas- eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, IRNA Plan of Action (JCPOA). semi said. crowd before it blew up. reported on Sunday. region. He also invited Hatami to visit Speaking to IRNA, Huseynov underlined the impor- A car bombing struck the largest The attack on civilians comes just a For his part, Freij said, “The Islamic Syria. tance of a recent trilateral summit between the presi- refugee gathering in the region in Deir day after the Syrian army announced Republic of Iran stood beside the Syri- The Syrian army announced on Fri- dents of Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia, saying Tehran-Baku ez-Zor on Saturday and left at least that it had succeeded in fully liberating an people and government during vol- day that it had succeeded in fully lib- relations have been expanding over the past four years. 75 people deal and dozens wound- Deir ez-Zor from terrorists, killing large atile time to help the country defend its erating Deir ez-Zor from terrorists, kill- He added the presidents of the two countries have ed. Women and children appear to be numbers of Daesh militants, destroy- legal sovereignty.” ing large numbers of Daesh militants, met ten times since four years ago, when Hassan Rou- among the victims. ing their equipment and taking hold of Freij added coordination between destroying their equipment and taking hani was elected as president for the first time. The assailant reportedly rammed weapon caches abandoned by terror- Iran and Syria guarantees peace, sta- hold of weapon caches abandoned by the car, rigged with explosives, into the ists as they fled. bility and security in the Middle East terrorists as they fled. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 6, 2017 INTERNATIONAL Trump: U.S. and allies are prepared Riyadh airport hit with to defend freedom Borkan H2 missile: Yemen The United States President Donald Trump a handshake at a golf course to be used Twin bombings hit Saudi- ramped up his tough rhetoric against during the 2020 Olympic games, changing North Korea when he arrived in Japan on clothes and heading out to play after what backed forces in Aden Sunday, saying that the United States and media said was a lunch of hamburgers. In The Yemeni army has confirmed that it targeted Saudi Ara- its allies are prepared to defend freedom an allusion to a Trump campaign slogan, bia’s King Khalid international airport in Riyadh with a long and that “no dictator” should underesti- they signed ball caps that said “Donald and distance Borkan H2 ballistic missile. mate U.S. resolve. Shinzo Make Alliance Even Greater.” “Our Yemeni forces succeeded in launching a missile, a Trump kicked off a 12-day Asian trip Trump also said he planned to meet Borkan H2 long distance missile, at the King Khalid interna- and is looking to present a united front with Russian President Vladimir Putin during tional airport in north eastern Riyadh which was in response Japan against North Korea through meet- his trip, the longest Asian tour by any U.S. to the massacres committed by the U.S.-Saudi coalition in ings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe amid leader since George H.W. Bush in 1992. Yemen,” said Colonel Aziz Rashed, a spokesman for the Yem- heightened tensions over Pyongyang’s nu- “I think it’s expected that we will meet,” eni army, early on Sunday. clear and missile tests. he said. “We want Putin’s help on North “This comes in order to even out power between the co- He told reporters on Air Force One en Korea.” alition and Yemen, who have been attempting to fight more route to Asia that North Korea would figure Trump wants a united front with the than one country in the past three years,” he added. prominently in discussions during the trip. leaders of Japan and South Korea against The House of Saud regime has also confirmed the launch, He also singled out trade, which he said North Korea before he visits Beijing to saying that Saudi Arabia’s air defense intercepted the missile, had been “badly handled” in the region for make the case to Chinese President Xi bringing it down to the north of the airport. years. Jinping that he should do more to rein in “Shattered fragments from the intercepted missile landed Trump has rattled some allies with his Pyongyang. in an uninhabited area of the airport and there were no in- vow to “totally destroy” North Korea if it and we want to get it solved.” Trade will factor heavily during Trump’s several missiles that flew over Japan and juries,” said a spokesman for the Saudi regime-led coalition threatens the United States and his dis- In an apparent attempt to distinguish trip as he tries to persuade Asian allies to Pyongyang’s sixth and largest nuclear test, waging war against Yemen. missal of North Korean Leader Kim Jong between North Korea’s leadership and or- agree to policies more favorable to the have raised the stakes in the most critical After the Yemeni retaliatory attack, Saudi regime war- Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission. dinary people, he said he thought North United States, a point Trump emphasized. international challenge of Trump’s presi- planes engaged in airstrikes on Yemen, hitting targets in the A top aide said last week Trump intends Koreans were “great people.” A centerpiece of the trip will be a visit dency. provinces of Sana’a and Sa’ada. The buildings of the Defense to tell Asian leaders the world is “running “And I hope it all works out for every- to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Recent drills over South Korea by Ministry and the Interior Ministry and the National Security out of time” in dealing with the nuclear cri- body.” summit in Danang, Vietnam, where he will two U.S. strategic bombers have further Council building were also hit during the latest airstrikes. sis on the Korean peninsula. Golf diplomacy deliver a speech in support of a free and heightened tensions. The House of Saud regime has been incessantly pounding “No dictator, no regime, no nation Meantime, Japanese Prime Minister open Indo-Pacific region, which is seen as “We will never yield, never waver and Yemen since March 2015 in an attempt to reinstate former should ever underestimate American re- Shinzo Abe told reporters before Trump’s offering a bulwark in response to expan- never falter in defense of our freedom,” president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, who is a staunch ally of solve,” Trump told hundreds of cheering arrival that he welcomed the visit as a sionist Chinese policies. Trump said. Riyadh. More than 12,000 people have been killed since the the U.S. and Japanese troops in camou- chance to deepen bilateral ties by building “One of the things we’re going to be He told reporters earlier on Air Force onset of the campaign more than two and a half years ago. flage uniforms gathered at Yokota Air upon the “friendship and trust” between very focused on is trade because trade One that a decision would be made soon Much of Yemen’s infrastructure, including hospitals, schools Base, just west of Tokyo, soon after he the two leaders, fostered by several meet- has not been done well for 25 years by the on whether to add reclusive North Korea to and factories, has been reduced to rubble due to the war. arrived. ings that included a round of golf in Florida United States with this part of the world, a list of state sponsors of terrorism. Twin bombings hit Aden “Every once in a while, in the past, they earlier this year. with any part of the world,” he said on Air Trump said his administration planned Meanwhile, two bomb attacks have hit Aden as insecurity underestimated us. It was not pleasant for “I hope we will be able to have thor- Force One. “We’re going to be discussing to take a different approach after years of continues to grip the southwestern Yemeni province despite them, was it?” said Trump, who wore a ough discussions about international is- reciprocal trade. Fair, free but reciprocal,” what he termed “total weakness.” the presence of forces loyal to the Saudi regime-backed for- bomber jacket as he addressed the troops. sues, including North Korea,” he said. he said. “We want to get it solved. It’s a big mer president, Hadi. North Korea’s recent actions, including Trump and Abe greeted each other with (Source: Reuters) problem for our country and the world, A high-ranking member of pro-Hadi forces said a car bomb exploded outside the security headquarters in Aden’s Khur Maksar district on Sunday. Securing North Korean nuclear sites would require a ground He blamed the incident, which killed at least sev- en pro-Hadi soldiers, on the al-Qaeda militant group. Local residents said clashes erupted in the area immediately. invasion: Pentagon In a second incident moments later, gunmen stormed The only way to locate and secure all of North Ko- “We have not heard detailed analysis of expected U.S. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to stop developing the Aden criminal investigations unit and set alight the rea’s nuclear weapons sites “with complete certainty” is or allied force casualties, expected civilian casualties, nuclear weapons. Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis files stored there, as a bomber set off his explosive belt in the through an invasion of ground forces, and in the event what plans exist for the aftermath of a strike — includ- and the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, Gen. Joseph F. building, according to a source in the unit. of conflict, Pyongyang could use biological and chemical ing continuity of the South Korean Government.” Dunford Jr., have emphasized that during trips to Seoul Aden is dominated by pro-Hadi Yemeni forces, backed by weapons, the United States Pentagon told lawmakers in The Pentagon said that calculating “best - or worst - this year. the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is a key member of a new, blunt assessment of what war on the Korean Pen- case casualty scenarios” was challenging and would de- In contrast, the U.S. President Donald Trump, who the Saudi regime-led military campaign on Yemen. insula might look like. pend on the “nature, intensity and duration” of a North goes unmentioned in the Pentagon letter, has taunted However, there have been some indications that the The Pentagon, in a letter to lawmakers, said that a Korean attack; how much warning civilians would have to Kim as “Rocket Man” and expressed frustration with dip- House of Saud regime and the UAE disagree on a number full discussion of the U.S. capabilities to “counter North get to the thousands of shelters in South Korea; and the lomatic efforts, hinting that he is considering preemptive of issues over the war on Yemen, among them the control of Korea’s ability to respond with a nuclear weapon and ability of the U.S. and South Korean forces to respond to military force. Aden International Airport. to eliminate North Korea’s nuclear weapons located in North Korean artillery, rockets and ballistic missiles with “I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, Saudi regime strikes continue deeply buried, underground facilities” is best suited for their own retaliatory barrage and airstrikes. that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little In another development on Sunday, Saudi regime war jets a classified briefing. The letter noted that Seoul, the South Korean capital, Rocket Man,” Trump tweeted on Oct. 1, adding, “Save conducted fresh airstrikes on Yemen. The air raids left two The letter also said that Pentagon leaders “assess that is a densely populated area with 25 million residents. your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!” people dead and two more injured in the northern province North Korea may consider the use of biological weap- Any operation to pursue North Korean nuclear weap- On Oct. 7, Trump added in additional tweets that of Amran and also destroyed al-Sabeen Square, the main ons” and that the country “has a long-standing chemical ons would likely be spearheaded by the U.S. Special Op- North Korea had “made fools” of the U.S. negotiators. square of national celebrations in Sana’a. weapons program with the capability to produce nerve, erations troops. Last year, President Barack Obama and “Sorry, but only one thing will work!” he said. (Source: agencies) blister, blood and choking agents.” then-Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter gave the U.S. Mattis and other Pentagon leaders have often cited The Pentagon repeated that a detailed discussion of Special Operations Command (SOCOM) a new, leading the grave threat faced by Seoul, but the military much how the United States would respond to the threat could role coordinating the Pentagon’s effort to counter weap- less frequently draws attention to its plans for an under- not be discussed in public. ons of mass destruction. SOCOM did not receive any ground hunt for nuclear weapons. Bahrain re-opens border The letter was written by Rear Adm. Michael J. Du- new legal authorities for the mission but gained influ- Air Force Col. Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesman, mont, the vice director of the Pentagon’s Joint Staff, in ence in how the military responds to such threats. said that Dumont and other Pentagon officials had no dispute with Qatar response to a request for information from two House Elite U.S. forces have long trained to respond in the additional comment about the letter. members about “expected casualty assessments in a case of a so-called “loose nuke” in the hands of terrorists. A senior U.S. military official in South Korea, speaking Bahrain has claimed the right to take Qatari territory, as ten- conflict with North Korea,” including for civilians and the But senior officials said SOCOM is increasingly focused on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing op- sions between the two Persian Gulf tiny states heighten amid U.S. and allied forces in South Korea, Japan and Guam. on North Korea. erations, said that while the 28,500 U.S. troops in South political deadlock. A press release published on the country’s “A decision to attack or invade another country Dumont said the military backs the current U.S. strat- Korea maintain a high degree of readiness, he “has to state news agency on Saturday said that Bahrain had “every will have ramifications for our troops and taxpayers, egy on North Korea, which is led by Secretary of State believe” that North Korea does not want a war, given all right to claim what was cut off forcibly from its land and to as well as the region, for decades,” Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) Rex Tillerson and focuses on ratcheting up economic of the nations aligned against it. dispute the legitimacy of the Qatari rule”. and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) wrote to the Pentagon. and diplomatic pressure as the primary effort to get (Source: Washington Post) The statement, which references a historic border dispute that was solved by an international court in 2001, did not specify whether Bahrain intends to take any action. Gordon Brown: Pentagon misled Britain over case for Iraq invasion It comes in the context of a broader crisis in the Persian Gulf, in which Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the The United States defense depart- week. He writes that there was a “rush WMD] program’,” the report stated. they have to be upheld if we are to have House of Saud regime and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties ment knew that the Iraqi long time to war” in March 2003, adding that he “It conceded that U.S. knowledge of a safe and stable world order,” he writes. with Qatar and imposed a sea, land and air blockade. slain dictator Saddam Hussein did not asks himself “over and over whether I the Iraqi nuclear weapons program was “On this basis, Saddam Hussein’s con- The blockading countries have accused Qatar of support- have weapons of mass destruction but could have made more of a difference based largely – perhaps 90% of it – on tinuing failure to comply with them jus- ing “terrorist” groups and have issued a list of demands, in- kept Britain in the dark, according to before that fateful decision was taken”. analysis of imprecise intelligence. These tified international action against him. cluding the closure of the Doha-based Al Jazeera network. an explosive new claim from Gordon He said that as chancellor he had assessments, the report said, relied “The question is whether it required Qatar has vehemently denied the accusations and rejected Brown. little more access to intelligence than ‘heavily on analytic assumptions and war in March 2003. If I am right that the demands. In an extraordinary allegation, the other cabinet ministers, but was re- judgment rather than hard evidence. somewhere within the American system Qatari emir: Our sovereignty is a red line former prime minister states that a se- assured by MI6 that evidence about The evidentiary base is particularly the truth about Iraq’s lack of weapons In recent weeks, Bahrain has stepped up threats against cret U.S. intelligence report into Iraq’s WMDs was well-founded. However, sparse for Iraqi nuclear programs.” was known, then we were not just mis- Qatar, vowing last week that it would not attend the Per- military capabilities was never passed having reviewed the evidence since “The Iraqis, it was reported, ‘lack the informed but misled on the critical issue sian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit, which usually to Britain and could have changed the leaving office, he writes that he now be- precursors for sustained nerve-agent of WMDs.” takes place in December, if Qatar attended. course of events. The revelation leads lieves “we were all misled on the exist- production’, confirming that U.S. intel- “Given that Iraq had no usable Last week, the country imposed visa requirements on Brown to conclude that the “war could ence of WMDs”. ligence could not identify any Iraqi sites chemical, biological or nuclear weapons Qatari nationals and residents, in a move that Qatar called not be justified as a last resort and inva- Brown points to a crucial set of pa- producing the final chemical agent. And that it could deploy and was not about “unprecedented”. sion cannot now be seen as a propor- pers from September 2002, commis- as for missiles and the Iraqis’ ability to to attack the coalition, then two tests of Border dispute tionate response”. sioned by the then U.S. defense sec- target countries such as the UK with a just war were not met: war could not The Bahrain-Qatar border dispute began in the mid- He adds that the evidence in ques- retary, Donald Rumsfeld, and held by them, which was to be the subject of be justified as a last resort and invasion 1900s, mainly over the Hawar Islands and the town of Zubara. tion was never examined by the Chilcot the U.S. defense department, which dramatic claims only a few weeks lat- cannot now be seen as a proportionate In 1991, Qatar referred the dispute to the International inquiry into the Iraq war, which con- was leaked last year. According to er, Rumsfeld was informed: ‘We doubt response.” Court of Justice (ICJ), after decades of failed Saudi regime cluded that Britain chose to join the Brown, it made clear that evidence all processes are in place to produce The former prime minister also re- mediation and a narrowly avoided armed confrontation be- invasion before “peaceful options for of “the existence of WMDs was weak, longer-range missiles’.” veals that the moment he took office in tween the two countries. disarmament” had been exhausted. even negligible and in key areas non- “This highly confidential U.S. evi- 2007, he planned to pull British troops The issue was resolved in 2001 when the ICJ, the principal Brown’s intervention will reopen the de- existent”. dence was a refutation not only of the out of Iraq well before the Americans. judicial branch of the United Nations, decided that Bahrain bate about Britain’s decision to join the “It is astonishing that none of us in claim that Iraq was producing WMDs He eventually withdrew troops in April had claim over the Hawar Islands, while Qatar was awarded U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Tony Blair used the British government ever saw this but also of their current capability to do 2009, while the U.S. stayed until De- Zubara and the Janan Islands. the assertion that Iraq had Weapons American report,” Brown writes. “It is so.” cember 2011. “At this time I made an- Despite the issue being resolved 16 years ago, the Bah- of Mass Destruction (WMDs) to argue now clear how forcibly this report chal- Brown states that had the evidence other decision: not to use our future raini government said in its statement on Saturday that it that Britain needed to join the military lenged the official view: ‘we’ve strug- been shared, history could have been departure from Iraq as an occasion had “endured the intolerable and conceded many of its inter- action. gled to estimate the unknown … We different. “I am convinced that if reso- to draw a contrast with Tony or score nationally documented historic rights” for the benefit of the Brown makes the claim in his new range from 0% to about 75% knowl- lutions of the United Nations are ap- points against him either,” he writes. Persian Gulf countries. book, My Life, Our Times, published this edge on various aspects of their [Iraq’s proved unanimously and repeatedly (Source: Guardian) (Source: Al Jazeera) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 4 ECONOMY NOVEMBER 6, 2017

STOCK MARKET Iran expects TEDPIX 87905.1 IFX 972.22 record high Sources: tse.ir, Ifb.ir

CURRENCIES in crude steel USD 40,690rials EUR 47,830rials exports GBP 53,750rials ECONOMY AED 11,160 rials TEHRAN — Iran’s Karbasian, said the country exported deskcrude steel exports 3.5 million tons of crude steel during Source: Mehrnews.com are expected to reach a record high of the first half of the current year, IRIB 8 million tons by the end of the cur- reported on Sunday. rent Iranian calendar year (March 20, “Following this trend, the figure 2018). could most probably reach 8 million and export between 20 and 25 million gion, Iran has boosted steel produc- COMMODITIES Head of the Iranian Mines and Min- tons by year-end,” he added. tons annually by the end of the 2025 tion in recent years, as central Isfahan Brent $62.07/b ing Industries Development and Reno- The country aims to increase total Outlook Plan. and southwestern Khuzestan provinc- vation Organization (IMIDRO), Mehdi crude steel output to 55 million tons As a major steel producer in the re- es remain the major steel producers. WTI $55.64/b OPEC Basket $58.49/b Electricity generation capacity rises by 193 MW Gold $1,270.80 /oz ENERGY TEHRAN — Electric- Nominal electricity generation ca- past Iranian calendar year, according to droelectric power plants, distributed Silver $16.89 /oz deskity generation capacity pacity will reach 80,000 MW by summer a report by Iran Power Grid Manage- generation power plants, and renewable in Iran has increased by 193 megawatts 2018, according to Deputy Energy Min- ment Company released in late March. energy power plants also accounted for Platinium $922.90 /oz (MW) to 77,446 MW since the begin- ister Houshang Falahatian. Gas-fueled power plants accounted 14.6 percent, 3.4 percent, 5.7 percent, Sources: Oilprice.com, Moneymetals.com ning of the current Iranian calendar year The country increased its electricity for 75.5 percent of the increased gen- and 0.9 percent of the total rise in the (March 21, 2017), Tasnim news agency generation capacity by 2.199 gigawatts eration capacity, equaling 1.66 GW. country’s electricity generation capacity, reported on Sunday. (GW), boosting it to 76.302 GW, in the Combined cycled power plants, hy- respectively. $712m of foreign investment projects ratified China to cut tariff to help boost imports China will cut tariffs on consumer goods and enhance transaction and promotion platforms to build a one- ECONOMY TEHRAN — Organization for Investment, bank financing to boost imports and ensure more sta- stop import transaction service platform, online and deskEconomic and Technical Assistance of Iran ble economic growth, senior commerce officials said. offline,” said Zhou. (OIETAI) has approved 31 new foreign investment projects, Wang Bingnan, vice-minister of commerce, said the Gu Xueming, president of the Chinese Academy of worth $712 million. country will amend the Catalog of Encouraged Tech- International Trade and Economic Cooperation under “Based on the sixth five-year national development plan nologies and Product Imports, encourage banks to the Ministry of Commerce, said: “The government has (2016-2021), the ministry of finance and economic affairs and provide more financial assistance, and expand imports been trying to shift from importing natural resources, the central bank should attract $3 billion of foreign invest- of advanced equipment and key manufacturing com- capital and consumer goods to introducing advanced ments per annum,” IRNA quoted OIETAI Managing Director ponents. technology to local companies such as industrial ro- Mohammad Khazaei as saying on Sunday. “China will improve the supply-demand balance to bots and precision machinery, as part of its efforts to Since the first tenure of President Hassan Rouhani in Au- facilitate global trade, including accelerating customs balance import and export volume and upgrade Chi- gust 2013, $21.8 billion of foreign investments plans have clearance, and upgrading the inspection and quaran- na’s trade structure.” been ratified, the official said, adding that $14 billion have tine system,” he said at a news conference in Beijing. Gu said that in the long run, these high-end prod- been attracted within this framework. Fu Ziying, vice-minister of commerce and China’s ucts will help small and medium sized enterprises in international trade representative, said that the China China grow faster with more sustainable and innova- International Import Expo, or CIIE, will be held next tive technologies and business strategies. year between Nov 5 and 10 in Shanghai to accelerate vestment fairs and business exhibitions. Eager to bring more advanced technologies and the pace of opening-up and boost global trade. To support the expo, Zhou Bo, Shanghai’s execu- key equipment parts into China, the central govern- The CIIE, which is expected to host businesses from tive vice-mayor, said the city is building its free trade ment has already allowed companies to offer leasing of more than 100 countries and regions throughout the port zone and deepening institutional innovation at imported equipment for domestic buyers since 2014. world, is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone to further Preferential tax policies have also been introduced the Shanghai municipal government. consolidate its position as the country’s import distri- to facilitate imports of high-end equipment to encour- The total exhibition area of the CIIE will exceed bution center. age the country’s industrial upgrading. 240,000 square meters, covering venues for trade, in- “Shanghai will integrate its existing trade exhibition, (Source: China Daily)

After the implementation of the nuclear deal, known as JCPOA, in January 2016, which lifted economic sanctions on Russia, Saudi Arabia ready for more work to cut global oil inventory Iran, the country has received credit lines and finance from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and tinue (to make) join efforts towards “There is a general satisfaction heard yesterday from (Kazakh) Presi- different countries including India, Russia, South Korea, China, Kazakhstan are ready to do more work such a direction”, the statement said. with the strategy of 24 countries that dent (Nursultan) Nazarbayev, this is Austria, and Denmark, he noted. to reduce global oil inventories, the OPEC, Russia and other oil produc- signed a declaration of cooperation”. the same sentiment I’ve heard from all Signing agreements with South Korea’s Exim Bank, Aus- Russian energy ministry said in a state- ers are due to meet at the end of No- “Everybody recognizes that (the) the oil-producing members of the Asia tria’s Oberbank, China’s CITIC, and Denmark’s Danske Bank ment after a meeting of officials from vember in Vienna to decide whether job is not done yet by any means, we energy ministers’ round table”, he said. for opening €8 billion, €1 billion, $10 billion, and €500 million the four countries. to extend the current supply-cut pact. still have significant amount of work to Officials from Malaysia, Ecuador, lines of credit respectively stand among economic achieve- Russia and Saudi Arabia are leading According to the Russian Energy do to bring inventories down. Mission Nigeria and Libya have also given him ments in the post-sanction era, he highlighted. a deal between OPEC and non-OPEC Ministry, the formerly Soviet state Turk- is not yet complete, more needs to be similar feedback, Falih said. producers to cut global oil production, menistan will take part at the meeting done,” he added. “All committed to working with with the aim of propping up oil prices. as an observer. He said members of the global pact other producers and supporting the Italians’ dwindling trust “The states-participant signified sat- Saudi Arabian oil minister Khalid al- he had spoken with have expressed agreement”, the Saudi oil minister isfaction of reducing commercial stocks Falih said after the meeting that more the same views. added. in banks comes to fore as of oil and stated their readiness to con- work was needed to cut inventories. “This is the same sentiment I’ve (Source: Reuters) vote nears Italian bank executives and central bankers, take note: people S.Korean retailers hope for sales recovery amid thawing relations with China trust you less and less. South Korea’s retailers and duty-free shops are launch- It will also seek joint events together with Alipay, Just 16 percent of Italians have confidence in the country’s ing promotional events to attract more Chinese tourists, China’s largest online payment service provider, and ac- lenders, down from an already meager 17 percent in June, ac- industry sources said Sunday, amid thawing ties be- tively take part in tour exhibitions in China. cording to a poll by the SWG research group of Trieste on Friday. tween Seoul and Beijing after months of frosty relations Other duty-free shops are also arranging a variety of Only 24 percent trust the Bank of Italy, plunging from 36 percent over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. events for Chinese tourists jointly with Chinese airliners, in June. The two countries agreed last month to put back tour agencies and credit card firms. One likely reason: a tortuous bank crisis that caused losses on track ties that have been soured for the past several “We will launch marketing activities in accordance for savers and led the government to rescue three lenders with months, as China has put in place economic retaliation with the changing situation in China, although it is un- taxpayers’ money this year. The vanishing confidence is likely against South Korea over the stationing of the Terminal clear at the moment when Chinese tourists will begin to show in campaigns for national elections expected by next High Altitude Area Defense system. coming to South Korea as they did in the past,” an in- spring. Seoul has maintained that THAAD has been sta- dustry source said. Supporters of the populist Five Star Movement and anti-mi- tioned to deal with North Korea’s nuclear and missile South Korea’s major department stores will also fol- grant Northern League have the least confidence in lenders and threats and does not target China, but Beijing sees it as low suit. the Bank of Italy among those with a definite opinion, according a security threat as the powerful radar system can scan Lotte Department Store said it will provide gift cards to the survey of 1,000 adults conducted Oct. 23-25. deep inside its territory. and vouchers for the use of the department store’s VIP Both the banking crisis and the role of managers, regulators Since mid-March, China has banned its travel agen- plummeted 37.2 percent to 2.75 million units for the first lounges to Chinese tourists who purchase package tour and government are likely to come to play a prominent role in cies from selling package tour programs to South Korea, nine months this year from a year earlier. programs to South Korea through China’s biggest travel the parties’ national election campaigns. while many groups in China rallied people not to buy Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s top duty-free shop op- company Ctrip. Attitudes will also be shaped by an Italian parliamentary in- South Korean goods. erator, said it is enhancing promotional efforts through Lotte will also reveal a variety of packages in coop- vestigation into the woes of the country’s financial system. The number of Chinese tourists in South Korea fell Weibo, a Chinese social media platform, and other Chi- eration with Alipay and China’s credit card operator Un- ‘Reasons to fear’ 56 percent on-year in September, marking the seventh nese social networking services. ionPay Co. “Bank managers and central bankers might have reasons straight month of decline. Chinese nationals accounted Shilla Duty Free, the nation’s No. 2 operator, said it Hyundai Department Store said it will provide a 5 to fear the results of next year’s vote,” Carlo Alberto Carnevale for nearly half of all tourists who visited South Korea in will soon organize familiarization tours of Korea for Chi- percent discount to Chinese tourists who purchase Maffe, professor of business strategy at Milan’s Bocconi Univer- 2016. nese tour agencies and come up with measures to make products with UnionPay cards. sity, said in a telephone interview. “Italians do not like the safety Sales of cars in China by Hyundai Motor Co. also the most use of Chinese power bloggers. (Source: Korea Herald) of their savings and bank accounts to be put into question.” “Recent events, including the decision to keep the leadership of the country’s financial institutions unchanged, have left many UK economy holds steady but outlook remains weak: CBI voters even more upset,” he added. Growth in Britain’s private sector held lowest level since June. rates for the first time in a decade on household spending power in late 2017 The dwindling trust came to the fore last month when Bank steady in the three months to October “Growth in the economy has re- Thursday as it moved to head off what it and early 2018 and uncertainty about of Italy Governor Ignazio Visco had to overcome attacks from after weakening recently, and the infla- mained relatively stable, although the sees as the inflationary impact of Brexit, Brexit dampens business investment next the ruling Democratic Party to secure a second, six-year term. tion hit to consumers and Brexit con- pace of growth was a little slower than even as it said economy will probably re- year. Party leader and former premier Matteo Renzi led the charge, cerns for companies mean growth will expected, particularly for retailers and main stuck in a slow gear over the next “We still expect more support to claiming the central bank under Visco had bungled the financial probably stay modest, an industry sur- manufacturers,” CBI chief economist Rain three years. growth from net trade than has been the difficulties. vey showed. Newton-Smith said. Output expectations for the next three case in the recent past, as a lower ex- Still, 44 percent of Democratic Party supporters said they had The Confederation of British Indus- Britain’s economy slowed sharply in months fell to +12 from +18 in Septem- change rate and firm global growth lift a great deal or some trust in the Bank of Italy, almost twice the try’s monthly indicator of output for the first half of 2017 although it picked ber, the weakest reading since January. UK exports and softer domestic demand whole sample, the SWG survey showed. manufacturers, retailers and services up a bit of pace in the third quarter. The CBI said it expected growth to re- bears down on import growth,” it said. (Source: Bloomberg) companies remained at +11, its joint The Bank of England raised interest main modest as inflation eats further into (Source: Reuters) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 6, 2017 ADVERTISING 5 ADVERTISEMENTS

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The banality of crimes Trump confused about geography and against migrants Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, national security strategy: ex-senator Summary, and Arbitrary Executions, presented an impor- tant new report to the UN General Assembly on October 27, 2017. The report is on “Unlawful Death of Refugees and Peter W. Galbraith says Trump’s main motivation is to undo what Barack Obama did Migrants” -- already an unordinary focus for her mandate. In recent years, her office has focused nearly exclusively on 1 He says, “Trump’s action undermines everyone’s probably royals see the deal as a bulwark against their counter-terrorism, particularly on deaths by drone attacks. confidence in America’s word.” wishes. As she explains, the report concerns “an international Galbraith asks, “Why would any country make a deal ‘Trump has no strategy if nuclear deal falls crime whose very banality in the eyes of so many makes its with the United States if the U.S. president decides uni- apart’ tragedy particularly grave and disturbing.” The contention is laterally that he is not obliged to honor it?” The former diplomat says some Democratic and Re- rather dramatic, and we believe that it is indeed historic, at The Trump administration has already withdrawn publican lawmakers are concerned about Trump’s hawk- least as far as reports by UN bodies are concerned. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). In a document ish approach toward the nuclear deal, adding Trump has Callamard spells out the practical implications: “The Interna- issued in August, the U.S. State Department also officially no strategy if the deal falls through. “Democrats and tional Criminal Court should consider preliminary investigation informed the United Nations that it will withdraw from some Republicans are rightly concerned that Trump has into atrocity crimes against refugees and migrants where there the Paris Climate Agreement. no strategy for what happens if the nuclear deal falls are reasonable grounds that such crimes have taken place and “The consequences of Trump’s actions extend far be- apart.” the jurisdictional requirements of the court have been met.” It is yond Iran. At various times, he has said he would not The Trump administration has been seeking to rene- particularly out of the ordinary for a UN body to recommend to honor U.S. mutual defense obligations with NATO, Japan gotiate the nuclear deal, asking other parties to the deal, the International Criminal Court what cases it should consider, and South Korea. He has said he won’t honor trade deals including the European partners, to rewrite it. However, but that is exactly what Callamard has chosen to do. with Canada and Mexico,” Galbraith explains. the European Union has strongly dismissed any renego- Against the backdrop of constant militarization of borders, In his speech, Trump also called Iran a rogue state. tiation of the deal. her recommendation is urgent; yet without some contextual- Responding to him, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani On October 13, Trump has asked Congress to decide ization, it can be easily misunderstood. The discipline of inter- said the world is now witnessing the United States is a about the nuclear agreement. He threatened if the deal national criminal law emerged in aggression and atrocity. The “rogue” country by contesting the UN-endorsed nuclear is not changed he will terminate it. paradigm, still capturing popular imagination, is of course the agreement. As former Assistant Secretary General of the United catastrophe of World War II. Aggressive war was at the center But Galbraith, who was also former U.S. Ambassador Nations in Afghanistan, Galbraith seems quite confident of the jurisdiction of the international military tribunal created by to Croatia, says, “Neither the U.S. nor Iran is a rogue that the European Union will not submit to U.S. pres- the allied victors. The existence of war was necessary in order to state.” He says, “The U.S. happens to have an erratic sure to impose sanctions against Iran again if Congress pass judgement on the perpetrators of collective violence. and unqualified person as U.S. president who is- inof ditches the deal. “Our European allies certainly will not Only gradually has the practice of international criminal fice only because Americans choose their president via agree to reimpose sanctions so the U.S. has no leverage law moved away from the fixation on war as the necessary an Electoral College. Trump lost the popular vote by a to negotiate a better deal.” trigger for international accountability. International criminal huge margin of 3 million votes. The Electoral College is EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini has said prosecution diversified its focus. an anachronism that was created in the 18th century to “The decision to decertify the nuclear deal is an international agreement and Crimes against humanity preserve slavery in the southern states.” the JCPOA has nothing to do Trump cannot unilaterally terminate it. At the same time, the creation of the International Crimi- ‘Saudi Arabia is reflexively anti-Iran’ with Iran’s implementation of On whether the JCPOA will survive without the U.S., Galbraith says, “I hope the JCPOA survives even with- nal Court (ICC) was brimming with potential. The support Expect Israel and Saudi Arabia the entire world is the deal or any rational U.S. it enjoyed was not only associated with mass atrocities but supporting the 2015 nuclear deal - officially called the out the U.S. It is up to the Europeans to resist any U.S. also with an aim to achieve global justice. Crimes against Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - between strategy.” secondary sanctions. Almost all the economic benefits humanity, not necessarily linked to war, feature in the ICC’s Iran and great powers. Both Tel Aviv and Riyadh praised want the agreement to remain. of the deal for Iran come from Europe and not the U.S.” jurisdiction. They include crimes like apartheid, which is a sys- Trump’s strategy towards Iran deal announced last “It is good politics in Israel to oppose the nuclear deal He also said, “I would advise Iran against responding tem of government rather than a method of war. Prohibited month. but no Israeli national security official actually wants the to Trump in kind, and even against using too harsh lan- acts when committed as a “widespread or systematic attack However, Galbraith says Israel apparently opposes deal to fail. Israel has no options to contain Iran’s nuclear guage. If your enemy is about to jump off a tall building, against a civilian population” encompass an array of prac- the nuclear agreement but security officials in Tel Aviv program if the deal falls apart. Saudi Arabia is reflexively there is no need to push.” tices that may occur in times of peace: torture, which is often anti-Iran and wishes to accommodate the U.S.” practiced in law enforcement contexts; imprisonment without “No Israeli national security According to documents released by the WikiLeaks, “Almost all the economic benefits procedural safeguards or in abhorrent conditions; persecu- official actually wants the deal Saudi royals had pushed for a U.S. attack on Iran. of the deal for Iran come from tion, which is the severe deprivation of fundamental rights to fail.” The al-Saud family has upped its rhetoric against Iran Europe and not the U.S.” through discrimination; and unlawful deportation. since the conclusion of the nuclear deal in 2015. Most While international criminal law has reached outside the realms of war, war and militarization have arguably spread into many realms of civil life. The “endlessness” of war, which commentators now often point out, should not only refer to Trump’s tour of Asia war’s duration. It also reflects the many ways in which war has The phrase “bull in a china shop” might war, alarming friends and foes alike. Yet imbalance is highly symbolic of China’s across the region, while always seeking expanded endlessly, in many ways becoming the mold of our have been coined to describe this week’s Trump’s acute need for Beijing’s help in rise and America’s relative fall. Another common ground, where possible, with everyday. The “Unlawful Death of Refugees and Migrants” are tour of Asia by Donald Trump. During last sanctioning Kim has drawn him into an salient issue is Trump’s failure to seriously China. But Washington should not be only one aspect of this. With increased global inequalities, new year’s presidential election campaign, improbably fawning relationship with Xi tackle Chinese military expansionism in any doubt, the study says: the “Trans- transportation and communication technologies, and an un- he raged against China, terming it an Jinping, China’s strongman president, in the East and South China seas or Pacific Century” has begun. folding climate catastrophe, affected people are migrating to “enemy” and accusing Beijing of “raping” who he will meet. His pledge to shift understand its negative implications for Will a man like Donald Trump listen the sources of livelihood in the “global north”. Populations in the America with predatory trade practices. the bilateral relationship radically in continued confidence in U.S. backing for to such sensible advice? Does he even latter have begun feeling threatened more by the mass of poor With characteristic insensitivity, he America’s favor has given way to Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and others. accept the premise, namely, that the (often black and brown) people, than by an armed attack. suggested Japan should acquire nuclear unhealthy obsequiousness. He recently A study by the Atlantic Council, a era of American dominance is ending? Militarized borders have soon been deployed against weapons and South Korea should pay referred to Xi as the “king of China”. Washington thinktank, notes the Asia- It’s unlikely. The best that can be hoped migrants on the fault lines between the “developed” and more for its defense. He promised to Lack of a clear vision Pacific region will be the world’s most is that Trump will forgo more verbal the “developing” worlds. At least since 2009, the EU agency tear up the multilateral Trans-Pacific Trump’s lack of a clear vision, his economically dynamic by 2050 and that rampages this week and stick to the Frontex has deployed a border control operation in Greece. Partnership, a promise he then fulfilled. studied ignorance of key policy issues, regional states are already spending more script. If, as some predict, North Korea Frontex has ratcheted up surveillance, including by the use And he vowed to eliminate the threat his vanity and gullibility, plus his tendency than Europe on defense. A fundamental waves a red rag and fires off another of drones, and oversees conditions of detention which the posed by North Korea by any means, to fly off the handle, present his Chinese power shift is under way, it says, and the missile by way of greeting, his handlers European Court of Human Rights has deemed inhumane. including military action. hosts with a problem. It should not be rules-based international order is fraying. may just have to tie him down. In 2015, European countries sought and obtained a UN Trump’s behavior in office has proved difficult to get the better, diplomatically It should promote “fundamental values” (Source: The Guardian) Security Council Resolution to use force against smugglers in the Mediterranean, a extraordinary measure clearly signal- In the Name of God ing the unprecedented militarization of border controls. As in other parts of our lives, militarization has gone hand in hand with privatization. Australia has struck agreements with Nauru and Papua New Guinea and used private corporations like G4S and Ferrovial to host and run camps of indefinite and inhumane detention. The EU has used Turkey and, most lately, Libyan mi- litia to ensure migrants don’t make it across the Mediterranean. 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For the last The American president’s poor grasp of 3 ANTIMONY (III) OXIDE 110 few years, we have been working to help explain the need 4 ANTIMONY (III) ACETATE 150 for such an investigation, and to clarify where might such an international relations, his bluster and his ‘America 5 HYDROBROMIC ACID 250 6 Cobalt Acetate 60 investigation take off. first’ rhetoric are unlikely to reap success in the 7 CMB 600 If the International Criminal Court chooses one situation face of Xi Jinping pragmatism 8 Terminol 66 Up to process condition to investigate, Australia’s centers may be the most egregious. 9 SHELL OIL Up to process condition Make no mistake, the effort to move international criminal jus- to be every bit as destabilizing for the speaking, of such a flawed interlocutor. tice from war to migration is not yet another attempt to expand Asia-Pacific region partly because of On the other hand, sending Trump General Conditions of Suppliers & Specialized Degree Necessary: the gamut of a cash-strapped and inefficient court. 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One is the uncomfortable It should be submitted latest by 16:00 pm on 22/Nov./17 accountability on migration issues, will better reflect the In- to build nuclear-armed missiles capable reality, for the American economy and Contacts: You can contact any of the addresses below: ternational Criminal Court’s basic mandate: to punish crimes of striking the U.S. mainland. workforce, that China continues to “of interest to the international community as a whole.” Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” the export three times more goods to the Email: [email protected] (Source: Spiegel) country conjured the specter of nuclear U.S. than it imports. This gaping trade Tel: 061 521 – 72045 Fax: 061 521 – 72043 I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 6, 2017 ANALYSIS & INTERVIEW 7 Motives behind Trump’s systematic New security pressures on unilateral decisions the White House

1 Possible international con- sequences of Trump’s unilateral ap- proach toward the JCPOA Actually, the President’s approach can be viewed either as quite danger- ous or quite clever. It can be viewed as dangerous to the extent that one inter- prets the move as a first step toward the abandonment of the “deal” and if one then assumes that without U.S. partici- pation the “deal” would collapse. But those are far too many assump- tions to hold much value. It is quite clever, at least in the short term, pre- cisely because of its subtlety. While the decertification of the JCPOA appears By Saeed Sobhani to shake the deal and signal U.S. with- drawal, its formal and practical effects TEHRAN — U.S. officials continue to accuse Russia of in- are negligible—except in the important terfering in the 2016 presidential election. This is while U.S. area of the wars for the control of in- President Donald Trump has explicitly denied accusations of ternational opinion and the shaping engagement with Russian officials. On the other hand, the of narratives supporting national posi- FBI, which is currently pursuing a case of Russian involve- tions. ment in the U.S. presidential election, is accused of interfer- The refusal to certify does not au- ing in elections. tomatically reimpose U.S. sanctions. Everyone remembers that during the last year’s pres- Recall that the compliance certification idential race in the United States, while remaining only 24 was written into U.S. domestic law and hours before the election, the FBI leader, redefining Demo- is not an essential part of the “deal” it- crats’ Hillary Clinton emails, led to her defeat In the election self. As commentators in the U.S. have cautious in repudiating agreements As such this practice is unlikely to may have meant was that such a with- and change the votes of some voters became profitable noted, this is the best of all worlds for to which it is bound, even as the U.S. change the calculus of war in the re- drawal, were it to actually take place, for the Trump. However, Russia’s involvement in the U.S. Mr. Trump—he can continue to devel- Administration has been aggressive in gion. About the concerns expressed by and were that withdrawal to be com- presidential election seems to be open to U.S. officials. An op a strong voice against the deal, and seeking to renegotiate their terms. The some law makers and analysts on pos- bined with other actions that effectively overview of the news and reports published in this regard seek to undermine faith in its fairness open questions for the next year are: (1) sible new war in the Middle East in case voided the agreement, could make it can be remarkable. to all parties, while at the same time whether such renegotiations are possi- of the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA, more likely that war would flare again CNBC reported that the foreign policy advisor to Don- permitting strict adherence to its terms. ble, and (2) what might happen if these I think it is both premature and too late in new places and among new actors. ald Trump’s presidential campaign met Russian government In a sense, all the refusal to certify has renegotiations fail. My sense is that the to speak to issues of war in the region. The great danger, then, would be not officials last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, done is to ensure that the issue remains U.S. might then engage in the practices It is premature because there does the wars that have managed to remain citing testimony he gave this week to a U.S. congressional an important element of domestic and common to states unhappy about the not appear to be any effort to withdraw contained, but wars that involve pow- committee. In numerous media interviews in recent months, international attention as its principal terms of their international agreements from the deal just yet. As such, the re- erful regional states that might draw the advisor, Carter Page, has either denied meeting Russian effect is to permit the U.S. Congress to but unwilling to repudiate them be- sponses from the Democratic leaders in the great powers. For the moment, government officials during a July 2016 trip to Moscow or debate the issue for several months. cause of the resulting political costs. appears to stake a position in ways are those fears are overblown. said he met “mostly scholars,” the newspaper said. In this context about the only Euro- That is, the U.S. may begin to do meant to appeal to some element of It is in no one’s interest to move to- Page sent an email to at least one Trump campaign aide pean leaders whose faith in Washing- what it can to minimize what it deems the American electorate (and the donor ward regional war with the possibility of describing his insights after conversations with Russian gov- ton’s willingness to keep its word have to be the worst elements of the deal class in the United States) as well as to escalation. Yet, to the extent that the ernment officials and others, the Times reported, citing a been eroded by the President’s actions through a process of strict adherence forge informal alliances with similarly actions of the United States embolden person familiar with the message. The newspaper said the might be those who have been away on to treaty terms and a narrow interpreta- minded factions within the U.S.’s Euro- those factions within all relevant states email was read aloud during the closed-door testimony another planet since November 2016. tion of its obligations that fall just within pean allies. It is also too late because, which for reasons of religious preju- on Thursday to the House of Representatives Intelligence The U.S. President has been remarka- the boundaries of the plausible. This is frankly, the Middle East has not been dice, political ambition, or ideological Committee, which is investigating efforts by Russia to tip bly transparent about his guiding ide- a practice that all states have long ex- free from war except for short periods imperatives seek it, the appearance of the November 2016 election in Trump’s favor and possible ology and his distaste for the terms of perienced and one for which all states since the dissolution of the Ottoman withdrawing can increase the likelihood collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Russia this Iran “deal.” At the same time, the ought to be prepared. But it is neither Empire. that states might well blunder their way says it did not interfere in the election and Trump has de- office of the President has been quite unusual nor necessarily unethical. What the Democratic law makers to war. nied any collusion. Page played down the significance of the meetings in an interview with the Times on Friday.”I had a very brief hello to a couple of people. That was it,” he said. Page said one of the people he met was a “senior person,” STATEMENT OF H.E. WILFRED0 C. SANTOS, but would not confirm In 2016, Guardian the person’s identity. Special counsel AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES reported that Robert Mueller, who According to has impaneled a grand TO THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN U.S. intelligence jury in his probe of the Visiting Special Envoy of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, TEHRAN, Nov. 4 - - Former Philippine Speaker Jose ICAPP’s more than 300 ruling, opposition and inde- officials, Russian collusion allegations, former Philippine Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., is cur- de Venecia, the Philippines’ Special Envoy for APEC pendent parties as members. Also, as Co-Chairman charged Trump’s for- rently in lran to head a delegation of a FilipinoChinese and Inter-Cultural Dialogue, proposed today a “small of the International Association of Parliamentarians for hackers made mer campaign man- consortium to pursue a triangular Chinese-Iran-Philip- composite team of APEC and ASEAN” to journey to Peace (IAPP), he also plans to invite the North Korean repeated attempts ager Paul Manafort pines partnership that involves the building of meth- Pyongyang to begin to negotiate “a peace that will Parliament to nominate delegates to the IAPP. before this year’s and another aide, Rick anol plants in the Pars region in southern lran, and a hopefully endure in the Korean Peninsula.” Looking back at recent history, de Venecia said for election to get Gates, with money longterm supply of crude oil to the Philippines, through He said the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Co- decades since the 1950s observers said the two Ger- laundering on Mon- the petrochemical plant being built in Northwestern operation (APEC) and the 10-member Association of manies and the two Vietnams could never unite but into major U.S. day. It was announced Philippines in the province of Pangasinan. Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting one unforeseen, unnegotiated geo-political circumstances institutions, the same day that an- As Special Envoy of President Duterte in Interfaith after the other, back-to-back, in Vietnam (November eventually proved everyone wrong, resulting finally including the White other Trump advisor, Dialogue, Speaker de Venecia is also in lran to discuss 8-11) and in the Philippines (November 10-14) for today in a strong, prosperous united Germany and a George Papadopou- with Iranian authorities intercultural dialogue and the their annual Leaders Meetings. He added their leaders flourishing united Vietnam. House and the los, had pleaded guilty revival of the Shiite-Sunni dialogue. could quietly explore in the next two weeks the idea As then head of the Philippine Congress’ foreign re- state department. early in October to ly- Speaker de Venecia is also the Founding President of of sending a joint peace mission to the North Korean lations committee, he journeyed to Pyongyang in 1990 ing to the FBI. the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAP- capital. and with North Korea’s founder then President Kim Il- Page was questioned by the FBI earlier this year and has DI) and also the Founding Chairman and Co-Chairman He pointed out Philippine President Rodrigo Sung, grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-Un, final- also appeared before the grand jury as part of the special of the Standing Committee of the International Confer- Duterte hopes a new tack could ease the continuous ized North Korean-Philippine diplomatic relations and counsel’s probe, the Times said. ence of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP). exchange of accusations in the Peninsula and lead to dispelled as well North Korea’s rumored assistance to In 2016, Guardian reported that According to U.S. intel- CAPDl’s members range from Heads of State, for- opportunities for the difficult peace. the Philippine New People’s Army. ligence officials, Russian hackers made repeated attempts mer Heads of State, including community leaders, De Venecia said he envisioned inter-Korean talks At the time, in Kim II Sung’s mountain retreat, de before this year’s election to get into major U.S. institutions, executives, legislatives, civil society leaders, and re- could be at senior or mid-levels, representing perhaps Venecia pointedly asked the North Korean leader if including the White House and the state department. The nowned academicians in the Asia-Pacific. CAPDI was not more than seven parties including key APEC mem- there was truth to speculations that he planned to at- tactics were simple: send out volleys of phishing emails and established to, among others, mobilize governments, bers. US., China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, a repre- tack South Korea, he replied: “If we attack the South, hope that someone clicked. One of those who did was John political parties, and civil societies to reconcile and sentative of ASEAN, and North Korea; progress could the South will be destroyed. But we in the North will Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. A New work towards peace. be “publicized or unpublicized” with a recess on the also be destroyed.” York Times investigation this week revealed that a Podesta The ICAPP was launched in Manila in 2000 to pro- eve of the Christmas holidays, and the talks could tar- After a few weeks, on de Venecia’s invitation, North aide spotted the dodgy email and forwarded it to a tech- mote exchanges and cooperation between political get preliminary understanding by early next year. Korean Deputy Premier Kim DahlHyun flew to Manila nician. parties with various ideologies from different Asian He pointed out there should be a timetable other- to finalize agreement on formal diplomatic relations By mistake, however, the aide wrote that the message countries; to enhance mutual understanding and trust wise the talks could be endless as in the old Panmun- with then Philippine President Corazon Aquino’s For- was OK. This allowed Moscow to access about 60,000 of among Asian countries; to promote Asia’s regional co- jom talks. However, while the 1950-1953 South-North eign Secretary Raul Manglapus. After about a year, Ja- Podesta’s emails. The hackers also breached the Democratic operation through the unique role and channel of po- Korean conflict ended, “a technical state of war persists pan’s LDP leader Kanemaru journeyed to Pyongyang, National Committee (DNC). litical parties. The ICAPP has become a positive force until now, with both sides not signing a formal peace followed later by then former U.S. President Jimmy The emails were passed to the WikiLeaks website, which for mutual understand~ng among Asian countries and treaty,” he said. Today there is continuous, recurrent Carter. published them before the U.S. election. The furor domi- peoples. As of April 2017, more than 360 political par- threat of hostilities, even nuclear war, since North Korea De Venecia said he hopes ICAPP and lAPP could nated the news bulletins and damaged Clinton’s campaign. ties in 52 countries in the region with diverse political has already developed nuclear weapons with a missile contribute even modest efforts to a North-South in- Security experts believe two Kremlin-connected groups and ideological backgrounds are eligible to participate delivery system. ter-Korean peace process.He disclosed one of the were behind the hacks. One was from the FSB spy agency, in ICAPP activities. The ICAPP will continue to play a De Venecia said he hoped a meeting of the two founders of IAPP and the Universal Peace Federation the other from Russian military intelligence. Amazingly, they key role not only in building a cohesive community in Koreas, with nominees from APEC and ASEAN in at- (UPF), Madame Hak Ja Han Moon and her late hus- appear to have operated independently. Asia, but also in the global quest for a more peaceful tendance, could lead to an “eventual peaceful ASEAN band Dr. Sun Myung Moon, donated a much-appreci- What is certain is that the opponents of Tramp inside and prosperous world. Plus 4 configuration.” This would add North Korea (the ated hotel and automobile factory in Pyongyang to the the United States are trying to use the leverage of his co- And lastly, as Special Envoy of the President for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) to the current North Korean government. He added a small team of operation with Russia in the 2016 presidential election. But APEC, attached is Former Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr.’s ASEAN Plus 3, which includes the 10 ASEAN nations IAPP headed by former Nepal Premier Madhav Nepal there are some important questions that remain unan- statement on the eve of APECIASEAN talks, which is a plus China, Japan, and South Korea until at some point, and former Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ek swered. Why do American officials avoid opening up other proposal for a Joint Mission to North Korea. in the future, perhaps the two Koreas could consider a Nath Dakhal recently visited Pyongyang and had con- cases, such as the FBI’s apparent involvement in last year’s NOTE: (Tehran, Nov. 4 - - Former Speaker Jose de “unification” or “confederation.” structive talks with the North Korean Workers Party. presidential elections? Why do not even the leaders of the Venecia is on a visit to Iran to promote lnterCultural De Venecia pointed out as a first stage ‘Confeder- De Venecia has asked UPF President Thomas Walsh, Democratic Party, who are the victim of this intervention, Dialogue and to pursue a project for a Petrochemi- ation” is easier to promote, ahead of eventual unifica- IAPP Co-Chairman Dan Burton, Washington Times Pub- talk about this? cals Complex in his home province of Pangasinan and tion. lisher Thomas McDevitt, and Ambassador Joseph de It’s not clear what happened in U.S. security equations! Northern Luzon.) De Venecia, who is founding Chairman of the Inter- Trani, former U.S. Envoy to the Six-Nation Party Talks on However, it is clear that in the near future, we will witness On Eve of APECIASEAN Talks, national Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), North Korea, to organize a peace mission to Pyongyang, new security conflicts in the U.S. political climate. An issue A Proposal for a Joint Mission to North Korea counts North Korea’s Korean Workers Party as one of which he earlier discovered with UPF President Walsh. that can also affect the United States’ internal and social equations. I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 8 INTERNATIONAL NOVEMBER 6, 2017 Washington falls to the American Taliban By David Keene to please those who have little understand- geted then in much the same way and for feels about Lee, the attack on George and that either Lee or Washington had attended A few days after demonstrators for and against ing of how these men created the freest the same reasons that racists later targeted Martha Washington is simply absurd. Christ Church made some “of our parishion- removing a Confederate statue in Charlottes- nation in world history. Within days, pro- Martin Luther King Jr. KKK members rallied The Washington didn’t just attend Christ ers feel unsafe or unwelcome.” “Some visitors ville, Virginia, rioted, President Trump asked testers torched and destroyed a monument to prevent the erection of Columbus monu- Church, which the church has bragged about and guests who worship with us chose not to where it might end. “I wonder,” Mr. Trump said, honoring Abraham Lincoln in his native Il- ments and destroyed as many as they could ever since — they saved it. The church was return because they receive an unintended “is it George Washington next week and is it linois in the midst of an ongoing campaign when this failed. originally supported by the British govern- message from the prominent presence of the Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, to tear down monuments to Christopher The absurdity of our ignorance today ment’s Church of England, but after Cornwallis plaques,” she added. you really do have to ask yourself: Where does Columbus and others. is perhaps best illustrated by the deci- surrendered to Washington’s armies, London She and other leaders of her church seem it stop?” Intimidating more people sion last week to remove a small plaque cut off the subsidy. Washington personally do- intent upon ignoring the many, many Ameri- The remark, seen by his critics as insen- The assaults on Columbus seem to be recognizing that George Washington do- nated the money needed to save the church cans who have over decades visited, donated sitive and perhaps even a tad absurd, turns succeeding, evidence that today’s leftists are nated a pew to Christ Church in Old Town in a new nation that abhorred the idea of a to and, yes, even worshipped at Christ Church out to have been the exact question eve- capable of intimidating more people than all Alexandria in Virginia, and that he and his government-supported church and included in precisely because it was George Washington’s ryone should have been asking themselves the forces of the anti-Catholic, anti-Italian Ku wife worshipped there for some 20 years. It its Constitution a provision guaranteeing free- church and was advertised as such by her and and to which we now have the sad answer: It Klux Klan (KKK) during the Klan’s campaign wasn’t a statue, but a plaque similar to one dom of religion. those who preceded her. Those intimidated will stop only when, like the old Soviet Union, to prevent them from being erected in an often found on park benches donated by Disagreement with the action or made fearful by the recognition of a man we rewrite history to banish all traces of men earlier day. In a typical oversimplification of a family in remembrance of a relative. Ap- According to the current church rec- proudly and appropriately remembered by once considered heroes, but unacceptable to history, the Klan was not just anti-black, but parently, the very existence of the plaque tor, Noelle York-Simmons, the issue of the most Americans as the “father” of his country today’s elites. vehemently and violently anti-Catholic and scared the bejesus out of some overly sen- plaques was debated and discussed among because he lived in different times are, as we It didn’t take a week for the American anti-Italian. In its heyday in the 1920s, there sitive and perhaps marginally unbalanced parishioners for more than a month. She are learning, unlikely to be satisfied — until all Taliban to target Washington and Jeffer- were some 700,000 Klan members in Indi- parishioners. would not say if there was any disagreement traces of pride in our history are eradicated son, but what is surprising is how sheepish ana alone and the Klan was stronger in the The church removed a similar plaque com- with the action taken, noting only that the and places like Christ Church are replaced by American elites have been so willing to go Midwest and North than in the old South. A memorating the fact that Robert E. Lee wor- decision was “unanimous vote of the vestry” public parking lots. along with demands that we rewrite history symbol of Italian pride, Columbus was tar- shipped at the church. Regardless of how one because of the feeling that acknowledging (Source: The Washington Times)

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With that, I give you five guidelines And seep into the moment. I know I At the start of this year’s Sugar Awareness Week, Action that have helped me feel happy, fulfilled, won’t do this all the time, but it adds up on Sugar is calling on retailers to ban all drinks and confec- and meaningful: into regret about who you could have flaws, you’re essentially telling - your to create more time truly living in the tionery that would attract a red traffic light label (indicating 1. Be honest with yourself. become. self being human isn’t something to be now. it is high in sugar) from such cut-price combinations, and to One of the most valuable skills you’ll 2. Let yourself be vulnerable. ashamed of. 5. Treat yourself like you want other include wider choices of healthy options such as fresh fruit learn in life is the ability to call yourself I once felt there was nothing more People may sometimes form judg- people to treat you. and water. out—when you’re playing it safe be- terrifying than letting go of control. I ments. But they’ll respect your authen- It happens all the time. You don’t get It points out that by making healthy choices, shoppers can cause you’re scared to fail or maybe held a tight grip on who I really was be- ticity, and they may learn to let go a little a job, so you start reviewing all your opt for a meal containing just one or two teaspoons of sugar. even scared to succeed, or you’re clos- cause I wanted to shape other people’s themselves—something that can be a failures. You hurt a friend, so you start The WH Smith combination highlighted is a tuna and ing off your heart because you’re afraid perceptions of me. I had a very limited tremendous relief. beating yourself up. sweetcorn on malted brown bread sandwich with a Mountain of being hurt. list of approved adjectives: smart, kind, 3. Live in accordance with your val- We make mistakes and we always Dew citrus blast 500ml drink and a bag of Skittles Crazy Sours In the moment it feels comforting. talented, successful, awesome. ues. will. As long as you acknowledge them, – a meal containing 811 kcal. You can do what you always did and I don’t love knowing someone may Everyone has a different idea of make amends as best you can, and learn Another “shocking” example cited is Tesco’s smokehouse not push yourself into unfamiliar terri- form a different opinion of me, but it’s what’s important and what it means to from them, there’s no reason to stop pulled chicken with Mesquite style sauce, washed down with tory. But we tend to regret the things we liberating to honor where I’m at in any be a good person. If you try to align treating yourself with kindness. a Monster Energy 500ml drink and Mars Duo chocolate bar – didn’t do more than the things we did. moment, and let people decide for your life with someone else’s values, Other people will take their cue from a meal containing 1,004 kcal. Don’t lie to yourself about your in- themselves what they think about that. you’ll likely feel unfulfilled. If your main you. You decide how you deserve to be Others laden with sugar were Morrisons’ sweet chilli chick- stincts or motivations. It may feel safe When you’re willing to be seen as source of joy is spending time with your treated. en wrap with Relentless Passion Punch Energy 500ml drink in the moment, but it will one day grow someone who makes mistakes and has family, would it really make sense to take (Source: tinybuddha.com) and millionaire shortbread (28 teaspoons of sugar and 1,048 kcal), and the Co-op’s black bean pulled beef and noodle meal pot with Rockstar Xdurance blueberry pomegranate 7 signs you’re drinking too much coffee acai energy 500ml drink and rocky road bar (28 teaspoons of sugar and 855 kcal). By Jamie Schmid if you swear coffee doesn’t have any effect on you, this “Eating too much sugar is linked to obesity, type 2 diabe- tasty drink can still wreak havoc on your sleep cycle. Ac- tes and tooth decay,” said Graham MacGregor, professor of The side effects of too much caffeine can be subtle. cording to Mayo Clinic, coffee can stay in your system cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London Here’s how your coffee addiction may be hurting your for as long as 14 hours, increase the amount of times and chairman of Action on Sugar. “Supermarkets pretend to health. you wake up during the night, and decrease overall time be on the side of their customer’s health to encourage loy- You feel anxious asleep. To solve this problem, try to drink that last cup of alty, but this survey clearly shows that they are not.” Ruminating about an upcoming event or deadline coffee no later than noon. Registered nutritionist Kawther Hashem, researcher at Ac- can fuel your desire to grab a comforting mug of java. You’ve got the jitters tion on Sugar, added: “These excessively high sugar combos Yet, the National Institute of Mental Health recommends Coffee makes you feel more alert, but sometimes can have a detrimental effect on people’s health, particularly that people who suffer from anxiety avoid caffeine. Why? that feeling turns into too much of a good thing. This if eaten daily.” Caffeine can actually worsen the effects of anxiety, either is where the jitters come in. Caffeine speeds up your Its meal deal survey includes seven high sugar and seven by robbing you of proper sleep or triggering your flight central nervous system, causing you to feel jumpy, ac- lower sugar meal deals offered by major retailers. In total, or fight response, according to Everyday Health. In- cording to Livestrong. Skip that fourth cup and stop the 72% of meal deal drinks sold at Morrisons were found to be stead try some deep breathing exercises or one of these shakes. Instead put your coffee to use in these novel high in sugar per drink, compared with just 38% at Marks stress-busting meditations. feine, nicotine, and even alcohol. In some cases, a rac- ways. & Spencer, which offers the lowest proportion of high sugar Your stomach hurts ing heart can lead to dizziness and even fainting spells. You get headaches drinks. You may associate stomach pains with spoiled food Sadly, one of the only solutions to getting rid of constant A moderate amount of caffeine helps relieve a Some drinks contained up to 70g of sugar, the survey said, or PMS cramps. You should add your morning brew to heart palpitations is to avoid caffeine altogether. (Here’s headache, by helping pain-relief medications work bet- and were frequently offered in 500ml portions – two servings that list as well. European scientists found that certain how to tell if those palpitations might be a sign of a heart ter, according to the Cleveland Clinic. That’s why you’ll – despite being sold as part of a lunch meal. compounds in coffee stimulate the secretion of stomach attack or something more serious). find caffeine as an ingredient in many over-the-counter WH Smith was also criticised for not providing any healthy acid by your stomach cells, according to WebMD. Taking You have diarrhea headache drugs. snack options. an over-counter medication like Tums can neutralize the Everyone knows that coffee can help keep you regu- However, if you drink too much coffee for a sus- But WH Smith said the example given in the survey was acid short-term, but if you suspect coffee is making your lar, thanks to its laxative properties. Drink more than two tained amount of time (getting a daily excess of 500 “extreme and wholly unrepresentative of what our customers stomach hurt, think about changing your coffee con- or three cups a day, though, and you might get diarrhea, mg of caffeine, or the equivalent of five cups of cof- purchase – making up only 0.004% of meal deals sold”. sumption habits. These are other foods you might want according to the International Foundation for Functional fee) and you can go through caffeine withdrawal. The retailer said its meal deal was “incredibly popular and to avoid if you have acid reflux. Gastrointestinal Disorders. If you find your bathroom is- The symptoms include headaches and fatigue, found contains a number of healthy eating options, including sand- Your heart is racing sues become unmanageable, the IFFGD recommends Johns Hopkins researchers. Slowly decrease your caf- wiches and salads”.” The feeling that your heart is beating too fast can be gradual withdrawal from caffeine. Consider trying these feine intake—and look at all the possible sources in A Morrisons spokesperson said: “We offer thousands of frightening. It may feel like your heart is trying to escape other home remedies for diarrhea. your diet, including coffee, headache drugs, tea, soda, meal deal combinations for just £3, many of which include from your ribcage. According to WebMD, these heart You cannot sleep and energy drinks. low sugar and sugar-free drink options.” palpitations are often caused by the consumption of caf- Insomnia is a telltale sign of too much caffeine. Even (Source: rd.com) (Source: The Guardian) If someone is having a stroke 3 things to do and A pain-free ‘micro needle’ 3 things not to do patch could one day When a person is having a stroke, every second Jean says. Instead, they should just go immediately to the counts. And what you do in those critical moments Patients may also be candidates for more ad- emergency room.” replace flu shots can potentially help save someone’s life. vanced therapies, such as endovascular treat- And no matter how much someone might try to Unlike other vaccines that only need to be taken once in a Jean D. Luciano, CRNP, Stroke Team Co-Director ments, at Penn Medicine. Endovascular treatments talk you out of taking them to the hospital, don’t let lifetime, or only periodically, the flu mutates so frequently that of the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Penn Medi- can involve surgically removing a clot that caused them, says Jean. it’s recommended people get the shot every year. cine and a nurse practitioner at the Penn Medicine a stroke, or fixing an aneurysm—which is a swol- 2. Give them medication, food, or drinks. But not everyone gets it. According to the CDC, only 37% Neuroscience Center, spells out important do’s and len blood vessel that bursts and causes pressure There are 2 kinds of strokes: of US adults had gotten the shot by November for the 2016- don’ts, so you can be ready to give your loved one in the brain. Hemorrhagic stroke, caused by a ruptured 2017 flu season. And the virus is still deadly. The World Health the best chance of surviving a stroke. “If a witness sees someone having a stroke, it blood vessel Organization estimates about 250,000 to 500,000 people a A stroke is often described as a “brain attack.” Part would be helpful if they look at what time the symp- Ischemic stroke, caused by a clot in a blood ves- year die from the flu. of the brain is robbed of the oxygen and blood sup- toms started,” she says. “That way, the emergency sel In an effort to make the treatments more widely used, re- ply it needs to function, because a blood vessel to staff can make a more informed decision about “80% of strokes are ischemic ones, but if you’re in searchers are exploring the possibility of using a patch cov- part of the brain either has a clot or bursts. treatment options.” that 20% and your stroke was caused by a ruptured ered in tiny needles to deliver a flu vaccine through the skin, The longer a stroke goes untreated, the more 3. Perform CPR, if necessary. blood vessel in the head, you don’t want the victim instead of using a shot. In a trial of 100 people published brain damage can occur. But there are treatments Most stroke patients don’t require CPR, Jean to have aspirin,” Jean says. “And you can’t tell which Tuesday, researchers found the patch to be safe in humans that can be given if a person reaches the hospital notes. But if your friend or spouse is unconscious one it is until you get to the emergency room and and that it could generate an antibody response, which is key in time. when you find her, check her pulse and breathing. you get a CAT scan.” for fighting off the flu virus. 3 steps to take when someone is having If you find none, call 911 and start CPR while you’re To be safe, don’t give someone who has a stroke As a bonus, people who need the vaccine can apply the a stroke waiting for the ambulance to arrive. any medication. patch themselves, potentially allowing them to skip the doc- 1. Call 911 immediately. You can also ask the 911 dispatcher to walk you You also shouldn’t give him food or drinks before tor’s office or clinic. If you do nothing else, act quickly to call 911. through how to perform CPR, which consists of re- the ambulance comes. “Sometimes, a stroke affects “Despite the recommendation of universal flu vaccination, “The hardest thing you have to do is recognize peated, steady chest compressions, according to the their ability to swallow,” Jean says. influenza continues to be a major cause of illness leading to symptoms of a stroke,” Jean explains. “If you do ob- American Heart Association 3. Drive yourself or someone else to the emer- significant morbidity and mortality. Having the option ofa serve any symptoms, you should call 911 immedi- 3 Things Not To Do When Someone Is gency room. flu vaccine that can be easily and painlessly self-administered ately. You should also immediately tell the 911 dis- Having A Stroke It might seem like a good idea to drive a stroke could increase coverage and protection by this important patcher, ‘I think I’m having a stroke’ or ‘I think my 1. Let That Person Go To Sleep Or Talk You Out victim to the nearest emergency room. But Jean vaccine,” Dr. Nadine Rouphael, first author of the study and loved one is.’” Of Calling 911. says, “If someone is severely affected by a stroke, professor at the Emory University School of Medicine said in Not sure what the symptoms of a stroke are? Stroke survivors often complain of suddenly feel- then you’re better off calling 911.” a news release. Here’s how it works: A patch containing tiny Give someone you think is having a stroke this ing very sleepy when a stroke first happens. Emergency responders can start life-saving treat- needles — so tiny they’re virtually painless — filled with the FAST test from the National Stroke Association. “A lot of patients come in and say they went to ment for that person on the way to the emergency vaccine is stuck onto the skin. Once on the skin, the vaccine 2. Note the time you first see symptoms. sleep for a few hours before they came to the hospi- room, the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- can enter the body, preparing the body to fight off the flu A clot-busting medication called tPa, or tissue tal because they were tired,” Jean notes. tion (CDC) says. virus. The micro needles then dissolve and the patch can be plasminogen activator, can be given to someone But time is of the essence. “The medication we You also don’t want to drive yourself to a hospital removed. That way, there are no sharp objects to dispose of if they’re having a stroke, potentially reversing or can give a stroke survivor is time-sensitive,” she in the event that your stroke symptoms worsen and like there might be with a flu shot, making it easier for people stopping symptoms from developing. But it has to adds. “They should not go to sleep, and they should impair your ability to drive safely. to put the patch on themselves. be given within 4.5 hours of the start of symptoms, not call their primary care doctor 2 days from now. (Source: pennmedicine.org) (Source: businessinsider.com) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 10 TECHNOLOGY NOVEMBER 6, 2017

10 hot titles of IT world The 10 best ways to secure By Alireza Khorasani Here are high rated IT titles in the world that reviewed by savvy tech users: your Android phone In my experience, the best of these are: Broadcom wants to buy Qualcomm. By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols F-Secure Freedome VPN, KeepSolid VPN Communications chipmaker Broadcom Ltd is plan- 1 The most secure smartphones are An- Unlimited, NordVPN, Private Internet Ac- ning to unveil a bid for smartphone chip supplier Qualcomm droid smartphones. Don’t buy that? Ap- cess, and TorGuard. What you don’t want Inc by Monday, three sources familiar with the matter said, an ple’s latest version of iOS 11 was cracked to do, no matter how tempted you may attempt to create a roughly $200-billion company through a day -- a day! -- after it was released. be, is to use a free VPN service. None of the biggest technology acquisition ever. So Android is perfect? Heck no! them work worth a darn. Android is under constant attack and 7) Password management. T-Mobile, Sprint call it quits on merger talks. older versions are far more vulnerable When it comes to passwords, you The rivals and long-rumored merger partners end- 2 than new ones. Way too many smart- have choices: 1) use the same password ed speculation about a combination. The two wireless carri- phone vendors still don’t issue Google’s for everything, which is really dumb. 2) ers will go it alone vs. Verizon and AT&T. monthly Android security patches in a Write down your passwords on paper, timely fashion, or at all. And, zero-day which isn’t as bad an idea as it sounds Google has made a change to the resolution op- attacks still pop up. so long as you don’t put them on a sticky 3 tions in the YouTube mobile app for HDR videos. So, what can you do to protect your- note on your PC screen; 3) Memorize all The resolution now maxes out at 1080p, regardless of the self? A lot actually. your passwords, not terribly practical. Or, display of your phone. Here are my top 10 ways to keep you 4) use a password management program. and your Android device safe from at- Now Google comes with one built-in, New update lets you fully disable the Bixby button tackers. Many of these are pretty simple, but if you don’t want to put all your se- on your Samsung phone. 4 but security is really more about doing curity eggs in one cloud basket, you can Once you grab these from the Galaxy Apps store on your S8, safe things every time than fancy compli- use other mobile password management S8+, or Note8, if you choose to disable the Bixby key it will cated security tricks. programs. The best of the bunch are: actually be disabled. 1) Only buy smartphones from ven- LastPass, 1Password, and Dashlane. dors who release Android patches quickly. 8) Use anti-virus software. 5- Amazon’s Jeff Bezos sells over $1B in company I recently got a Google Pixel 2. There While Google Play Protect does a stock. 5 were many reasons for this, but number good job of protecting your phone, when The sale came to light as the result of a filing with the US one with a bullet was that Google makes it comes to malware protection I believe Securities and Exchange Commission. sure its smartphones, such as the Pixel, is using a belt and suspenders. For my the Pixel 2, Nexus 5X, and 6P get the anti-virus (A/V) suspenders, I use Germa- HTC to deliver 5 or 6 phones in 2018. freshest updates. This means they get ny’s AV-TEST, an independent malware 6 HTC will go back to producing phones with dual the newest security patches as they’re detection lab, results as my guide. camera setups, starting in 2018. HTC President Chialin Chang released. So, the best freeware A/V program to- says to expect his company to produce five to six different As for other major vendors, Android day is Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus. handsets in 2018. HTC is hoping to build on a very strong Authority, the leading Android publica- It’s other security features, like its phone 2017 which saw the manufacturer release its best flagship tion, found, the best vendors for keeping tracker, doesn’t work that well, but it’s phone in years, the HTC U11. their phones up to date were, in order, good at finding and deleting malware. from best to worse: LG, Motorola, HTC, The best freemium A/V software is Nor- Apple reminds iPhone X owners they’re using an Sony, Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Samsung. ton Mobile Security. All its components OLED display. 7 2) Lock your phone. work well and if you elect to go for the Cupertino is dealing with OLED technology’s technical limits I know, it’s so simple. But, people still full package, it’s only $25 for 10 devices. for the first time. don’t do it. Trust me. You’re more likely to 9) Turn off connections when you code into your web browser’s data entry vice for security threats” on. get into trouble by a pickpocket snatch- don’t need them. Microsoft ends its last free Windows 10 upgrades box Your device will then ask you if you 5) Use device encryption. ing your phone and running wild with If you’re not using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, on December 31st. want it to remember the computer you’re The next person who wants to snoop 8 your credit-card accounts than you from turn them off. Besides saving some bat- Microsoft largely stopped offering free Windows 10 up- using. If you answer, “yes” that programs in your phone may not be a crook, but a malware. tery life, network connections can be used grades back in July 2016. However, there’s been an ongoing will be authorized for use for 30-days. Fi- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) What’s the best way to lock your to attack you. The BlueBorne Bluetooth exception: if you use accessibility features, you’ve had an ex- nally, you turn on 2-step verification and agent. If that idea creeps you out, you phone? Well, it’s not sexy, but the good hackers are still alive, well, and ready to tension of that promo. you’re done. can put a roadblock in their way with en- old PIN remains the safest way. Finger- wreck your day. Don’t give it a chance. You can also make this even simpler by cryption. That may land you in hot water prints, patterns, voice-recognition, iris True, Android was patched to stop this Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime opens BlizzCon with using Google Prompt. With this you can with Homeland Security, but it’s your call. scanning, etc. -- they’re all more break- attack in its September 2017 release. Goog- message of inclusivity. authorize Google apps by simply enter- To encrypt your device, go to Settings 9 able. Just don’t, for the sake of Android le’s device family got the patch and Sam- He delivered this amid the storms of social media bicker- ing “yes” when prompted on your phone. > Security > Encrypt Device and follow Oreo cookies, use 1-2-3-4, as your PIN. sung deployed it. Has your vendor protect- ing that have surrounded games and politics in the past few 4) Only use apps from the Google the prompts. Thank you. ed your device yet? Odds are they haven’t. years. Play Store. By the way, the CBP also states “bor- 3) Use two-factor authentication. 10) If you don’t use an app, unin- Seriously. The vast majority of Android der searches conducted by CBP do not While you’re securing your phone, let’s stall it. Afghanistan’s telecoms regulator wrote to in- malware comes from unreliable third par- extend to information that is located lock down your Google services as well. Every application comes with its own ternet service providers this week ordering ty application sources. Sure, bogus apps solely on remote servers.” So, your data 10 The best way of doing this is with Goog- security problems. Most Android soft- them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and make it into the Google Play Store from may actually be safer in the cloud in this le’s own two-factor authentication. ware vendors do a good job of updating Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they time to time, like the ones which mes- instance. Here’s how to do it: Login-in to your their programs. Most of them. If you’re had complied. saged premium-rate text services, but 6) Use a Virtual Private Network. Google account and head to the two- not using an application, get rid of it. The they’re exception, not the rule. If you’re on the road -- whether it’s step verification settings page. Once fewer program doors you have into your Google has also kept working on your local coffee shop or the remote there, choose “Using 2-step verification” smartphone, the fewer chances an at- making the Play Store safer than ever. office in Singapore -- you’re going to from the menu. From there, follow the tacker has to invade it. For example, Google Play Protect can want to use free Wi-Fi. We all do. We all prompts. You’ll be asked for your phone If you follow up with all these sugges- Logitech’s Bridge kit uses automatically scan your Android device take big chances when we do since they number. You can get verification codes by tions, your phone will be safer. It won’t be for malware when you install programs. tend of be as secure as a net built out of the Vive tracker to bring voice or SMS on your phone. I find tex- perfectly safe -- nothing is in this world. Make sure it’s on by going to Settings thread. To make yourself safer you’ll want ting easier. But, you’ll be much more secure than you > Security > Play Protect. For maximum to use a mobile Virtual Private Network keyboards into VR In seconds, you’ll get a call with your are now, and that’s not a small thing. security, click Full scanning and “Scan de- (VPN). verification number. You then enter this (Source: Zdnet) Logitech is working with developers on a solution that brings keyboards into VR using HTC’s Vive Tracker. The VR keyboard developer’s kit is being distributed to a Estonia freezes resident ID cards Fake WhatsApp listing draws over one million small set of creators to make software and apps that use the due to security flaw downloads from the Google Play Store capability. This Bridge kit, as it is called, could be a boon to apps like VR Desktop and Bigscreen, each of which already appear to be working with the system. Those VR apps are an obvious fit for the solution because they offer ways to

Estonia’s residents use their mandatory IDs updated. For now, only medical A fake WhatsApp listing on the Google name was different than the one listed on national IDs to access pretty much an- professionals and the most frequent Play Store drew over one million installa- the legitimate WhatsApp app. The public, ything, from online banking to online users will be able to apply for updated tions from Android users before Google however, couldn’t see the Unicode sym- voting. So, it was a huge blow to the certificates online, but Estonia will open removed the app from the store. Google bol (the developer name on the fake was program when experts found a security up the system to the public again on also suspended the developer for vio- really listed as WhatsApp+Inc%C2%A0) flaw in the IDs’ chip that makes it easy Monday. lating Google’s policies. Luckily for those and was thus fooled into thinking that the interact with all the traditional apps on your computer while for bad players to impersonate and Reports about the IDs’ security who did install the app, the only thing it spoofed listing was created by the exact wearing a PC-powered headset, but the keyboard could steal the identities of all 760,000 affect- flaw started going around in early did was push ads for other apps. Reddit same developers responsible for the le- also lead to the creation of new VR apps that incorporate ed individuals. That might not sound September. According to the ID pro- users blew the whistle on the app yester- gitimate Google Play Store listing. traditional keyboard input while also extending the amount like a huge number, but that’s half the gram’s managing director, though, day as Google apparently didn’t spot the While the intent of the fake app was of time people spend in VR overall. Needing to access small country’s population. Now, the there are “still no known incidents fake. The spoof used the name “Update to create revenue for the developer by your keyboard while inside VR is such a hurdle that some country has blocked most of its resi- of an Estonian digital ID card being WhatsApp,” and included the WhatsApp posting ads, the same tactic could have manufacturers are designing VR headsets with flip-up dents from accessing all its online ser- misused.” Even so, officials still decid- logo to make it appear as though the been used to steal personal data from displays that make it easier to pop out for a minute to type vices for a weekend, so it can go in and ed to suspend residents’ cards, since phony was an official update to the very the more than one million people who something. and fix the vulnerability. the threat has recently been elevat- popular messaging app. signed up for the app. Nikolaos Chry- The Bridge developers kit works by attaching a Vive All ID cards issued from the begin- ed. Those who were quick enough Using a Unicode “white space,” the saidos, a security researcher at anti-vi- Tracker to a specific spot on the Logitech G gaming ning of the program in October 2014 to authenticate their identities with developer of the fake was able to make rus company Avast, says that this kind keyboard. Logitech will be “seeding 50 of these kits to select to October 25th, 2017 will be frozen the Smart-ID app before their certifi- it appear as though WhatsApp Inc. was of spoofing has been done many times developers with the goal of partnering to create compelling until their owners apply for updated cates were suspended can still use the the developer, copying the developer title before. He mentioned a fake Facebook new experiences centered around a VR keyboard.” certificates with the fix. They can do country’s online services. However, used on the real WhatsApp app. Goog- that was downloaded ten million times. Applications to get one of the kits will be accepted through that online, but the online service kept they still have to act fast: the govern- le does not allow apps that impersonate Google continues to try and rid the Nov. 16, and if interest is great enough they may build crashing over the past week, leading ment is only giving people until March a title or logo. Using the Unicode white Play Store of such fake apps. The bat- additional units later. people to flock to police stations and 2018 to update their certificates. space tricked Google’s computerized tle continues. (Source: Venturebeat) other government offices to get their (Source: BBC) security into thinking that the developer (Source: Motherboard) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 6, 2017 SCIENCE 11 Cold bands of dust surround the Research finds bees also closest star to our Solar System: study have flight preferences Researchers find that honeybees could also be lefties or righties. Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to some kind of asteroid belt as well,” En- Results show that bees still have individual preferences despite our Solar System, may not have just one rique Macías, an astronomer at Boston being incredibly social creatures. planet orbiting around it; the star may University and one of the members of Humans could either be right-handed or left-handed, and host a whole complex planetary system. the study team, tells The Verge. “It’s just other animals such as cats, dogs, and primates also display Astronomers have detected belts of cold debris from the formation of the system. handedness or a preference for sides. A new study by research- dust surrounding Proxima Centauri, in- That’s what we were looking for.” ers from the Queensland Brain Institute of the University of dicating that the star is home to many When observing Proxima Centauri, Queensland shows that honeybees can also be lefties or righties. more objects — such as rocks the size of ALMA detected emissions from a dust As it turns out, some foraging honeybees display a prefer- asteroids and even more planets that we band that extends hundreds of millions of ence for the left side, some for the right side, while others show haven’t seen yet. miles out from the star. no preference for either side. What’s more, these preferences That would mean another complex The combined mass varied from individual to individual, showing interesting charac- planetary system is right next door to us The combined mass of all of the ma- teristics of such social creatures. — cosmically speaking. Located just over terial in the belt is about one-hundredth 4 light-years from Earth, Proxima Centau- that of Earth’s, and the band is incredibly ri is the closest star to Earth apart from cold, around -382 degrees Fahrenheit the Sun. (-230 degrees Celsius). The findings are Last year, astronomers discovered that to be detailed in the Astrophysical Journal a planet roughly the size of Earth orbits Letters. around Proxima Centauri, and it’s locat- And it’s possible that’s not the only ed within the star’s habitable zone — the band around Proxima Centauri. “There area where temperatures are just right seems to be not just one belt, but more for water to pool on a planet’s surface. than one,” says Macías. “Maybe even That makes the world a prime candidate Mars and Jupiter or the Kuiper Belt that form into planets. And the astronomers three regions of dust.” Data from ALMA for studying and even visiting, if we ever orbits beyond Neptune. These bands thought comparable bands might be indicates there may be two other bands send a probe to another star someday. of objects are thought to be leftover around Proxima Centauri too. farther out, but more observations are Around Proxima Centauri remnants from when the Solar System “So we think that whenever there is a needed to confirm that they exist. To gather their findings, researchers presented an individual But astronomers have wondered if formed 4.5 billion years ago that didn’t planet around a star, there’s going to be Finding another complex planetary honeybee with a barrier that has two possible tunnel passages there is even more to discover around When observing Proxima Centauri, the ALMA system so close by may mean that our to go through. At the end of the 120-centimeter tunnels were Proxima Centauri. Using the ALMA tel- galaxy is filled with complex systems like sucrose treats to lure the bees into going through. escope in Chile, a team of researchers telescope detected emissions from a dust band our own. Plus this discovery just makes During the first test, the bees were presented with two tun- wanted to see if they could detect bands that extends hundreds of millions of miles out the Proxima Centauri system even more nels of different sizes, one was narrow while the other was twice of debris, similar to the bands in our So- from the star. tantalizing to researchers. as wide. Interestingly albeit unsurprisingly, the bees chose the lar System like the asteroid belt between (Source: The Verge) wider tunnel 80 percent of the time. This suggests that the bees are able to distinguish which paths are safer and quicker to pass Warm air helped make 2017 ozone hole smallest since 1988 through. (Source: Tech Times) Measurements from satellites this year warmer Antarctic vortex - the strato- showed the hole in Earth’s ozone layer spheric low pressure system that rotates Scientists say robots can that forms over Antarctica each Sep- clockwise in the atmosphere above Ant- be self-aware, just like tember was the smallest observed since arctica. This helped minimize polar strat- 1988, according to scientists from NASA ospheric cloud formation in the lower humans and NOAA. stratosphere. The formation and persis- According to NASA, the ozone hole tence of these clouds are important first In 1974, the American philosopher Thomas Nagel posed the reached its peak extent on Sept. 11, steps leading to the chlorine- and bro- question: What is it like to be a bat? It was the basis of a sem- covering an area about two and a half mine-catalyzed reactions that destroy inal thesis on consciousness that argued consciousness can’t times the size of the United States - 7.6 ozone, scientists said. These Antarctic be described by physical processes in the brain. million square miles in extent - and then conditions resemble those found in the More than 40 years later, advances in artificial intelligence declined through the remainder of Sep- Arctic, where ozone depletion is much and neural understanding are prompting a re-evaluation of tember and into October. less severe. the claim that consciousness is not a physical process and as NOAA ground- and balloon-based Although warmer-than-average strat- such cannot be replicated in robots. measurements also showed the least ospheric weather conditions have re- Cognitive scientists Stanislas Dehaene, Hakwan Lau and amount of ozone depletion above the duced ozone depletion during the past Sid Kouider posited in a review published last week that con- continent during the peak of the ozone two years, the current ozone hole area sciousness is “resolutely computational” and subsequently depletion cycle since 1988. NOAA and is still large because levels of ozone-de- possible in machines. The trio of neuroscientists from the NASA collaborate to monitor the growth pleting substances like chlorine and bro- of chlorine and bromine. These reactions ozone hole to recover back to 1980 lev- Collège de France, University of California and PSL Research and recovery of the ozone hole every mine remain high enough to produce destroy ozone molecules. els around 2070. University respectively addressed the question of whether year. significant ozone loss. Thirty years ago, the internation- Ozone is a molecule comprised of machines will ever be conscious in the journal Science. Weather conditions Scientists said the smaller ozone hole al community signed the Montreal three oxygen atoms that occurs natural- “Centuries of philosophical dualism have led us to consid- The “Antarctic ozone hole was excep- extent in 2016 and 2017 is due to nat- Protocol on Substances that Deplete ly in small amounts. In the stratosphere, er consciousness as irreducible to physical interactions,” the tionally weak this year,” said Paul A. New- ural variability and not a signal of rapid the Ozone Layer and began regulat- roughly 7 to 25 miles above Earth’s sur- researchers state in Science. “(But) the empirical evidence is man, chief scientist for Earth Sciences at healing. ing ozone-depleting compounds. The face, the ozone layer acts like sunscreen, compatible with the possibility that consciousness arises from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Antarctic ozone hole ozone hole over Antarctica is expect- shielding the planet from potentially nothing more than specific computations.” Greenbelt, Maryland. “This is what we First detected in 1985, the Antarctic ed to gradually become less severe as harmful ultraviolet radiation that can The scientists define consciousness as the combination of would expect to see given the weather ozone hole forms during the Southern chlorofluorocarbons — chlorine-con- cause skin cancer and cataracts, sup- two different ways the brain processes information: Selecting conditions in the Antarctic stratosphere.” Hemisphere’s late winter as the return- taining synthetic compounds once fre- press immune systems and also damage information and making it available for computation, and the The smaller ozone hole in 2017 was ing sun’s rays catalyze reactions involv- quently used as refrigerants - continue plants. self-monitoring of these computations to give a subjective strongly influenced by an unstable and ing man-made, chemically active forms to decline. Scientists expect the Antarctic (Source: space.com) sense of certainty — bin other words, self-awareness. “We argue that despite their recent successes, current ma- chines are still mostly implementing computations that reflect unconscious processing in the human brain,” the review’s ab- SARMAD Insurance Co.’s Solvency Stands at 1st Rank for 3rd Consecutive Year stract states. As licensed and approved by the Central strength and solvency of insurance insti- of which has always been approved by risks that are threatened financially, etc. “We review the psychological and neural science of un- Insurance of Iran (CII), financial strength tutions (No. 69) and according to the the Board of Directors, managing direc- The insurance institutions, according conscious and conscious computations and outline how they and solvency of SARMAD Insurance study made, the proportion of financial tor, deputies and senior management of to the Article 6 of regulations, will sub- may inspire novel machine architectures.” Company stood at first rank for the 3rd strength and solvency of SARMAD In- the company. mit the viewpoint of legal auditor to the (Source: Newsweek) consecutive year, the Public Relations surance Company was approved by CII The basis for the calculation of sol- Central Insurance of Iran (CII) for final Department of the company reported. for the fiscal year closing on March 20, vency will be as follows: the data envi- approval. The text of letter issued by CII is read 2017.” sioned in financial statements account- After the evaluation of CII, the case of Beluga whale learns to as follows: “In line with implementation Exertion of accurate risk manage- ed, approvals at the general assemblies solvency will be announced by CII to the of Article 6 of Regulations on the Way of ment is one of the main objectives of and insurance institutions, provisions of relevant insurance company, the report ‘talk’ to pod of bottlenose Calculating and Supervising the financial SARMAD Insurance Company, the issue Regulations No. 69, determination of the concluded. dolphins A beluga whale living in captivity with a pod of bottlenose dolphins has learned their language of whistles and clicks, Official Expounds on Terms and Condition for Using South Korea’s “Finance” and “Re-Finance” scientists believe. Deputy International Investment and Financing Exim Bank of South Korea and also conclusion of The four-year-old whale was moved to live with dolphins Department of Export Development Bank of Iran contract, worth 25 million euro with ECO Bank of in the Koktebel dolphinarium in Crimea, in 2013 but initially (EDBI) Dariush Yousefi attended in Iran and South Turkey are of salient achievements inked in recent struggled to communicate with her new tank mates. Korean Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mine months.” However within just a few months, she had begun to copy and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and said: “The bank has In addition, talks are underway with Mir Business their whistles in clicks. received $100 million worth of short-term credit Bank, Promsvyaz Bank, Sber Bank Gazprom, EXIM Scientists think it could be the first example of an animal line and also $8 billion worth of mid- and long-term Bank of Russia, Germany’s EIH Bank and Seoul Bank changing its vocalizations in an attempt to ‘talk’ to another credit line from Exim Bank of South Korea.” Mellat (PLC), Exim Bank of Hungary, Exim Bank of species. He first expounded on the achievements gained Romania and also Exim Bank of Turkey. “Two months after the beluga’s introduction into a new in the country in the field of receiving financial re- In the end, Yousefi pointed to the terms and con- facility, we found that it began to imitate whistles of the dol- sources and credit-based lines from various coun- ditions for using “refinance” and said: “According to phins, whereas one type of its own calls seemed to disap- tries and said: “Conclusion of contract, worth 25 the recent policies taken by the Central Bank of Iran (6-monthr refinance) and raw materials required by pear,” said researcher Elena Panaova, of the Russian Academy million euro, with Paris branch of TEJARAT Bank, (CBI), refinance facilities for financing and import- the industrial and production units (yearlong refi- of Sciences in Moscow. opening a credit line, worth $100 million, from ing staples, medicine, drug and medical equipment nance) can be used.” “While the imitations of dolphin whistles were regularly detected among the beluga’s vocalizations, we found only one case in which the dolphins produced short calls that re- sembled those of the beluga. AYANDEH Bank Wins ISO 10015 Intl. Training Management Standard Certificate Dolphins have signature whistles, like names, which they AYANDEH Bank managed to receive In line with implementation of au- international training management cer- considered as salient achievements use to call to each other. After just a few months the beluga ISO 10015 international training man- diting process of this system, main tificate was received by the bank from behind deployment of the said stand- had stopped using its own contact calls and switched to dol- agement standard certificate in March training processes including feasibil- authentic body based in Germany. ard at the bank. phin signatures. 2017 in line with observing require- ity studies, planning, implementing Clarifying, crystalizing and improv- Relying upon the assistance of the The researchers have so far recorded more than 90 hours ments of European Foundation for courses, effective assessment of train- ing the training processes, revising Almighty God, effective steps will be of audio, where the whale communicates like the dolphins. Quality Management (EFQM) and with ing, monitoring and improving these specialized documentations, provid- taken by the bank in line with material- Beluga whales are highly intelligent and have been known the aim of improving and streamlining processes were evaluated, the report ing the training manual, compiling izing objectives of EFQM and relevant to imitate people, other animals and other sounds they hear. the training processes, the Public Rela- added. the model of competence and finally, standards, the Public Relations Dept. However, researchers say the beluga’s dolphin-like sounds tions Dept. of the bank reported. Given the above issue, ISO 10015 gaining customers’ satisfaction are of the bank concluded. are more interesting because she has given speaking ‘beluga’ to fit in with the group. (Source: The Telegraph) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 12 SOCIETY NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Single Iranian women can Tehran Municipality to launch file for adoption

SOCIETY ‘clean air’ transportation initiative TEHRAN — Iran’s Welfare Organization has deskeased adoption laws as baby girls are now ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — Levying proposed by the municipality the BRT line available for adoption for single women aged 30 and over. desk As per a law adopted in 2013 three groups can file for road tax, setting up 7 which links southern Tehran to North- adoption, first parents with no child at all, women age over light rail transit (LRT) and expanding ern part of the city might turn into LRT. 30 who choose to stay single and parents who have child subway lines are the main parts of On the subject of Tehran subway sys- or children of their own but prefer to adopt a child as well, an initiative Tehran Municipality has tem Pourseyyed explained that in addi- Mohammad Nafariyeh, an official with Iran’s Welfare Organi- launched to address air pollution and tion to the current 7 operational subway zation said, YJC reported. traffic congestion in the capital. lines some 15 more lines must be con- But as the parents with “The best way to reduce traffic con- structed in the city. no child have priority over gestion is to use public transportation; Five of the subway lines stretching over single women the process but first we need to provide the neces- 194 kilometers are fully operational and might take longer than nor- sary infrastructure and also find ways to with lines 6 and 7 completion the subway mal, Nafariyeh added. convince the public to use public transit,” lines length reach 240 kilometers, he said. Not having any criminal deputy mayor for traffic and transport af- However, he highlighted, “we need to records, being physically fairs told Khabaronline. work out a plan to fund subway devel- and mentally healthy, finan- “We need to legally levy tax on the opment projects”; for one currently the cially self-sufficient, and - re streets of the capital so that the users completion and maintenance of the 7 ligious are of the terms and would prefer to take public transport subway lines costs some 220 trillion rials conditions that single wom- as it seems more reasonable,” Mohsen (nearly $5.5 billion). en should meet to adopt a Pourseyyed-Aqaei said. Tehran’s population stands at some child, he explained. “This scheme can even replace traffic 9 million. Moreover, according to Iran’s Most single women are restricted zone scheme which is proved 2016 National Population and Housing looking for baby girls aging to be ineffective as many choose not to Census from Iranian calendar year 1390 5 to 6 or in some cases 16, the official said, adding, some live in downtown because they cannot to 1395 (March 2011-March 2017), Teh- even file for children suffering health conditions. use their cars,” he added. ran province hosted over 20 percent, Adoption social workers will visit the adopted children Bus rapid transit (BRT) is also a good equaling 951,248 persons, of people who twice a year to ensure their safety and good living conditions, transportation facility but has some opt for internal migration. he pointed. shortcomings, he noted, adding, the The city is full up to bursting. The great said that “instead of investing on devel- set up LRT which costs three to four times He further explained that in case a single women who number of buses and their capacity number of cars in the city and the ineffi- oping subway lines which is one of the less than subway lines.” has previously adopted a child decide to marry the Welfare should increase. cient and insufficient public transport is costliest railway systems we could have He further said that as per a project Organization will do a thorough background check on the Elsewhere in his remarks Pourseyyed exacerbating air pollution. adoptive father-to-be. Roudsar leopard released back to wild Eco-friendly magazine ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — A Persian leopard that found in the world, the rare Persian leopard is one of deskhad been severely injured by getting the largest. being printed on stone caught in snare in February was fully recovered and re- Persian leopard is listed as Endangered on the leased back to wild on Sunday. IUCN Red List; the population was estimated at fewer paper, sold by bike On February 5, Arezoo which is named after her than 871-1,290 mature individuals in 2008 and con- ENVIRONMENT TEHRAN — ‘Gilgamesh magazine’ habitat in Roudsar, northern Gilan province, was sidered declining. deskis an Iranian eco-friendly quarterly found while suffering from serious damages by get- Leopards are the most adaptable of the big cats publication which is being printed on stone paper and ting caught in snare. and unlike other big cats, leopards do not seem to distributed by bike. The animal was transferred to Tehran. Given the ex- mind living alongside people. In Iran, many areas of Paper hasn’t always had the best reputation. In fact, tent of the damages the vets had two choices: medical their natural habitats are fragmented and turned into it is the largest component of solid waste in landfills and euthanasia or spinal surgery. agricultural fields. it uses up vast quantities Finally, three days later the 4-year-old leopard under- In Roudsar some leopards stick around villages and of trees. In an effort to gone surgery and 7 days later restored the ability to walk adjust their behavior to live as best as the can under preserve the environment again. Now after spending eight months in a zoo in the to its habitat once again. the circumstances. But some of them move toward bitter some companies are eval- north-central city of Qazvin, Arezoo was released back Of the eight recognized subspecies of leopard circumstances unconsciously. uating their current pro- cesses and making some changes by using stone paper. Thousands of Stone paper is 100 per- cent recyclable and com- postable, reduces the toxic jellyfish wash levels in garbage dumps, does not require trees dur- ing its production, does up on Australia not require water at its pro- duction, and it requires 50 percent less energy to produce one ton of stone paper beach compared to regular pulp paper. Moreover, concurrent with the 98th week of the car- Last week thousands of jellyfish known as free Tuesday (a public spearheaded campaign encourag- Portuguese man o’ wars, or bluebottles, washed ing people not to use their cars on Tuesdays to create a onto shore in New South Wales. The phenomenon culture of using alternative transportation including bik- is likely due to warming waters, and if you plan to ing, walking, carpooling, and taking public transportation) visit the world down under in upcoming months the Gilgamesh magazine began to distribute its publica- you may witness it for yourself. tions by bike. The scene was discovered by 45-year-old Therefore, in order to tackle air pollution, Gilgamesh Brett Wallensky and his partner Claudia as they quarterly magazine introduces the culture, tourism, histo- went for a walk along a beach. According to ry, and environment of Iran via Gilgamesh bikes through- Wallenskey, the sight was “the stuff of nightmares,” out Tehran. National Geographic reported. “There must have Gilgamesh is named after the hero of the ancient epic been thousands of them beached and they were poem from Mesopotamia of the same name with various all alive and wriggling,” said Wallensky, according sections of geography, Iranology, lifestyle, art, mythology, to StoryTrender. “It was just horrible to look at environment, and history. them wriggling around and trying to sting you. If you fell in there and got that many stings all over you I can’t imagine you would survive.” LEARN ENGLISH Although it’s not entirely clear how so many of the poisonous creatures wound up alive stranded The Office - Cut It Out on the beach, Christie Wilcox, a marine biologist at the University of Hawai?i at M?noa, told Gizmodo Ed: Hey, Mary, can you cut that out? that it was likely a combination of increased jellyfish Mary: Cut what out I’m not doing anything. populations due to warmer waters combined with Ed: The tapping of your pen on your desk. It’s driving me crazy. an ideal beach setting for the jellyfish to become Mary: Fine! By the way would you mind not slurping your washed upon shore. coffee every time you have a cup! “It looks like the location happens to be a place Ed: I don’t slurp my coffee. And plus, how can you hear it where debris pushed ashore clumps together when you’re shouting into your phone all the time? naturally (like how some places on a beach get Mary: You’ve got to be kidding me! You’re complaining mats of seaweed while others are clear),” Wilcox about me talking on the phone when you go out for a told Gizmodo. cigarette break ten times a day to shoot the breeze? As for the sheer number of jellyfish, past reports Ed: Look, we have a lot of accumulated anger from working have indicated that the quantity may be a side effect in these conditions, and it’s probably okay to let off steam of the warming waters off the coast of Australia. once in a while but, it’s probably not a good idea to keep it According to The Guardian, jellyfish particularly thrive up I’m willing to forgive and forget and if you are. in harsh conditions. While other ocean creatures may Mary: Fine. Let’s call a truce. I’ll try to more considerate and suffer due to rising oceans temperatures caused by to keep the noise down climate change, the jellyfish rapidly reproduce. This Ed: Yeah, I’ll try to do the same. leads to overpopulation of jellyfish, which some experts Key Vocabulary warn could worsen. This problem isn’t isolated; it’s also cut that out: tell sb to stop been recently documented in Texas to England. slurp: eat or drink (something) noisily This particular type of jellyfish is poisonous, You’ve got to be kidding me: you must be making jokes with me although not as venomous as the Atlantic shoot the breeze: chat Portuguese Man-o-War, The Sydney Morning accumulated: gathered Herald reported. A single sting from a bluebottle let off steam: to release excess energy, emotion etc. likely won’t do much more harm beyond great keep up: carry on discomfort. Still, as Wallensky noted, there’s forgive and forget: stop feeling anger and decide to let it go no saying what could happen if one were to call a truce: stop fighting unfortunately find themselves among thousands considerate: thinking about the feelings of other people of the venomous creatures. (Source: irlanguage.com) (Source: Newsweek) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 6, 2017 WORLD IN FOCUS 13

Saudi royal family forms committee, Hezbollah leader says Hariri’s resignation to be arrests princes, and ministers ‘Saudi madness’ Dozens of princes, ministers and former least 11 princes, four current ministers 1 “What happened was Saudi madness and we’ll wait and ministers have been detained by the and several former ministers had been see what happens over the next few days,” Nasrallah said. Nas- House of Saud regime’s Anti-Corruption detained in the anti-corruption probe. rallah added that he “doesn’t expect war in the near future, but Committee. Saudi regime authorities have not the next war will be fateful and will decide the balance.” According to Al Arabiya TV on confirmed the names of those detained. Saturday, the committee, headed by However, 14 former and current Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ministers, officials and businessmen were (MBS), was formed by royal decree mentioned on social media as being earlier in the day. The report added that among those held. four current ministers were also arrested According to Al Arabiya, the new as part of the so-called anti-corruption committee, which is headed by Crown efforts. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is looking Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a billionaire into the 2009 floods that devastated parts businessman who owns investment firm of Jeddah, as well as the government›s Kingdom Holding, was among those response to the Middle East Respiratory held, according Saudi regime media and Syndrome (MERS) virus outbreak. Reuters news agency, citing an unnamed King Salman issued a statement senior official. saying that the committee shall Meanwhile, the Saudi regime has “identify offences, crimes and persons Hariri declared his resignation during a speech in the Sau- dismissed several senior ministers, and entities involved in cases of public di capital city of Riyadh. He also stated that he senses a con- including those in charge of the kingdom’s replaced by his deputy Mohammed al- crown prince. corruption”. spiracy to assassinate him. National Guard, economy, and planning. Tuwaijri, and National Guard Chief Prince The cabinet shift corresponds with a The committee also has the power to According to Saudi regime newspaper Asharq AL-awsat, A Saudi regime aviation source also Meteb bin Abdullah, who was replaced “pattern of accelerated change” which issue arrest warrants, travel bans, disclose Western intelligence officials warned Hariri about an attempt noted that security forces had grounded by Khaled bin Ayyaf. began with Mohammed bin Salman and freeze accounts and portfolios, to assassinate him. However, the Lebanese Army stated that private jets in Jeddah to stop any high- The changes happen just months after becoming heir to the Saudi regime track funds and assets, and “prevent no evidence of an assassination attempt against the Prime profile figures from departing the the House of Saud regime King Salman throne, said economic analyst Ian Black. their remittance or transfer by persons Minister or any other political figure has been found. country. bin Abdulaziz Al Saud substituted his Anti-corruption probe and entities, whatever they might be”, (Source: agencies) Those dismissed on Saturday include nephew Mohammed bin Nayef with Elsewhere, Saudi regime-owned Al according to the statement. Economy Minister Adel Fakeih, who was his son Mohammed bin Salman as the Arabiya news channel reported that at (Source: agencies) Britain must recognize Ex-Catalan leader turns self in to Belgian police Palestine as a state: Corbyn Sacked by Spanish authorities, ex-Catalan leader majority in the December 21 regional elections, calling Citizens-Party and the center-left Socialist Party, would Carles Puigdemont has turned himself in to Belgian into question the political future of the secessionist bid. respectively take second and third place. Britain must recognize Palestine as a state, British Labour police after a European Union-wide arrest warrant Spain called the vote following the dissolution of the Following the October 1 referendum, Puigdemont leader Jeremy Corbyn says, criticizing the British government was issued. Catalan government for its secession declaration. has declared and suspended Catalonia›s separation for celebrating the 100-year anniversary of a document that Four other cabinet members also turned themselves Pro-secession parties would win roughly 46 percent from Spain and unsuccessfully called for dialogue with paved the way for Israel’s creation. in on Sunday, according to the Belgian prosecutor›s of the vote, according to Madrid-based pollster GAD3. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. Corbyn attended a pro-Palestinian rally in London on Satur- office. The five were are due to appear in courton This would mean a loss of 1.8 percent since the last The dismissed Catalan government said that 90 day, two days after refusing to take part in a series of events held Sunday when an investigative judge will decide whether regional elections in 2015. percent of voters chose independence, though turnout by Prime Minister Theresa May to commemorate the centenary to detain or release them. The poll was published on Sunday in La Vanguardia, was less than 50 percent. of the 1917 Balfour Declaration, a short 67-word letter named The arrest warrant, which Puigdemont is expected to a Catalan daily. The Catalan parliament has voted to secede and the after then British Foreign Minister Arthur James Balfour. contest, was issued on Friday. He was wanted by Madrid Secessionist parties would win between 66 and 69 Spanish government has stripped the breakaway region Speaking before a crowd of thousands, Corbyn said the for lying and disobedience. seats in the Catalan parliament. An absolute majority of its government through the never-before-used Article right way to mark the centenary was for the British govern- Puigdemont earlier told Belgian media he did not would require 68 seats in the 135-seat body. 155 of the constitution. ment to unilaterally recognize Palestine as a state. flee Spain, but travelled to Brussels to avoid violence. While Puigdemont has reiterated calls for elections, There are currently eight former Catalan government “We must increase international pressure for an end to the “Violence has never been an option for us,” he had said. his Democratic Party of Catalonia (PDC) is predicted to ministers being held without bail on charges of sedition, 50-year occupation of the Palestinian territories, illegal settlement Catalonia has been in political upheaval since come in fourth place. The Republican Left of Catalonia rebellion and misuse of funds. expansion and, of course, the blockade of Gaza,” he added. October 1, when the region held a disputed referendum party, headed by Oriol Junqueras, would come first. Puigdemont and several other ministers who were Thousands of people demand British PM Theresa May offers on secession from Spain. Junqueras was dismissed as vice president of Catalonia called to testify in front of the same Spanish judge who an apology on Britain’s behalf for supporting the creation of Israel. Sunday›s developments came as a poll showed in October. sent the eight ministers to prison remain in Brussels. Arguing that lasting peace in the Middle East was only Catalan separatist parties might fall short of an absolute Pro-union parties, such as the right-wing populist (Source: Al Jazeera) possible through a “negotiated settlement” to the Israe- li-Palestinian conflict, Corbyn said the world had a “special responsibility to the Palestinian people who are still denied NYU faculty ends ties with UAE Six killed, 12 injured in Iraq’s their basic rights.” The protesters gathered outside the United States em- over sectarianism claims twin bomb attacks bassy in London before marching towards Trafalgar Square, New York University’s journalism de- rejected due to his religious sect, An Iraqi security official says at least Following the vote, Baghdad calling on the British government to apologize for Balfour partment has voted to end its relation- something professors are required six people have lost their lives when imposed a ban on direct international Declaration, which they blasted as a “historic crime.” ship with its campus in the United Arab to state on forms issued by NYU and twin bomb attacks targeted the flights to the Kurdish region and They held signs reading “Free Palestine” and Justice for Emirates (UAE) following allegations the UAE. country’s oil-rich northern city of called for a halt to its independent Palestine,” while chanting, “Free, Free Palestine” and “Occu- two professors were denied visas be- “It is usually easy for American cit- Kirkuk. crude oil sales. pation no more.” cause of their religious affiliation. izens to get a work visa for the UAE. The official, speaking on condition There has been no immediate They also condemned as an open insult the government’s NYU’s Arthur L Carter Journalism Why was I denied?” he wrote. of anonymity, said the attacks had left claims of responsibility for Sunday’s invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Institute said it would discontinue its NYU’s Gallatin School of Individual- a dozen others wounded. deadly attacks yet, but such assaults ahead of the event. relationship with NYU Abu Dhabi (NYU- ized Studies also urged its faculty not to The attackers struck near a former bear the hallmarks of those carried Netanyahu attended a banquet that May had planned for AD) amid claims journalism professor teach or participate at the Abu Dhabi police station used by member of out by the Islamic State in Iraq and the the occasion in London on Thursday night. Mohamad Bazzi, a Lebanese-born campus in a resolution passed earlier the pro-government Saraya al-Salam Levant (ISIL/Daesh) Takfiri terrorists. Speaking on the Balfour Declaration’s centenary, May said Shia, and Arang Keshavarzian, an Irani- this week. (Peace Brigades), a group formed by Latest figures released by the United her country takes pride in the role it played 100 years ago in an-born politics professor, were denied Crackdown on academic freedom Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, on Nations show that acts of terrorism and creating Israel. visas because of their “Shia origins”. The UAE has increasingly cracked Atlas Street in central Kirkuk, located violence left more than one hundred (Source: agencies) In a letter to NYU President Andrew down on academic freedom and other 238 kilometers (148 miles) north of the people dead in Iraq in October as Iraqi Hamilton, 17 academic staff said if the liberties, since protests swept through capital Baghdad. forces were trying to expel ISIL terrorist professors were denied visas due to the region after 2011’s Islamic Awaken- The first attacker blew up an from their last bastions in the country. Scores killed in ISIL car their religious beliefs, it would pose a ing (Arab Spring) protests. explosives-rigged car, followed by the According to the United Nations “significant threat to academic freedom Earlier this year, Nasser bin Ghaith, second, who used an explosive belt, Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), bomb attack in Deir Az Zor on that campus”. a prominent academic, was sentenced the official added. a total of 114 Iraqi civilians lost their “Since a member of our faculty has to 10 years in prison over a series of Iraqi security forces, backed by lives and 244 others were injured At least 75 people, including women and children, have been been prohibited from teaching at NYU tweets critical of governments across fighters from Popular Mobilization last month. killed in a car bomb planted by the Islamic State in Iraq and Abu Dhabi, the Carter Journalism In- the Arab states. Units (PMU/Hashd al-Sha’abi), in mid- The worst-affected area, with the the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group in eastern Syria, ac- stitute is not prepared to continue its Bin Ghaith was arrested and forcibly October seized Kirkuk province from highest number of casualties, was the cording to a monitoring group. relationship with NYUAD,” the depart- disappeared in August 2015 over what Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the wake capital province of Baghdad, where ment said. Amnesty International said was an un- of a Kurdish secession vote. violence took the lives of 39 civilians In a New York Times op-ed in Sep- fair trial. The referendum on the secession and left 139 others wounded. tember, Bazzi detailed his experiences In the summer of 2012, Matt Duffy, of the Kurdistan region was held The troubled western province of at NYUAD, saying he experienced dis- a journalism professor at Zayed Univer- on September 25 despite strong Anbar saw 36 deaths and 55 injuries. crimination while teaching there during sity in Abu Dhabi, was also fired and opposition from Iraqi authorities, the Eighteen people also died and 33 month-long courses in January 2012 forced to flee after he criticized media international community, and Iraq’s others were wounded in Iraq’s oil-rich and 2013. restrictions in the country. neighboring countries, especially northern province of Kirkuk. He suggested his application was (Source: Al Jazeera) Turkey and Iran. (Source: Press TV)

Thousands of anti-Trump protesters rally in 22 U.S. cities Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thousands of protesters have marched in over 20 cities entering the U.S., failure to condemn white supremacists, on Sunday that more than 140 people were also injured in across the United States to denounce the policies of the ignoring the plight of hurricane-hit Puerto Ricans, and fail- Sunday›s attack in the suburbs of Deir Az Zor. U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration. ure to fulfill his campaign promises. The Observatory said that members of the United States- The organizers of the protest, a group known as Re- A majority of Americans say Trump has not accom- backed Syrian Democratic Forces were also killed in the at- fuse Fascism, called for millions to take to the streets on plished much during his first nine months in office, accord- tack that comes days after the eastern city was reportedly Saturday in an effort to remove the Trump administration ing to a new Washington Post-ABC News survey. captured by the Syrian army. from power. Fewer than 4 in 10 Americans, or 37 percent, say they Those that were targeted in the attack were likely fleeing the In Los Angeles, roughly 400 demonstrators staged a approve of the way he is handling his job, the survey found. fighting that had recently taken place in the city of Deir Az Zor. rally to condemn the administration’s racist and divisive The president’s disapproval rating has reached 59 percent, The city had almost been entirely controlled by ISIL since policies. with 50 percent saying they strongly disapprove of the job 2014. It is the main city of the oil-rich province of the same name. In New York City, hundreds took to the streets for similar he is doing, the worst marks of his presidency, although his The campaign to retake the city began in September anti-Trump protests that were largely peaceful. approval rating has changed little over the past four months. when Syrian forces managed to break the three-year siege. In Chicago, over 100 protesters marched to Trump Tow- ies until their demand is met, which is the removal of Trump has an approval rating noticeably lower than any On Friday, the Syrian army announced through state media er on Saturday, some of them carrying signs which read Trump’s “regime.” previous chief executive at this point in his presidency over it had completely recaptured the city from the terrorist group. ‘The Trump/Pence Regime MUST GO!’ Numerous protests have taken place across the U.S. seven decades of polling. According to the Observatory, ISIL still controls about 40 Other demonstrations were held in at least 22 cities, in- since the inauguration of Trump in January. He is the only president dating back to Harry Truman percent of Deir Az Zor province. cluding Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Atlanta, Austin, Hon- Hundreds of Americans have staged a rally in New York -- the 33rd president of the United States from 1945 until The Syrian government forces have been backed by Rus- olulu, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis and Philadelphia. to denounce the U.S. president’s racist approach. 1953 -- whose approval rating at this point in his presiden- sian air raids since September 2015, helping to turn the tide Refuse Fascism vowed earlier this week to continue Trump has been condemned at home and abroad for cy is net negative — by 22 points. in the war against ISIL and other armed groups. the protests “day and night” in nearly two-dozen cit- his measures, including a ban on Muslim travelers from (Source: Press TV) (Source: Al Jazeera) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y 14 WORLD SPORTS NOVEMBER 6, 2017 Messi reaches personal Bilic not ´a broken man´ as Moyes waits in the wings milestone with Barca West Ham are reportedly lining up David Moyes as their Lionel Messi joins the likes of Ryan Giggs, Francesco Totti new manager, but Slaven Bilic says he is not giving up and Paolo Maldini to have played at least 600 games for on his job, despite Saturday’s humbling defeat to Liv- one club. erpool. Messi made his landmark appearance for Barcelona The Reds came away with a 4-1 victory from the London against Sevilla on Saturday night. Stadium, leaving Bilic’s job prospects hanging by a thread The Catalan club helped their Argentine superstar with the Hammers on a four-match losing streak and sat celebrate the occasion by winning 2-1 - with Paco Al- 17th. cacer bagging a brace. Messi is the third player to notch Multiple reports following the game have suggested that up 600 outings for Barca with midfield duo Xavi and An- it will be Bilic’s last in charge and Moyes will be drafted in until dreas Iniesta also reaching the incredible tally. the end of the season. Xavi, who now plays for Qatari side Al Sadd, is the Moyes suffered relegation from the top-flight last season all-time record appearance maker at the Nou Camp with Sunderland. with 767 games under his belt, while current ace Iniesta But Bilic struck a defiant tone in his post-match press played in a Barca shirt for a 643rd time on Saturday. conference, backing himself as the man to turn West Ham Boss Ernesto Valverde said of the record at his press around. conference before the match: “It’s barbaric! To reach 600 “There are two situations,” he said. games with the same club, with all the goals he’s scored, “One, of course I believe in myself, my staff and my team the assists, the brilliance, it’s extraordinary. and my character, I have had a long time in football. I came “You run out of adjectives to describe his journey. It so far from a small country first as a player and then a man- shows his importance to this club. It’s not just the 600 ger. I am big fighter and all that. games - it’s how he’s played in those 600 games which “And I definitely don’t feel a broken man. I am very strong. show what Messi means.” “On the other hand, the situation for West Ham is not Messi made his debut for Blaugrana in 2004, when good and as I said, two years ago, one year ago and now, the Frank Rijkaard brought him off the bench to replace Por- club is above every individual and that includes me.” tuguese midfielder Deco against Espanyol. (Source: Soccerway) Since then, the 30-year-old has scored a club record 523 times and won 425 matches for Barca. convincing and Messi wants fresh faces added to the keen to be on the plane to Russia. Messi has played his part in eight La Liga titles, five squad. News of Alcacer’s impending departure might be a Copa del Reys, six Spanish Super Cups, a trio of UEFA Spanish news outlet Don Balon say the Argentine su- boost to Messi. Alli out of England squad Super Cups, three FIFA Club World Cup triumphs and perstar has got his wish - but Barca need to lighten their Reports have suggested the influential forward has four Champions Leagues. wage bill first. told Valverde that his style is incompatible with Alcacer. Tottenham star Dele Alli has been withdrawn from the Eng- On a personal note, he also has an Olympic gold One face out of the door once the transfer window Don Balon say Andre Gomes is also set to be offload- land squad with a hamstring injury. medal, five Ballon d’Ors and over 100 offer awards and opens could be Paco Alcacer. ed. Alli was left out of the Spurs squad to face Crystal Pal- gongs. Don Balon say the Spain international is happy to The Portuguese has underwhelmed since joining the ace at Wembley yesterday and the Football Association soon Messi convinces Barcelona to sell stars pack his bags in the New Year in search of first-team club from Valencia and might be moved on. confirmed that he had been withdrawn from Gareth South- Messi has convinced Ernesto Valverde to clear out football. Barca were desperate to sign Liverpool star Coutinho gate’s party for friendlies against Germany and Brazil. dead wood and sign Philippe Coutinho in January. The 24-year-old is a peripheral figure at the Nou in the summer. The 21-year-old will now be battling to prove his fitness The Catalans sit top of the pile in La Liga after an Camp and his lack of game time is damaging his inten- Don Balon reckon Barca remain firmly in the hunt for to Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino ahead of Tottenham’s first impressive start to the campaign. tional prospects. the Brazilian and will set up their chase in January. game after the international break, the north London derby However, their performances haven’t always been He’s been capped 13 times for his homeland and is (Source: Daily Star) away to Arsenal. Speaking ahead of this afternoon’s match against Palace Pochettino confirmed Alli’s injury had been “minor” but did Rummenigge: Sanchez has already Villa’s John Terry confirms broken not offer a timescale for when the midfielder would be back decided his next club bone in foot in the squad. Alli’s absence will be a frustrating blow for England boss Southgate, who had to do without the attacking midfielder for the World Cup qualifier against Slovenia due to a Fifa-im- posed suspension. The FA have not confirmed a replacement for Alli. (Source: Mirror)

Graf backs Williams to break Court’s record

Serena Williams can “absolutely” surpass Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 grand slam singles titles if the American returns to tennis after giving birth earlier this year, former world number one Steffi Graf said on Sunday. Williams has not competed since winning the Australian Open in January but the 36-year-old posted several videos on social media showing her hitting balls during her preg- nancy. Williams was about two months pregnant when she cap- tured her 23rd grand slam singles title in Melbourne, one Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Sanchez has already decided for a club, John Terry broke a bone in his foot three months with a broken bone in his short of the all-time record held by Australian Court. Rummenigge says Alexis Sanchez has so I suppose that the door will be closed during Aston Villa’s defeat to Sheffield foot. “Absolutely, yes,” Graf told fans and reporters ahead of already decided to join another club in in January. Wednesday on Saturday, the defender “It was one of those difficult after- Sunday’s WTA Elite Trophy singles final in Zhuhai. January, amid speculation suggesting “That’s not an issue, and he is no di- confirmed. noons,” he said. “I have to say they “I think a lot of it is determined on her drive and if that is the Arsenal forward will finally complete rect substitute for Robert Lewandowski, Terry, 36, limped out of the game scored two wonderful goals. We can what she wants to do.” a move to Manchester City. as he is not a real center-forward.” midway through the first half and was always pick holes defensively but it Graf won 22 grand slam singles titles which was eclipsed City attempted to buy Sanchez - Much has been made of Bayern’s ap- taken to hospital, where he learned he was always going to be a mountain by Williams in January. whose contract expires at the end of the parent lack of depth in attack, with an broke his fifth metatarsal. to climb. Williams told Vogue magazine in August about her 2017-18 season - in the previous trans- injury to Thomas Muller meaning back- Terry posted a photo of his foot in “I took a gamble with Robert ‘outrageous plan’ to defend her title in Australia, where fer window, only to be rebuffed by their up for Lewandowski is currently in short a boot on Instagram, writing: “Devas- Snodgrass who played with bro- the year’s first grand slam will be played from Jan. 15- Premier League rivals. supply tated is an understatement to how I’m ken ribs. He wanted to play but it 28. Arsene Wenger said this week he ex- “The possibilities [to bring in an ad- feeling tonight. backfired and I should have known “It sounds from what I hear that she is looking to come pects the Chile forward to remain with ditional forward] will be limited,” Rum- “I have just had the news that I have better. back to tennis and, you know, everything that she has Arsenal, stating: “You say everybody menigge added. broken my fifth metatarsal. I will be do- “We then lost Terry which was a tre- shown over her career just makes you believe that if she thinks City will come in for Alexis – I am “If you have a good player, you will ing everything I can to get back fit as mendous blow. The loss of key players has that in her sights then she will go after it and achieve part of everybody and I don’t think he not give it up just for a huge amount of soon as possible.” is critical to all of us, especially when it is it,” Graf said. will go.” money. We will not be ready to spend Villa boss Steve Bruce could not hide someone like John Terry. (Source: Reuters) However, in ruling out a Bayern horrendous money on a transfer. But his disappointment following Aston Vil- “Fitness-wise John was in good nick. move for the player, Rummenigge sug- maybe there is a good candidate who la’s surprise 2-1 home defeat. Let’s hope the injury is not so bad and gested Sanchez had already chosen his does not cost a lot of money and makes Bruce’s dismay was compound- he will be out for six weeks and not 12 next destination. sense.” ed with the news that former England weeks.” Suarez is a killer – Valverde Rummenigge told Sky: “I think (Source: Four Four Two) skipper John Terry will be out for up to (Source: Soccernet) backs forward

Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde labelled Luis Suarez “a kill- er” and he can see good signs from the out-of-form forward. Alves: I was hypnotized by the idea of working with Pep again Suarez has scored just three LaLiga goals in eight games The Brazilian right-back lifted six La Liga titles and three “I had already taken the decision to join Juventus and again failed to net on Saturday, but Barca still claimed a Champions Leagues during a trophy-laden eight sea- without looking around first and it kind of harmed some 2-1 win over Sevilla at Camp Nou. sons at Barcelona before spending the 2016/17 cam- people close to me. It wasn’t very easy to find a flight Even with the Uruguay international below his best, paign with Juventus, with whom he won the Double and from Turin to see my kids in Barcelona. For my partner it Valverde’s men are four points clear at the top – and 11 reached a fourth European Cup final. was also harder to find work – there were not as many points ahead of rivals Real Madrid, who host Las Palmas Alves was widely expected to continue his insatiable job opportunities for her in Turin. on Sunday. quest for silverware at the Etihad Stadium this season by “There were lots of things to consider, and they Despite getting few goals from the 30-year-old, Valverde reuniting with his former Camp Nou coach Pep Guar- drove me to PSG. Guardiola was the main reason, said there were positives to take from Suarez’s recent dis- diola. above all others, that I was considering going to play plays. But the 34-year-old relocated to the French capital for Manchester City. In the end, there was an oppor- “We talk a lot about Suarez lately, but I’m pleased to have instead – teaming up with fellow countrymen Neymar, tunity to join some very good friends at PSG, in an him because of how he works and all the things he gives us,” Thiago Silva, Marquinhos and Lucas Moura – and admits incredible city and at a club that has great potential. he said. he had to put his family and friends first when choosing I know I can help to add some positive things to this “He is a killer. between Paris and Manchester. club that go beyond football. “Despite the fact he’s not scoring lately, he always has Speaking exclusively in the December 2017 issue of “It made more sense for me to pick Paris over Man- chances, [against Sevilla] too. And that is a good sign.” FourFourTwo magazine, he says: “It was a combination “Sure, I was hypnotized by the idea of working chester on this occasion, but I don’t hide my admiration Barca return to action after the international break with a of a few factors. I have many friends at PSG, my partner with Pep Guardiola once more. I was hypnotized by it for Pep and my will to play in the Premier League in the trip to Leganes on November 18. had lived in Paris and she adores the city, and the club and not looking around me at all of the other options future.” (Source: Guardian) has huge ambition to evolve and get bigger. available. (Source: Four Four Two) I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y NOVEMBER 6, 2017 SPORTS 15 Carlos Queiroz names 26-man Iran’s women third in squad for Austria camp Sepak Takraw World Cup TASNIM — Iran came third in the ISTAF World Cup Sepak SPORTS Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has named a 26-man Takraw Championship at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium desk squad for the training camp in Austria. at Gachibowli, India. Team Melli will also meet Panama in a friendly match on Novem- The Iranian team, who had defeated host India 2-0 (21- ber 10 in Vienna. The Persians have defeated the Central Ameri- 15, 23-21) in the quarter-final, lost to Thailand in the semis to can team once on Dec.18, 2004 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. Ali Daei finish in third place. scored the only goal the match. Iran, ranked 34th in the world, and The International Sepaktakraw Federation, commonly Panama (49th) are preparing for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Team Melli known as ISTAF, is the international governing body for the have previously played two friendlies against Togo and Russia in early sport of Sepaktakraw. October. Carlos Queiroz’s men have defeated Togo 2-0 in Tehran and Sepaktakraw is a sport which originated from Southeast were held to a 1-1 draw by the Russian team in Kazan. Asia . It is played similarly to volleyball but players use Iran squad their feet, knee, chest and head to carry a rattan ball over Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Rashid Mazaheri the net. (Zob Ahan), Amir Abedzadeh (Maritimo) It is a spectator sport that contains elements of volleyball, Defenders: Jalal Hosseini (Pesepolis), Vouria Ghafouri (Estegh- football, martial arts and gymnastics. lal), Saeid Aghaei (Sepahan), Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat Grozny), Morteza Pouraliganji (Al Sadd), Ramin Rezaeian (K.V. Oostende), Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) Midfielders: Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Ehsan Haji Safi (Panioni- os), Akbar Imani (Padideh Mashahd), Ahmad Abdollahzadeh (Foolad Karate team wins Yerevan Khuzestan ), Saeid Ezatolahi (Amkar Perm), Ali Karimi (Sepahan), Saman Ghoddos (Östersunds FK), Ashkan Dejagah (without team) Champs Forwards: Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ IRNA — Iranian karate team with 11 gold medals ranked Alkmaar), Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan), Karim first in Yerevan Open 8th International Karate Championship Ansarifard (Olympiacos), Kaveh Rezaei (Charleroi S.C.), Reza Ghoo- which was held in Yerevan. channejhad (Heerenveen), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis) After defeating teams from Armenia, Georgia, Iraq, UAE, India and Kazakhstan, Iranian fighters in kata and Kumite sec- tions stood first. Iran’s Peyman Hosseini world’s beach soccer best goalkeeper Armenia and Georgia clinched the second and third titles SPORTS Iran’s Peyman Hosseini Beach Soccer Stars 2017 are as respectively. deskhas been chosen as follow: Yerevan Open 8th International Karate Championship was the 2017 Beach Soccer Best Goalkeeper Best Event: The FIFA Beach Soccer held on November 4-5 in Mika Sport Hall, Armenia. while his compatriot Mohammad Ah- World Cup 2017 (Nassau, The Bahamas) The World Karate Federation (WKF) had earlier named madzadeh is among the Five Stars. Best Coach: Gilberto Costa (Brazil) Iran’s karate team as the second top team in the world. Hosseini’s long-range goal against Best Goal: Peyman Hosseini (Iran) - the Mexico in the 2017 FIFA Beach Soc- Watch here courtesy of FIFA TV cer World Cup was selected as the Best Rising Star: Boris Nikonorov (Rus- Goal of the year. sia) Sajad Zareian wins gold at Hosseini and Ahmadzadeh have Best Goalkeeper: Peyman Hosseini played key roles in the success of Iran (Iran) Squash Federation Peace & beach soccer team during the past years. Five Stars: Mão (Brazil), Bruno Xa- The Iranian pair helped Team Melli vier (Brazil), Mauricinho (Brazil), Noel Ott Friendship Cup finish third in the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer (Switzerland) and Mohamad Ahmadza- World Cup in Bahamas in May. deh (Iran) Tasnim — Sajad Zareian from Iran claimed a gold medal As is traditional, Beach Soccer Stars Best Women’s Player: Sarah Kemp- in the Iran Squash Federation Peace & Friendship Cup 2017 was held on Saturday evening in Dubai, son (England) on Sunday. following the culmination of the Inter- Best Men’s Player: Mauricinho (Bra- It’s Iran’s first ever gold medal in squash. continental Beach Soccer Cup. zil) Zareian defeated Pakistan’s Khawaja Adil Maqbool 3-2 in the final match. The competition was held at the Urmia Squash Center in Scolari confirms Guangzhou AFC President concludes visit to Urmia, Iran. Squash is a ball sport played by two (singles) or four play- Evergrande departure Singapore ers (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rub- ber ball. Luiz Felipe Scolari confirmed his “I don’t know if I will come back Asian Football Confederation (AFC) “You have achieved regional suc- The players must alternate in striking the ball with their departure from champions Guang- to China. I will make my decision President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim cess in the past and we want Singa- racket and hit the ball onto the playable surfaces of the four zhou Evergrande but refused to rule carefully. My football life has taken Al Khalifa had meetings with the Foot- pore to replicate this accomplishment walls of the court. out coaching in the Chinese Super me all over the world, but China is ball Association of Singapore (FAS) and at the continental level,” he added. The game was formerly called squash rackets, a reference League again after securing a third one the three best places that I’ve other key stakeholders of Singaporean FAS President Lim, who is also the to the “squashable” soft ball used in the game (compared league title in a row. ever worked.” football on Friday in Singapore. Chairman of the AFC Disciplinary with the harder ball used in its sister game rackets). World Cup winner Scolari took Scolari led Guangzhou to the title In addition to holding bilateral and Ethics Committee and a member over from Fabio Cannavaro in June, this season despite rivals Shanghai meetings with FAS President Lim Kia of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, 2015 and led Guangzhou to three SIPG spending more than $150 mil- Tong, Shaikh Salman had fruitful dis- thanked the AFC for putting its trust in league crowns as well as the Asian lion(£114.7 million) over the last two cussions with the FAS Council. his leadership. Champions League and Chinese FA years to lure big-name players like Hailing the FAS efforts in establish- “I am very glad to know that the Cahill to make Honduras Cup. Brazilians Oscar and Hulk to the club. ing good governance structures, Shai- AFC has placed its trust in the FAS trip despite injury He originally signed an Evergrande clinching the crown with kh Salman praised the leadership of Council and we will make sure that this 18-month contract with the club two rounds to spare. FAS President Lim Kia Tong. trust remains strong. My priority is to before extending his deal for an- They fell short elsewhere, however, “Singapore set an example of good deliver the outcomes outlined in our other year at the end of last sea- with SIPG knocking them out in the governance by amending the asso- strategy and to ensure democracy and son, but has decided to end his Chinese FA Cup semi-finals and Asian ciation’s statutes in line with the AFC transparency at the FAS. association with the seven-time Champions League quarter-finals, a and FIFA requirements. I trust that the “The visit of the AFC President CSL winners. trophy Scolari won with Evergrande elections earlier this year will serve as came at a good time as we discussed “My story with Evergrande is fin- in 2015. a catalyst to strengthen the develop- several issues which can help Singa- ished,” the 68-year-old Brazilian said Chinese media have linked Ital- ment of the game in this football-lov- pore’s football progress in the future.” on Sunday. ians Carlo Ancelotti and Cannava- ing country,” Shaikh Salman said. Singapore are four-time ASEAN ”But my story with China may con- ro with the coaching position at “We have years of experience of Football Federation (AFF) champions. tinue. I will carefully think about it. No Guangzhou who are expected to working closely with FAS President They won their first championship in one knows where we are heading, name Scolari’s successor within the Lim and the moment he was elected 1998, which was followed by titles in but I hope Evergrande club can have next week. it was evident that the future is bright 2005, 2007 and most recently in 2012. a bright future. (Source: Goal) for Singapore. (Source: the-afc) Valverde to Barcelona’s critics: I’m not going to ‘apologize for winning’ Ernesto Valverde says he won’t “apologize for winning” we’re all plugged in.” as he continues to deal with complaints about Barcelo- Valverde, meanwhile, was happy to see someone na’s style of play despite leading his side on a 16-game other than Messi contributing, with Alcacer’s brace a unbeaten run. demonstration that Barca may be able to rely on their Two goals from Paco Alcacer to the dramatic back- squad players this season as they bid to wrestle the title The Football Federation Australia (FFA) has announced that drop of thunder and lighting at Camp Nou on Saturday back from Real Madrid. Tim Cahill will join the Socceroos squad in San Pedro Sula, helped Barca beat Sevilla 2-1, restoring their four-point “Paco got two important goals and we hope that Honduras, this week for the FIFA World Cup 2018 Inter-Con- lead over Valencia at the top of La Liga in the process. they give him the confidence that strikers need,” the tinental Play-off. However, after the game, Valverde was asked if he coach said. “We are happy with him and for the team. Cahill will join his Socceroos teammates for the Play-off agreed that Barca’s results -- 10 wins and a draw from “He has not played a lot and he has shown that he is against Honduras on Monday, a day later than originally 11 games in the league -- have been much better than a goalscorer and we are happy. I have a strong side here scheduled. their performances this season. and anyone can come in and score. It is to the credit of Cahill’s delayed departure to Honduras is part of the “Generally, results come through the way you play,” the player that he can come in with the pressure on and monitoring and rehabilitation process that has been he said in a news conference. “First of all, you have to perform.” put in place for an ankle injury that the Melbourne City try to win, but we try to do that though dominating It was another difficult night for Luis Suarez, though, FC attacker sustained on Friday while playing in the games, through high pressure and through winning the Real Betis and came on as a substitute the following who is now on his longest run without a goal for Barce- A-League. ball back. What we’re not going to do is apologize for week at Alaves but had played just seven minutes in the lona since he joined the club in 2014. Cahill was cleared of a fractured ankle on Saturday, how- winning. league since then going into Saturday’s match. It’s been 451 minutes and five games since his ever, he will require continued assessment and treatment “At the moment we are top of the league, we’re not “Strikers live for goals,” a delighted Alcacer told BeIN header rescued a point against Atletico Madrid on before a determination regarding his eligibility for the forth- dropping points and we go into the international break Spain after the game. “I started [at Barca] on a bad run Oct. 14, but Valverde opted to leave him on for the coming matches is made by the Socceroos’ medical and in good spirits. We have a difficult schedule ahead of but in the end the goals have gone in. full 90 minutes again, instead removing Alcacer, who coaching staff. us and to continue where we are then we have to be “I had to keep working hard and waiting for an op- was on a hat trick. FFA also announced that VfL Bochum attacker Robbie strong.” portunity [in the first team]. We all have to take advan- “Paco had a very good game, but with all the defen- Kruse will not make the journey to Honduras. Lionel Messi made his 600th Barcelona appearance tage of the opportunities the coach gives us. I’m happy sive work he’d put in, he was tired,” Valverde explained. Kruse remains part of the Socceroos’ squad for this against Sevilla but he was upstaged by forgotten man with my goals but more so for the result. “Luis was still fighting and I knew he’d get more chances. month’s crunch play-off against Honduras, however like Alcacer, who scored twice on his first La Liga start since “More than my performance, we have to emphasize The goals will come, he’s a goal scorer, but I also value Mathew Leckie and Mark Milligan, Kruse will join the squad in August. that the team fought really hard. Games that you suffer what else he brings to the team.” Sydney ahead of the second-leg. Alcacer started the first game of the season against in, like this one, always boost the team. It’s good that (Source: ESPN) (Source: the-afc) Prayer Times Noon:11:48 Evening: 17:23 Dawn: 5:06 (tomorrow) Sunrise: 6:32 (tomorrow) NOVEMBER 6, 2017 ART&CULTURE I N T E R N A T I O N A L D A I L Y www.tehrantimes.com Managing Director: Ali Asgari Editor-in-Chief: Mohammad Ghaderi Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli and Editorial Dept.: Fax: (+98 21) 88808214 — 88808895 [email protected] Switchboard Operator: Tel: (+98 21) 43051000 Advertisements Dept.: Telefax: (+98 21) 43051450 students reunite at Tehran gallery Public Relations Office: Tel: (+98 21) 88805807 ARTTEHRAN — A Subscription & Distribution Dept.: Tel: (+98 21) 43051603 desk www.eshterak.ir Distributor: Padideh Novin Co. collection of 21 works Tel: 88911433 by prominent sculptor Parviz Tanavoli Webmaster: [email protected] as well as works by four of his students Printed at: Rooztab - ISSN: 1017-94 from the Niavaran Atelier are on view No. 18, Bimeh Alley, Nejatollahi St., Tehran, Iran at Tehran’s Boom Gallery in an exhibit P.o. Box: 14155-4843 titled “Parviz Tanavoli and the Niavaran Zip Code: 1599814713 Atelier”. Sculptures from his series Heech and The Wall and some other works he created in the various periods of his career have been selected for the showcase, the gallery announced in a press release published on Sunday. His students Mona Paad with two works, and Ramin Jamshidi, Hurad Gorji and Alireza Masumi, each with one sculpture, are participating in the exhibit. Knock the Time to perform Having called the exhibit, a “special” one at an opening ceremony on Friday, in Delhi Intl. Arts Festival Tanavoli said that except for six works on view, all other items belong to the ARTTEHRAN — Knock the Time, an Iranian desk Boom Gallery, having been purchased at percussion band, will perform at the 11th several world auctions. Delhi International Arts Festival in India. Tanavoli said that he told the gallery Led by tombak player Hamid Qanbari, the band will give owner that he would like four of his performances on November 11 and 12. students to accompany him in this The band features Navid Tavassoli, Hesam Azimi, Milad exhibit. Qoreishi and Sina Qafari. “I wanted to show the relation The festival will run from November 10 to 25. between the teacher and the students, and the continuity between generations of sculptors in Iran at this exhibit,” he Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli (3rd L) attends the opening ceremony of his exhibit at Tehran’s Boom Gallery on November 3, 2017. Iranian organization signs added. (Honaronline/Saeid Rabiei) contracts at Istanbul A beautiful catalog of the artworks TMCA director Alireza Sami-Azar has in Bronze”, a documentary by Canadian be running until January 26, 2018. on display at the exhibition was unveiled written an introduction to the catalo. director Terrence Turner, is on screen for The gallery is located at No. 11, West Book Fair at the ceremony. Art expert and former Scenes from “Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry the visitors at the exhibition, which will Armaghan St., Vali-e Asr Ave. ARTTEHRAN — Iran’s Pol Literary and deskTranslation Agency has inked contracts with Museum for drawings Kalhor, Erzincan to duet in two publishers at the 36th International Istanbul Book Fair, which opens in Tehran Netherlands, France opened in the Turkish city on Saturday. The Foliant Publishing House from Kazakhstan and the Fan ARTTEHRAN — A Noli Publishing House from Albania acquired the copyrights deskmuseum for drawings of 16 books from the agency, the Iran Cultural Fairs Institute opened its doors in Tehran on Friday. announced on Sunday. Farhad Gavzan is the founder of the Among the books are “Ancient Tales: Narration from Rumi’s Drawing Museum that is located on Stories” by Nahid Abqari, “Of a Girl Named Aram” by Morteza Mohammadpur Alley off Musavi Street Karbalailu and “The Stories of Gold Fish” by Ebrahim Hassanbeigi. downtown in the capital. “The Conference of the Birds”, Farid ud-Din Attar’s allegorical The museum is composed of masterpiece from the Persian classical literature, is also among a section for museum pieces, two the offerings. galleries for periodical exhibits, a coffee shop and a store for art materials. Speaking to the Persian service of Art aficionados visit the Drawing Jon Hamm set to star Honaronline on Sunday, Gavzan said, Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan (L) and accomplished Iranian kamancheh Museum after it opened its doors “As a major medium, drawing has been virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor are seen in an undated photo. in supernatural thriller in Tehran on November 3, 2017. able to secure itself a place among ARTTEHRAN — World- Kalhor and Erzincan, who released (Honaronline/Sharareh Samei) desk “Off Season” young Iranian artists over the past few renowned Iranian the joint album “The Wind” in 2006, years and also has caused galleries and few art fields in which Iranian artists can kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and have held several concerts together in NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) — Jon Hamm is set to art universities to experience a dynamic move shoulder to shoulder with other Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan different countries. star in the supernatural thriller “Off Season”, being produced by atmosphere.” artists in the world.” are scheduled to perform duets in the In addition, Kalhor plans to perform Nira Park (Baby Driver) through her Big Talk Pictures and J. Miles Gavzan who is also the founder of Gavzan said he has made numerous Netherlands and France. a duet with the Iranian master of bass Dale (The Shape of Water) under his Demilo Productions banner. the Drawing House in Tehran said that trips around the world to mull over the De Doelen Auditorium in Rotterdam santur, Ali Bahramifard, in Muziekgebouw The film is the feature- drawing is still a young art and added, establishment of the museum. will host the musicians and their Eastern Concert Hall in Amsterdam, the length debut of writer-director “This medium came under the spotlight Over 100 works by young artists have music aficionados on Friday. Netherlands on November 14. Jonathan van Tulleken, based in Iran almost as soon as in other places been accumulated for the museum that They are also scheduled to perform Kalhor will also give a solo on his BAFTA-nominated in the world.” he noted would enjoy the limelight for a duet at Le Cheval Blanc Hall in performance at Djanogly Theatre in short, and is set in the harsh, “Therefore, drawing is among the at least 20 years. Schiltigheim, France on November 27. Nottingham, England on November 15. frozen Canadian tundra. When a man goes looking for his elderly father who “Limit” wins award at Cardiff festival honors mysteriously disappears, Bleedingham Horror festival movies from Iran his feverish search exposes shocking family secrets long ARTTEHRAN — “Limit” by ARTTEHRAN — Two buried but not forgotten by deskIranian director Javad deskIranian films were vengeful forces at work. Darai has won the best cinematography honored at the Cardiff International Film Protagonist Pictures is award at the Bleedingham Horror Festival, which was held in the Welsh handling international sales, Short Film Festival in Washington, the capital from October 27 to 29. and co-repping with CAA for organizers announced last week. “Weavers of Imagination” by Jon Hamm (Getty Images) the U.S. “Limit”, which puts the spotlight Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari won the best “I never imagined I’d have the opportunity to do this with such on the problems that the physically foreign-language documentary award, a highly esteemed team around me. Nira Park and Miles Dale challenged face in society, has been while “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem A scene from “Light Sight” by Seyyed are two of the most gifted and respected producers working in cinematographed by Darai. Tabatabai received the best animation Moslem Tabatabai film,” said van Tulleken. The film was screened in the Out-of award. but there are obstacles in the way. State (international) category. A poster for “Limit” “Weavers of Imagination” tells the story “Wild Goose Lodge” by William Martin Bleedingham, which is a one-day “Chateau Sauvignon: Terroir” by David of several blind carpet weavers who spend from Ireland was selected as best film at “Human Traces” finds Halloween time tradition for horror Munz-Maire from the U.S. was named happy times when they get together. the festival and “An Italian Midsummer movie loving fans and filmmakers, best film, and the best editing award “Light Sight” is about a creature named Adventure” by Christian Canderan from North American home announced the winners on October 28. went to “Wild Roses” by Anna Jadowska M.E. who is fascinated by a white light Italy won the award for best foreign- language feature. NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) — Gravitas Ventures In the international competition, from Poland. outside its room. It tries to reach the light has picked up psychological thriller “Human Traces”, which first premiered in Toronto, for North American distribution from Clay Paintings by Indian elephant auctioned off in Hungary Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment. BUDAPEST (Reuters) — Paintings created by an Indian trick involving a shaving brush, was given a paintbrush elephant who enjoys wielding a brush were auctioned and she quickly adapted her skills to the canvas. off by a Hungarian traveling circus on Saturday. Richter said that unlike many elephants in Thailand Three of 42-year-old elephant Sandra’s abstract that are thought to be forced to paint, Sandra does it by canvasses, with colored lines flowing across them herself when she is in the mood. resembling rivers, fetched about 40,000 forints ($150) “I only help her with changing the brushes and each. putting them into paints but she does the rest by A painting depicting Sandra herself, done by a herself more or less. I praise her by saying ‘oh this “Human Traces” (Still supplied by publicity team) Hungarian painter, sold for 260,000 forints. The money is really good, or not so good’,” Richter said. “We will be offered to an elephant sanctuary in Malaysia. have been together for 40 years so this is a family Mark Mitchinson (The Hobbit, Underworld: Rise of the Sandra paints with her trunk purely for pleasure, Sandra, a 42-year-old elephant, poses for a photo with connection.” Lycans) stars alongside Sophie Henderson (Power Rangers) according to her owner and trainer Florian Richter, a Hungarian circus fans who bought her painting in the Sandra arrived as a baby elephant at the circus where and TIFF “Rising Star” Vinnie Bennett (Ghost in the Shell) horse acrobat and circus director. Florian Richter Circus in Budapest, Hungary November 4, Richter grew up, as a seventh generation member of an in the film, the directorial debut of Nic Gorman (Here Be Sandra, who was already well practised in a circus 2017. (Reuters/Laszlo Balogh) acrobat family. Monsters). Shot on the isolated islands to the south of New Zealand and tackling the global issues surrounding the ecosystem, Nazi-era art hoard makes German exhibition debut in Bonn “Human Traces” kicks off with a young man arriving on a remote BERLIN (Reuters) — Some 250 art works from a huge labeled “degenerate”. The collection is now being displayed simultaneously in sub-Antarctic research station, where secrets threaten the trove hoarded by a collector during the Nazi era went on His son Cornelius inherited the collection, which in- Bern and in Germany’s former capital Bonn, with part of the relationship of a married couple. display in Germany for the first time on Thursday, as its cludes works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse as well latter exhibition focusing on works stolen from individual The film was produced by Nadia Maxwell of Overactive curators pursue efforts to find the rightful owners of pieces as older masterpieces, and kept it in his Munich apartment collectors. Imagination with investment from the New Zealand Film identified as looted. for decades. The display at the German Federal Gallery includes Commission and Random Films. German art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt built up the col- Gurlitt bequeathed the 1,500 works to Switzerland’s works by Claude Monet, Max Beckmann, Albrecht Duerer Film Mode Entertainment reps worldwide rights outside lection after being enlisted by the Nazis to sell modern art Kunstmuseum Bern, which inherited them after his death and Pieter Brueghel, whose works are presented alongside Australia and New Zealand. they had seized from German museums and collectors and in May 2014. biographies of people from whom the Nazis stole art.