BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar, Sweden Tabata the to discuss star as Rayyan solar, wind power into INDEX desalination DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2-13, 28 COMMENT 26, 27 REGION 13 BUSINESS 1-4, 16-20 plant Emir Cup 20,848.00 10,110.84 47.88 ARAB WORLD 13, 14 CLASSIFIED 5-15 -22.00 +119.17 +0.05 INTERNATIONAL 15-25 SPORTS 1 – 8 fi nal -0.11% +1.19% +0.10% Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 SUNDAY Vol. XXXVIII No. 10453 May 14, 2017 Sha’baan 18, 1438 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Barshim wins in Shanghai Hack attacks In brief wreak havoc QATAR | Offi cial Emir to patronise Doha Forum opening across world HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will patronise AFP officer at the Helsinki-based cyber this morning the opening of the London security company F-Secure, told 17th edition of the Doha Forum, AFP that the attack was “the big- which will be held under the gest ransomware outbreak in his- theme “Development, Stability and yber security experts scrambled tory”, saying that 130,000 systems Refugee Crisis” at the Sheraton yesterday to contain the impact in more than 100 countries had been Doha Hotel. Cof an unprecedented global cy- affected. berattack that hit Russia’s banks, Brit- He said Russia and India were hit QATAR | Reaction ish hospitals, FedEx and European car particularly hard, largely because tech factories. giant Microsoft’s older Windows XP Shooting attack in The hunt was on for the culprits be- operating software was still widely Qatif condemned hind the assault, which was being de- used there. Qatar has strongly condemned the Mutaz Barshim of Qatar competes in the high jump event during the Shanghai Diamond League athletics meeting in Shanghai scribed as the biggest-ever cyber ran- US software fi rm Symantec said the shooting attack in Al-Masoura district yesterday. The Rio Olympics silver medallist leapt 2.33m to win the event ahead of China’s Yu Wang and Ukraine’s Andriy som attack. majority of organisations aff ected were in Qatif, which killed two people and Protsenko who managed 2.3 and 2.27m respectively. Barshim had delighted home fans in Qatar a week ago by winning the State agencies and major companies in Europe, and the attack was believed injured several others. In a statement, high jump at the Doha Diamond League meet. around the world were left reeling by to be indiscriminate. the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs the attacks which blocked access to The ransomware spreads through aff irmed Qatar’s solidarity with the fi les and demanded ransom money, corporate networks, “without user in- sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and forcing shutdowns of computer sys- teraction, by exploiting a known vul- support for all measures it takes to tems. nerability in Microsoft Windows,” it maintain its security and stability. It “The recent attack is at an unprece- said. reiterated Qatar’s firm stance against Relief for Wakrah, Wukair commuters dented level and will require a complex The attacks apparently exploited violence and terrorism regardless international investigation to identify a fl aw exposed in documents leaked of motives and reasons. The he Public Works Author- completed by May-end. heading from the west of Barwa Village the culprits,” said Europol, Europe’s from the US National Security Agency Organisation of Islamic Co-operation ity (Ashghal) has announced As part of Phase 1, Barwa-Al Mashaf to Al Wakrah, Al Wukair and Al Mashaf policing agency. (NSA). (OIC) also condemned the terrorist Tthe opening of Phase I of the Road has been opened from Al Wakrah - has also been opened. The attacks used ransomware, which In the United States, package deliv- attack. Barwa-Al Mashaf Road development and Al Mashaf towards F-Ring Road. The phase has been completed in a locks users’ fi les unless they pay the at- ery group FedEx acknowledged it had project, giving commuters travelling It also includes the opening of a newly “record time of three months only”, tackers a designated sum in the virtual been hit by malware and said it was AMERICA | Politics to and from Al Wakrah, Al Wukair built road with two lanes heading from Ashghal has said. Bitcoin currency. “implementing remediation steps as and neighbouring areas something to the intersection north of the Al Wak- The second phase of the project will Images appeared on victims’ screens quickly as possible.” Trump to move quickly cheer about. rah Hospital Roundabout to just before include building a roundabout at the demanding payment of $300 (275 eu- French carmaker Renault was forced to name new FBI boss The road connects the Al Wakrah, the intersection of Barwa-Al Mashaf entrance of Barwa Village to facilitate ros) in Bitcoin, saying: “Ooops, your to stop production at sites in France, President Donald Trump said Al Wukair and Al Mashaf areas and ex- Road with Ras Bu Fontas Street, Ash- entry and exit to and from Al Wakrah. fi les have been encrypted!” Slovenia and Romania, saying the yesterday he will move quickly to tends from the Barwa Village Rounda- ghal explained in a press statement. The road, linking the Al Wakrah Club Payment is demanded within three measure was aimed at stopping the vi- nominate a new FBI director, after bout up to F-Ring Road and Doha. Also, the lane turning right onto F- Roundabout with the beginning of days or the price is doubled, and if none rus from spreading. he sparked a political firestorm by Further relief is in store for motor- Ring Road has been widened to cater to the newly built road that connects to is received within seven days the fi les Japanese carmaker Nissan’s plant in firing the man investigating possible ists living and working in these areas growing traffi c in the area. Barwa-Al Mashaf Road, will also be will be deleted, according to the screen Sunderland, northeast England, was collusion between Russia and the as the authority has said work on the Further, the stretch in the other widened to two lanes. message. attacked but production shuts on Sat- Trump presidential campaign. Page 16 second phase of the project will be direction of Barwa-Al Mashaf Road - To Page 8 Mikko Hypponen, chief research urdays in any case. Page 17 Gulf Times 2 Sunday, May 14, 2017 QATAR Sudan president arrives Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in Doha yesterday evening to attend the 2017 Doha Forum, which begins today. The Sudanese president and his accompanying delegation were welcomed at Hamad International Airport by HE the Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi, Qatar’s ambassador to Sudan, Rashid bin Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi, and Sudan’s ambassador to Qatar, Fath al-Rahman Ali. Meanwhile, Prime Minister of Somalia, Hassan Ali Khayre, and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri also arrived in Doha yesterday to attend the 2017 Doha Forum. The Somali prime minister and the Lebanese prime minister were welcomed at Hamad International Airport by Minister of State for Foreign Aff airs HE Sultan bin Saad al-Muraikhi. RAF to inaugurate largest city to house Syrian orphans in Turkey QNA the Arab and Islamic re- nent basis and receive edu- open gymnasiums, mosque, Doha gion. cation and all the services social halls, an integrated The RAF City has a total they need. health centre, green spaces built-up area of more than More than 5,000 orphans along with service rooms heikh Thani Bin Ab- 68,000 square metres. It will benefi t of education, and markets. dullah Foundation for has been constructed at a health, sports and social The RAF Foundation SHumanitarian Serv- total cost of QR71mn do- services provided by the has laid the cornerstone ices (RAF) and the IHH Hu- nated by philanthropists in City, it said, noting that it of the project in the city of manitarian Relief Founda- Qatar. would be a unique model of Rihaniyah in southeastern tion, its partner in Turkey, RAF said in a press release care, rehabilitation and ca- Turkey’s Hatay Province on will open on Thursday the yesterday that about 6,000 pacity-building of orphans July 2, 2015, correspond- RAF City for Human Devel- orphans from the Syrian to be leaders in the future. ing with World Orphan Day, opment in the Turkish City refugees in Turkey will ben- The project is designed and within the framework of of Rihaniyah to serve as the efi t from the City’s facilities, as an integrated city with a protocol signed with the largest project to provide while 990 orphans will re- 55 residential villas in addi- Ministry of Family and So- care for Syrian orphans in side in the City on perma- tion to schools, closed and cial Policies in Turkey. Gulf Times 4 Sunday, May 14, 2017 QATAR Armenian president arrives in Doha today Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will al-Thani will meet the Armenian president Training arrive in Doha today on an off icial visit to at the Emiri Diwan tomorrow to discuss the country. bilateral relations and the means to enhance workshops HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad them. on heat Qatar-US military ties discussed HE the Chief of Staff , Major General Ghanim Talks during the meeting dealt with the exhaustion bin Shaheen al-Ghanim, has met US Joint military relations between Qatar and the Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Joseph United States and means of enhancing and Dunford, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.