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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 4, (Agencies): His High- ness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah extend- ed his condolences over the passing of Iraqi Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Saeed Al-Hakim in let- ters to the Iraqi leader- ship and senior figures on Friday. These included Iraq’s Pres- ident Barham Salih, Prime Faisal Sorour displays his bronze Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi medal won at the Tokyo Paralympics and Al-Sayyed Ali Al-Husse- on Sunday. ini Al-Sistani along with Al- Hakim’s family. Bronze for Kuwait His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Kuwait’s shot putter Faisal Sorour Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His High- won a bronze medal in the men’s ness the Prime Minister Sheikh standing Shot Put F63 at the Tokyo Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sa- Paralympics on Saturday. bah both sent similar letters. Sorour threw his personal-best of Al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s most 14.13m in the event at the National senior and influential Muslim Stadium, where nine athletes compet- Shiite clerics, died of a heart at- ed. Aled Davies of the UK won a gold tack, members of his family said. medal with a throw of 15.33m. Iran’s Sajad Mohammadian claimed He was 85. silver with his season-best of 14.88m. A relative, Mohsen al-Hakim, Sorour made his Paralympic debut told The Associated Press that at the Aug. 24-Sept. 5 Tokyo Games, al-Hakim died at the Al Hayat in which three Kuwait athletes are hospital in the southern holy partaking. city of on Friday where Mourners carry the coffin of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Saeed al-Hakim, inside the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during his funeral procession in Karbala, Ahmad Al-Mutairi has won a silver he was taken after suffering a Iraq, Sept. 4. Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim, one of Iraq’s most senior and influential Muslim Shiite clerics, has died, members of his family said. He was 85. medal in the men’s T33 100m race sudden heart attack. His office (AP) and Basimah Najim has competed announced that he died of a sud- in the women’s seated Shot Put F34. den medical condition it did not (KUNA) specify. KIA in stop-gap action Al-Hakim holds the highest theological title in Shiite - Ayatollah al-Uzma, which means Newswatch Grand or Supreme Ayatollah. He was seen as the top contender to Depleting liquidity risks Kuwait credit rating succeed Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is KUWAIT CITY, Sept 4: The govern- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s daily coro- in his early nineties. ment has raised the level of warning navirus cases rose by 103 to 410,270 The Najaf-born cleric is a India ... KD 400? as deaths increased by one to 2,423, Women dispersed ... 14mn hungry about the danger of depleting liquidity in member of the well-known and the general reserve which threatens the the health ministry said on Saturday. highly respected Hakim fam- Another 187 people were cured of government ability to pay salaries, while ily of Shiite scholars. His ma- the Minister of Finance and Minister of the virus, raising the total of those ternal grandfather is Mohsen Al- to have overcome the disease to Taliban fires ... but can’t feed First Egypt State for Economic Affairs and Invest- Tabataba’i Al-Hakim, a scholar ment Khalifa Hamada has warned saying 405,770 people, according to minis- and one of the most prominent try spokesperson Dr. Abdallah Al- KABUL, Sept 4, (AP): Taliban special orities. “the state is on the verge of a difficult Sanad in a statement. thinkers of Shiite Islam. His fa- forces in camouflage fired their weapons He stressed that humanitarian help ther is Ali al-Hakim, flight today time during which it may not be able to The number of people hospital- into the air Saturday, bringing an abrupt must be the top priority and called it meet the needs of its citizens and fulfill ized with the virus at COVID-19 one of the most respected clerics and frightening end to the latest protest “very unhelpful” for Afghanistan’s assets KUWAIT CITY, Sept 4: The Di- in Najaf. its obligations, which will inevitably af- wards is 131, with 59 of them in in- march in the capital by Afghan women to have been frozen, by the United States rectorate General of Civil Avia- fect Kuwait’s reputation and credit rat- tensive care units, he added, reveal- His second cousin, Sayyed demanding equal rights from the new rul- and others, because this leaves the Tali- tion (DGCA) has announced Ammar al-Hakim leads the al- ing,” reports Al-Rai daily. ing that another 2,077 are receiving ers. ban with no access to dollars or foreign that direct commercial flights The public treasury, the sources say, regular treatment. Hikma, or National Wisdom Also on Saturday, the chief of Paki- exchange to buy food or import oil. between Kuwait and Egypt will He went on to urge nationals and Movement, one of the largest faced a deficit during July that exceeded stan’s powerful intelligence agency, “There will be inflation. The prices in resume on Sunday, reports Al- all available possibilities and means to expatriates alike that abiding by Shia political parties in Iraq. which has an outsized influence on the Afghanistan will rise further. The poverty Anba daily. health precautions, mainly, follow- Along with the Afghan-born help the state fulfill its obligations which Taliban, made a surprise visit to Kabul. level will rise,” Akram warned. “You will Air Transport Department disrupted the government institutions in ing social distancing rules, is the Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayadh, Director at the DGCA Abdullah only way to halt the spread of the Taliban fighters quickly captured most then have a refugee crisis which is exactly the country for a week which prompted Al-Hakim’s was seen as the most of Afghanistan last month and celebrated what the West is afraid of.” Al-Rajhi on Friday told Kuwait virus. (KUNA) likely contenders to succeed al- the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) ❑ ❑ ❑ the departure of the last U.S. forces af- European Union officials on Friday News Agency (KUNA) that nine to use exceptional alternatives to save Sistani, Iraq’s top Shiite spiritual ter 20 years of war. The insurgent group listed a set of conditions for defining the Kuwaiti and Egyptian air carriers leader. about 300 million dinars. KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait Ambas- must now govern a war-ravaged country EU’s level of engagement with the Tali- will operate the line between the The KIA warned that “what it did was sador to New Zealand Ahmad Al- Iraq’s president and prime that is heavily reliant on international aid. ban as the new rulers of Afghanistan, in- two brotherly countries as per the just immediate solutions to avoid any Wuhaib stressed that there no Kuwaiti minister and other politicians The women’s march - the second in as cluding respect for human rights and the number of passengers specified nationals, mainly students, among issued statements eurlogizing many days in Kabul - began peacefully. rule of law. for each flight in line with the re- negative consequences that may result casualties of the stabbing incident Al-Hakim. The U.S. Embassy Demonstrators laid a wreath outside Af- Following the Afghan government’s cent decision of the Cabinet to in- from the non-payment of citizens’ sala- that took place in a shopping center in in Baghdad tweeted its condo- ghanistan’s Defense Ministry to honor collapse last month, the 27-nation bloc crease the number of passengers ries, as well as the popular and global Auckland city earlier on Friday. lences, describing him as “a sym- Afghan soldiers who died fighting the and its member countries have evacuated arriving at Kuwait International reactions in the event that citizens’ pen- “We would like to confi rm that bol of peace, love, and harmony Taliban before marching on to the presi- their diplomats from Afghanistan. But Airport daily. sions were not paid, and this has a severe there are no Kuwaiti citizens in- across the region.” dential palace. EU officials have said they are willing to Al-Rajhi clarified the DGCA negative impact on Kuwait’s reputation volved in the armed attack, and that Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim “We are here to gain human rights in cooperate with the Taliban now that they is still waiting for the approval locally and globally without the certain- all students and members of the dip- was exposed from early on to an Afghanistan,” said 20-year-old protester have returned to power. of the concerned Indian authori- ty that this deficit will not be repeated in lomatic corps are fi ne,” Ambassador education that focused on juris- the coming months.” Al-Wuhaib said in a telephone call Maryam Naiby. “I love my country. I will The EU is focusing on delivering hu- ties to resume flights from India, prudence and religious studies always be here.” manitarian aid, guaranteeing the safe which is expected to start next The Council of Ministers studied in with KUNA. and had some of the most promi- detail, during its meeting on Aug 16, The ambassador called on all Ku- As the protesters’ shouts grew louder, passage out of the country of Afghan col- week as well. nent clerics among his teachers. several Taliban officials waded into the laborators and employees who were left He stressed the need for ev- the recommendations of the Economic waitis and students in New Zealand He soon turned to teaching and to take caution and follow instruc- crowd to ask what they wanted to say. behind during the airlifts from Kabul, and eryone to strictly comply with Committee regarding the lack of liquid- tions from authorities, noting that became one of the leading Shiite Flanked by fellow demonstrators, trying to prevent a mass exodus of refu- the health regulations upon en- ity in the general reserve and the need to the embassy receives citizens’ calls scholars in Najaf. Sudaba Kabiri, a 24-year-old university gees that could prompt another migration tering Kuwait, to avoid prob- find radical solutions to confront the def- on the emergency phone number student, told her Taliban interlocutor that crisis in Europe. lems which could result in the icit in the state’s general budget, which (006421468683). Islam’s Prophet gave women rights and Following meetings with European return of passengers to the needs to be done by approving the law of Earlier, the New Zealand police Austin due they wanted theirs. The Taliban official foreign affairs ministers in Slovenia, EU points of origin. limited withdrawal from the Future Gen- announced the killing of a Sri Lan- promised women would be given their foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said On the other hand, the Egyp- erations Reserve Fund and the Public kan radical after he stabbed and in- rights but the women, all in their early that to gauge the Taliban’s good will, the tian airlines have revealed the Debt Law, while implementing financial jured at least six people in a shop- 20s, were skeptical. bloc would use several benchmarks. prices of tickets to Kuwait, which reforms without any delay to avoid nega- ping center in Auckland. (KUNA) EU out of time As the demonstrators reached the pres- They include a guarantee that Afghani- witnessed historic jumps that the tive effects in the future. ❑ ❑ ❑ WASHINGTON, Sept 4, idential palace, a dozen Taliban special stan won’t become a base for “the export Cairo-Kuwait line has never wit- At the meeting the Council of Min- BERKELEY: Apple is indefi nitely (KUNA): US Secretary of De- forces ran into the crowd, firing in the air of terrorism to other countries,” a com- nessed before — KD500 for a isters had taken a number of decisions delaying plans to scan iPhones in the fense Lloyd Austin III departs and sending demonstrators fleeing. Kabi- mitment to free access for humanitarian one-way ticket. and recommendations aimed at limiting US for images of child sexual abuse Sunday, September 5, on a Gulf ri, who spoke to The Associated Press, aid deliveries, and adhering to standards Sources from local tourism spending and enhancing revenues, the following an outcry from security trip to visit Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait said they also fired tear gas. in the areas of human rights, rule of law and travel agencies hinted that most important of which was reducing and privacy experts who warned the and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Taliban have promised an inclu- and press freedom. the high demand for tickets spending from the budget and raising the technology could be exploited for “Throughout his trip, Secretary sive government and a more moderate “What is clear is that the future of Af- among Egyptian travelers will efficiency of collecting due government other surveillance purposes by hack- Austin will meet with regional form of Islamic rule than when they last ghanistan remains a key issue for us,” Bor- continue, as many of them wish debts, reconsidering the value of rents, ers and intrusive governments. partners and thank them for their ruled the country from 1996 to 2001. But rell said. “It affects us, it affects the region, to return to Kuwait even on lands and state property buildings, prices The postponement announced Fri- cooperation with the United States many Afghans, especially women, are the international stability, and it has a di- transit flights. Sources said the of commercial and industrial plots, treat- day comes a month after Apple re- as we evacuated Americans, Af- deeply skeptical and fear a roll back of rect impact for European security.” transit costs are likely to decline ment abroad and other measures to ratio- vealed it was getting ready to roll out rights gained over the last two decades. soon, compared to the prices of a tool to detect known images of child ghans and citizens from other nalize expenses. nations from Afghanistan,” Penta- For much of the past two weeks, Tali- direct flight tickets as many are The government’s vision identified sexual abuse. The tool would work by ban officials have been holding meetings expected to opt for direct flights scanning fi les before they’re uploaded gon Press Secretary John F. Kirby radical solutions to confront the liquid- said in a press statement Friday. among themselves, amid reports of dif- from Egypt to Kuwait. Sources ity scarcity and deficit such as adoption to its iCloud back-up storage system. ferences among them emerging. Early on added the direct flight ticket It had also planned to introduce a sepa- Kirby noted that Austin would of a law to put limit on withdrawals reaffirm during his visits the US Saturday, neighboring Pakistan’s power- prices for those coming from from the Future Generations Reserve rate tool to scan users’ encrypted mes- Egypt will be higher this month sages for sexually explicit content. strong defense relationships in the ful intelligence chief Gen. Faiez Hameed Fund; adoption of the Public Debt made a surprise visit to Kabul. It wasn’t and early next month at the lat- Apple insisted its technology had region. Law; review of participation in all lo- been developed in a way that would ❑ ❑ ❑ immediately clear what he had to say to est, indicating prices are expect- the Taliban leadership but the Pakistani ed to start declining over time; cal and foreign exhibitions and con- protect the privacy of iPhone owners ferences, reducing official missions, in the U.S. But the Cupertino, Cali- European Union foreign min- intelligence service has a strong influence especially with the start of the isters Friday postponed discus- on the Taliban. academic year in Kuwait when research, studies and consultations and fornia, company was swamped criti- non-essential service contracts (clean- cism from security experts, human sions on relations with the Gulf Pakistan is urging the international many Egyptians are expected to rights groups and customers worried countries due to lack of time, ac- community to adopt a three-pronged return to the country. ing, security, printing, hospitality, par- that the scanning technology would cording to EU High Representa- approach to Afghanistan following the The Egyptian airlines, led by ties and gifts). open a peephole exposing personal tive Josep Borrell. Taliban takeover: quickly deliver aid to Egypt Air, will start booking This is in addition to reducing budget and sensitive information. Afghanistan, relations with the 14 million people facing a hunger crisis, flights to and from Kuwait on spending by no less than 10 percent; re- “Based on feedback from cus- Gulf and China were the three promote an inclusive government, and Monday at prices starting from considering the cost of government ser- tomers, advocacy groups, research- main topics on the agenda of the work with the Taliban to attack all terror- KD460 for one-way ticket to vices, collecting outstanding debts owed ers, and others, we have decided to 2-day informal ministerial meet- ist groups in the country. Kuwait; while the price of a one- to government, reducing by 30 percent take additional time over the coming the cost of treatment abroad and limiting ing held in Slovenia, which holds Pakistan’s ambassador to the United Women gather to demand their rights way ticket from Kuwait to Cairo months to collect input and make the current EU Presidency. Nations, Munir Akram, laid out his gov- is KD112 or more. the facility to critical cases only, review- improvements before releasing these under the Taliban rule during a pro- “Believe me it is just a mat- ernment’s vision for a future interna- test in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept 3. As In an exclusive statement to ing rewards granted to senior govern- critically important child safety fea- ter of time,” he said in reply to tional role in Afghanistan in an Associ- Al-Anba daily reliable sources ment officials, reviewing the ‘rewards’ tures,” Apple said in an update post- the world watches intently for clues a question by the Kuwait news ated Press interview on Thursday, saying on how the Taliban will govern, their said the cost of a one-way direct clause, possibility of employing more ed above its original photo-scanning agency (KUNA) on the reason for Kuwaitis in government institutions and plans. (AP) Pakistan has been in contact with regional treatment of the media will be a key flight from India to Kuwait has the postponement during the press countries and the broader global commu- indicator, along with their policies to- reached a record level of 400 di- disbursement of food supplies to each conference after the meeting. nity on working together on the three pri- ward women. (AP) nars per person. Kuwaiti family.