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BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 4 No wild card for Sharapova at the INDEX DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 3-8, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 REGION 9 BUSINESS 1-7, 13-16 QSE to introduce French 20,979.75 10,125.44 48.57 ARAB WORLD 9, 10 CLASSIFIED 8-12 -2.19 +7.31 -0.28 INTERNATIONAL 11-25 SPORTS 1 – 8 new disclosure tools -0.01% +0.07% -0.57% Open Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10456 May 17, 2017 Sha’baan 21, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Emir meets Saudi FM Syria govt In brief blocks UN QATAR | Phone talk Emir congratulates French president HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani held yesterday access to evening a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. The Emir congratulated Macron on his election victory, wishing him all success. During the call, HH the Emir also stressed the importance of enhancing the its prison friendly relations between the two countries. For his part, the French DPA tions are completely unfounded and president expressed his thanks New York are only fabricated by the imagination and appreciation to HH the Emir HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at the Emiri Diwan yesterday with the visiting Saudi Foreign Minister of this administration and its allies,” for his congratulations, confirming Adel bin Ahmed al-Jubeir and his accompanying delegation. The minister conveyed greetings of the Custodian of the Two the unnamed source said. his keenness to strengthen the Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia; Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister he United Nations said yesterday The State Department accused the strategic relations between the Mohamed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, and Deputy Crown Prince, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defence that Syria’s failure to give the Syrian government of killing around 50 two countries. HH the Emir also Mohamed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, and their best wishes of good health to the Emir and progress and prosperity Torganisation access to their de- detainees daily at one of its prisons and held a telephone conversation with to the people of Qatar. The Emir entrusted al-Jubeir to convey his greetings to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the tention centres was preventing an in- using a crematorium to dispose of the King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifah of Crown Prince, and the Deputy Crown Prince and his wishes to them of good health, and to the brotherly Saudi people further vestigation of US allegations that mass bodies. Bahrain. During the phone call, they progress and development. The meeting reviewed the fraternal ties between the two countries and ways to enhancing them, killings and body disposals were taking The US believes the crematorium is reviewed the fraternal ties between as well as the latest regional and international developments of common concern. Al-Jubeir later attended, as a guest of place in Syria. part of an eff ort to cover up the extent the two countries and means to honour, the annual meeting of heads of diplomatic and consular missions of Qatar. He briefed the diplomats about the GCC’s The Syrian government said yester- of mass murders taking place in Sayd- boost them, and discussed the eff orts in enhancing Gulf solidarity and joint action in all fields. day that US accusations that they were naya Prison, where as many as 70 pris- major topics of common concern. using a crematorium to dispose of bod- oners are being held in cells designed to ies after mass killings were “completely hold just fi ve. QATAR | Visit unfounded,” according to state news The newly declassifi ed information agency SANA. lays out details about the use of chemi- Burkina Faso leader A spokesman for UN Secretary- cal weapons and abductions. arrives in Doha General Antonio Guterres said yes- The US criticised Russia and Iran - terday the organisation could not in- countries that support the government President Roch Marc Christian N Korea link emerges dependently verify the presence of a of President Bashar al-Assad - by say- Kabore of the Republic of Burkina crematorium at Saydnaya Prison. ing the “atrocities” detailed in the re- Faso arrived in Doha yesterday “The Syrian government has sys- ports “have been carried out seemingly evening on an off icial visit to the tematically rejected repeated UN re- with the unconditional support” from State of Qatar. The president and quests to access detention centres and Moscow and Tehran. his accompanying delegation in global cyberattacks prisons,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric A new round of Syria peace talks start- were welcomed upon arrival at told reporters. ed in Geneva yesterday, 10 days after a Hamad International Airport by AFP against a rush to judgment. a fl aw discovered by the US National Various UN entities have regularly deal sponsored by the rival talks held in HE the Minister of Municipality Washington “We are open to investigate in all Security Agency and later leaked. documented human rights violations Kazakhstan saw four safe zones set up for and Environment Mohamed bin directions, but we don’t speculate and “This was not a tool developed by in Syria, including torture in the con- civilians in the war-torn country. Abdullah al-Rumaihi, and Burkina we cannot confi rm this. the NSA to hold ransom data,” he said, text of detention, Dujarric said. UN Syria envoy Staff an de Mistura Faso ambassador to Qatar Adama ecurity researchers investigat- It’s still too early to say anything,” noting that no US government sys- The UN is extremely concerned restarted his bilateral talks with the Compaore. ing the massive cyberattack said senior agency spokesman, Jan Op tems had been hit. about the thousands of civilians being Syrian government and opposition Scampaign that sparked havoc Gen Oorth. “This is a global attack,” he added. held in government detention centres separately. QATAR | Incident in computer systems worldwide have “It could come from everywhere, it Russian President Vladimir Pu- in Syria and has reason to believe they In the previous fi ve rounds of discus- reported signs of a possible North Ko- could come from any country.” tin earlier had suggested the United are being subjected to degrading and sions in Geneva, both sides have only Three workers die at rean link, but Europe’s cross-border In November 2014, Sony Pictures States bore responsibility. inhumane treatment, negotiated through De Mistura as an construction site police agency said yesterday it was Entertainment became the target of “A genie let out of a bottle of this including torture and sexual vio- intermediary. The Ministry of Defence yesterday “too early” to draw a connection. the biggest cyberattack in US cor- kind, especially created by secret lence, Dujarric said. The previous round, which ended evening announced that three After days of disruptions aff ecting porate history, linked to its release of services, can then cause damage to A Foreign Ministry source told SANA in late March, did not yield tangible workers died and a number of networks worldwide, a top US offi cial North Korea satire The Interview. its authors and creators,” the Russian that the US State Department’s accu- progress on the key topics of a political them injured in an incident at said the number of computers aff ected More attacks were possible, Choi leader said on the sidelines of a sum- sations were “a new Hollywood plot,” transition, a new constitution, or elec- one of the construction sites of had reached 300,000, but that infec- said, “especially given that, unlike mit in Beijing. describing them as something Wash- tions. the Qatari Armed Forces. The tion rates had slowed. missile or nuclear tests, they can deny Russia has recently been accused of ington releases ahead of any Syrian Earlier this month, Russia and Iran ministry expressed its sincere In the fi rst clues of the origin of the their involvement in attacks in cyber- cyber meddling in several countries, peace talks to justify were joined by Turkey - which backs condolences to the families of the massive ransomware attacks, Google space and get away with it”. but Putin said his country had nothing “aggression and intervention.” the rebels - in brokering a deal to set up deceased and wished the injured researcher Neel Mehta posted compu- Israeli-based security fi rm Intezer to do with the attack. “The government of the Syrian Arab safe zones to protect civilians. a speedy recovery. It stressed ter code that showed similarities be- Labs said it agreed with the North Ko- Republic confi rms that these allega- its commitment to abide by the tween the “WannaCry” malware and rea attribution. highest safety standards in all its a vast hacking eff ort widely attributed The group’s chief executive Itai UN Security Council facilities. to Pyongyang. Tevet said in a tweet: “@IntezerLabs weighs new sanctions The code used in the latest attack confi rms attribution to North Korea REGION | Health shared many similarities with past for #WannaCry, not only because of The UN Security Council met behind Trump, Erdogan vow to fi ght terrorism hacks blamed on the North, includ- the function from Lazarus. closed doors yesterday to discuss Cholera outbreak a new raft of measures, including ing the targeting of Sony Pictures, said More info to come.” QNA Erdogan said that helping the Syr- sanctions, aimed at piling pressure kills 186 in Yemen Simon Choi, director of Seoul internet Europol said the situation was “sta- Washington ian Kurds “will never be accepted.” He A cholera outbreak has killed 186 security fi rm Hauri.
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