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THULQADA 18, 1440 AH SUNDAY, JULY 21, 2019 28 Pages Max 48º Min 33º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17887 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Netanyahu makes history as Jackson, 50 Cent, Brown Kuwait to host Nadal Tennis Africa Cup champs Algeria 8 longest-serving Israeli PM 21 perform at Saudi concert 26 Academy, ATP tournament 28 return to heroes’ welcome Iran ignores calls to release UK tanker; Saudi to host US troops Delhi, Manila call to free crew • US, Iran at odds over drone • Iran crewman sent to Oman This combination of image grabs created from a video broadcast by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Friday reportedly shows footage obtained from BANDAR ABBAS: This handout picture released by Tasnim News Agency yesterday shows British-flagged tanker Stena Impero anchored in an IRGC drone flying above a US aircraft carrier at an undisclosed location. — AFP southern Iran. — AFP TEHRAN: Iran ignored mounting European appeals to That came hours after a court in Gibraltar said it tanker, whose seizure Berlin called a “dangerous further Strait of Hormuz despite the “resistance and interfer- release a British-flagged tanker yesterday as Britain would extend by 30 days the detention of an Iranian aggravation of an already tense situation”. US President ence” of a British warship which had been escorting it. denounced a “dangerous move” and summoned a sen- tanker seized by British authorities two weeks ago on Donald Trump said Friday’s incident “only goes to show Tensions in the Gulf have soared since May, with ior diplomat from the Islamic republic. The Islamic allegations of breaching EU sanctions against Syria. what I’m saying about Iran: trouble. Nothing but trou- Trump calling off air strikes against Iran at the last Revolutionary Guard Corps said it seized the Stena The Guards said on Thursday they also seized another ble.” But Iran remained defiant. Foreign minister minute in June after the Islamic republic downed a US Impero on Friday for breaking “international maritime “foreign tanker” and its crew a few days earlier for Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran’s “action in the Persian drone. The United States has also blamed Iran for mul- rules” in the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for around a allegedly smuggling fuel, without giving further details. Gulf is to uphold” international maritime rules. “It is tiple attacks on tankers in the Gulf. Iran said it had third of the world’s sea-borne oil. In London, the Foreign Office said it had summoned IRAN that guarantees the security of the Persian Gulf opened an investigation yesterday into the newly- The tanker was impounded off Bandar Abbas port Iran’s charge d’affaires yesterday. British Foreign & the Strait of Hormuz. UK must cease being an acces- seized oil tanker. The Swedish-owned ship “has 23 crew for allegedly failing to respond to distress calls and Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the seizure of the ship sory to #EconomicTerrorism of the US,” he tweeted. and they are all on the ship,” said Allah-Morad turning off its transponder after colliding with a fishing showed “worrying signs Iran may be choosing a dan- Hunt said he had expressed extreme disappointment Afifipoor, director-general of the Hormozgan province vessel, authorities said, adding an investigation had gerous path of illegal and destabilizing behavior”. His by phone to Zarif. Zarif told Hunt that the ship must go port and maritime authority. The Philippines said 18 been launched. It was one of two ships Britain said Iran government, which met twice for emergency sessions through a legal process before it could be released, Indians, three Russians, a Latvian and a Filipino were seized in the Gulf, but the UK owner of the Liberian- Friday, advised British ships to avoid the Strait of Iran’s INSA news agency reported. A spokesman for aboard. Both Manila and New Delhi said they were in flagged Mesdar said it had been later released after Hormuz for “an interim period”. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Brigadier-General touch with Tehran to seek the release of their nationals. being boarded by armed personnel. Germany and France urged Iran to release the Ramezan Sharif, said Tehran had seized the ship in the Continued on Page 24 ding used weight-loss pills promoted online by a fashion- “A young girl took diet pills which a fashionista who claims News in brief Outrage after pills ista who claimed to be a doctor. Meanwhile, the health to be a doctor gave her, causing her organs to fail, leading ministry said investigations are underway to look into the to her death,” she tweeted. “Thursday was the wedding of death of the woman. The ministry, in a press statement on the 21-year-old girl, but her wedding party turned into Turkish lawmaker’s brother held sold by fashionista Friday, advised everyone to steer clear of drugs sold on tragedy,” she added, wondering about the health ministry’s social media sites due to relevant health hazards, calling failure in monitoring the fashionista’s activities. ERBIL/SULAIMANIYA, Iraq: Security services in kill bride-to-be for notifying it of such sellers. The ministry recently adopt- Many activists demanded an end to such practices by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region said yester- ed a set of measures against unlicensed online advertise- fashionistas, especially those who claim to be doctors day they had arrested the brother of a lawmaker serv- By A Saleh ments for fake drugs. without having the required credentials and recommend ing in the Turkish parliament for the assassination of a Kuwaiti writer Laila Ahmad said the fashionista claiming supplements for weight reduction. They called on con- Turkish diplomat in the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital KUWAIT: Preliminary information indicates that a 21- to be a doctor does not have the least medical knowledge, cerned authorities to take strict action towards all those Erbil. “The Kurdistan Region announced yesterday year-old Kuwaiti woman who died on the eve of her wed- adding she has forged certificates and sells diet pills online. who make untruthful claims. the arrest of the man who planned the assassination of a Turkish diplomat in a restaurant in Erbil, less than a week after the attack,” the Asayish internal security service said. A separate statement from the Iraqi Kurdish Counter Terrorism Department gave the sus- Humanity’s first pect’s name as Mazlum Dag. — Reuters Recession grips steps on another Kuwait’s real Ponzi scam mastermind detained world 50 yrs ago NEW DELHI: An influential businessman was estate market arrested by Indian police Friday over a half-billion dollar Ponzi scheme that allegedly defrauded tens of WASHINGTON: Fifty years ago yesterday, American KUWAIT: Kuwait’s domestic property market was slug- thousands of mostly-Muslim investors. Mohammed astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the gish in the first quarter of 2019 largely due to the fasting Mansoor Khan was detained at New Delhi airport first humans in history to set foot on the Moon, an month of Ramadan and subsequent holidays, according epoch-defining event watched on television by half a upon his return from Dubai, where he had fled last to experts. Speaking to KUNA, Al-Dlaijan Property billion people. Their lunar module, named “Eagle,” month after winding up his scandal-hit company. Manager Suleiman Al-Dlaijan said housing and invest- touched down at 2018 GMT (4:18pm ET) on July 20, Khan founded I Monetary Advisory (IMA) Group in ment rates remained the same, adding that majority of 1969. A little over six hours later, at 0256 GMT, WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Bangalore in 2006 and lured over 100,000 backers housing traders were brokers and not home seekers. Armstrong placed his left foot on the lunar surface, Melania Trump host Apollo 11 crewmembers Michael with promises of lucrative returns that kept to Trades in housing, investment and commercial sec- declaring: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap Collins (left) and Buzz Aldrin and their families on Friday at tors were low largely due to stakeholders’ preoccupa- Islamic principles of finance. More than 20 people, for mankind.” the White House during a ceremony commemorating the tion with Ramadan, umrah and family duties, he added. including high-profile Karnataka state government “Looking back, landing on the moon wasn’t just our 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. — AFP The property market was temporarily affected by officials, have been arrested after the alleged scam job, it was a historic opportunity to prove to the world regional developments, unlike trade in gold and other raked up 40 billion rupees ($580 million). — AFP America’s can-do spirit,” Aldrin, 89, tweeted before the radiation and microgravity of a deep space envi- sectors. Prices were not noticeably affected owing to joining Vice President Mike Pence on a flight to the ronment over a long period. But experts doubt that the short supply and tenants holding on to their apartments, Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. “I’m space agency can meet its current goals on time. None Dlaijan noted. Pilot grounded over hijack alert proud to serve the country that gave me this historic of the key elements - the rocket, crew capsule, lander, Secretary of Kuwait Real Estate Union Qais Al- opportunity. Today belongs to you. We must hold the or orbital station, are near completion. Ghanim, also speaking to KUNA, said the market wit- NEW DELHI: India has suspended a pilot for memory of #Apollo11 close.” In an interview with Fox News Friday night, Aldrin nessed limited activity due to abundant financial accidentally sending a hijack alert to air traffic NASA has been in overdrive for several weeks to lamented the lack of progress in human space explo- resources among traders.