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SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 SHAABAN 2, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Religious Lebanon holds Alvarez KOs Barca, Real co-habitation local elections Khan to retain set up final day brings together amid tight middleweight showdown, all communities3 security 8 WBC16 title Atletico20 beaten Yemen talks struggle as Min 25º Max 39º air strikes shake truce High Tide 01:57 & 12:53 Low Tide Committee talks indefinitely postponed • UN envoy bids to break impasse 07:35 & 20:20 40 PAGES NO: 16868 150 FILS KUWAIT: Yemen’s Houthi movement accused a Saudi- conspiracy theories led coalition of launching air strikes that killed seven people yesterday, shaking a truce that has largely held through more than two weeks of UN-backed peace Well done, London talks in Kuwait. The Iran-allied Houthis and Yemen’s Saudi-backed exiled government are trying to broker a peace through the talks in Kuwait and ease a humani- tarian crisis in the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country. The year-long conflict has drawn in regional powers and killed at least 6,200 people, according to the United By Badrya Darwish Nations. “The aggressor’s planes bombed various dis- tricts in the Nehm district, leading to the death of seven martyrs and wounding three,” the Houthis said in a statement. Political sources from the Houthi group’s rivals in Yemen’s government say the bombing in the [email protected] Nehm area east of the capital Sanaa was directed at Houthi forces that were massing in the area in violation of a ceasefire that began on April 10. t was a big success for minorities this week- A spokesman for the mostly Gulf Arab military coali- end. Electing Sadiq Khan as the mayor of tion did not immediately respond to a Reuters request ILondon is no small thing. London is consid- for comment. As part of the peace talks, representatives ered one of the greatest financial hubs in the of Yemen’s warring sides formed joint political and secu- world and attracts global tourism. As the capital rity committees last week but have made little progress of England and the UK, it is world renowned and toward a full ceasefire or political transition plan. incredibly powerful. I never imagined in my life to The UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh see a Muslim become the mayor of London. Ahmed had earlier held talks with the warring parties in But it happened thanks to the British system. a bid to break an impasse, a day after the government pulled out of direct negotiations. Ismail held separate This system does not discriminate according to morning talks in Kuwait City with delegates, and plena- religion, color, race or background, as long as you ry or committees’ meetings were planned in the after- work hard. And it gives the opportunity to who- noon, spokesman for the UN envoy Charbel Raji said. ever earns it through merit. You don’t need to be But in a setback to talks after yesterday’s events, Houthi rich. You don’t need to be affiliated to a royal fam- representatives refused to attend the meeting with ily or an earl or a lord or a multimillionaire like Ould Cheikh Ahmed, a statement from the office of Zac Goldsmith, etc. And that’s the beauty of Yemen’s prime minister said. The meetings of the joint these types of Western systems. committees have as a result been indefinitely post- Actually electing a Muslim mayor of one of the poned, pan-Arab Al-Arabiya television reported. most visible cities in the world at a time when Yemen’s government on Saturday pulled out of Muslims all over the world are discriminated KUWAIT: Qatari boy Ghanem Mohammad Al-Muftah takes a selfie with HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad direct negotiations with representatives of the Houthi against and branded as terrorists is beautiful. To Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 2) rebels after there were no signs of any progress. know how bad it is, all you need to do is listen to Continued on Page 13 Trump - the US presidential candidate - talk about banning Muslims from entering America. It is a time when Muslims all over the world are fac- Speaker hopes to pass judicial reform laws ing discrimination and unfair treatment. Then to see London choose a Muslim mayor at By B Izzak ciary to accelerate the approval of these Meanwhile, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji said after the meeting that “MPs pre- laws. The speaker praised the status of yesterday submitted a draft law propos- sented new questions to the ministry this point in our history is amazing and might KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker the Kuwaiti judiciary, adding that it ing the establishment of a public anti- and we promised to send the answers give a lesson to the rest of the world to be more Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday he deserves all the hard work needed to doping agency to control the use of ille- after one month”. tolerant and fair and just and to stop discriminat- was hopeful that the Assembly will pass approve the laws. The most important gal substances in sports and related MP Saadoun Hammad hailed the ing against people for their religion. a number of legislations for the benefit bill of the legislation is the judiciary inde- activities. To carry out its objectives, the ministries of interior and foreign affairs I hope our people in the Middle East can also of the judiciary before the current pendence law which makes the country’s agency will propose bills to combat the for the efforts they exerted to secure the learn a lesson from this and start changing some Assembly term ends late next month. justice system more independent away use of banned substances and penalties release of a Kuwaiti citizen who was of their ruthless ways, which are actually anti- Ghanem said he is optimistic that all con- from government’s influence. If for users in accordance with related abducted in Iraq since mid-March. Islamic. Instead they should look at people as cerned sides will work to reach the opti- approved without major changes, the international laws and regulations. Hammad congratulated the family of human beings and stop branding them by race, mal formula with regards to passing a draft law will also guarantee financial Also, Minister of Public Works Ali Al- Khaled Al-Sarhan over his release and color or religion. We in the Middle East deny basic number of draft laws that aim at preserv- independence for the judiciary. The Omair yesterday discussed with the hoped he will return home very soon. human rights to some people and each other in ing the independence of the judiciary Assembly is expected to close the cur- Assembly’s public utilities committees The lawmaker said Sarhan was abduct- ways far away from what Islam intended. and boost its status. rent eight-month term before Eid Al-Fitr, ways to implement recommendations ed by an Iraqi gang while following up Well done, London. And good luck to Mr Khan He said that consultations have been which falls in the first week of July. The passed by the Assembly after the grilling some private commercial matters, ongoing over a long time between the Assembly will then go into a four-month of former public works minister which demanded a ransom of $1 million - you have a long and hard road before you. Assembly, the government and the judi- summer recess. Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim last year. Omair to free him. Woman flees 73 killed in Afghan Kuwait after road crash inferno killing husband GHAZNI, Afghanistan: At least 73 peo- accident in Ghazni province, near the ple were killed yesterday when two pas- Afghan capital, one of the areas worst senger buses and an oil tanker burst into affected by the Taliban insurgency. Baby abandoned flames in a head-on collision in eastern The vehicles were completely gutted By Meshaal Al-Enezi Afghanistan, health officials said, in one and clouds of acrid smoke shrouded the of the worst road accidents in the war- scene of the crash on the Kabul- KUWAIT: An Egyptian woman allegedly killed her battered nation. Many of the dead, Kandahar highway, a major roadway link- including women and children, were ing Afghanistan’s two largest cities. “The husband in Khaitan and fled the country, leaving burned beyond recognition and dozens death toll has soared to 73,” ministry her 8-month-old daughter with one of her neigh- of others were left badly injured in the Continued on Page 13 bors, said security sources. Case papers indicate CAIRO: A picture taken in the early hours of yesterday shows a damaged vehicle that the neighbor, an Egyptian woman, reported following a gun attack on Egyptian policemen in Cairo’s southern outskirts. — AFP that the woman had left her baby with her claiming she had to go somewhere, but eight hours later, the mother texted her that she was in Egypt and 8 policemen killed in that some other woman would pick the baby up the same or the following day. “You will know why I left, take care of the girl,” the message said. Cairo by IS gunmen Police were called, who rushed to the woman’s house, where they found a foul odor emanating CAIRO: Eight policemen were shot dead on the caliphate” opened fire on the police from the apartment. Breaking into the house, Cairo’s southern outskirts in an attack van and then made off with their weapons. claimed yesterday by the Islamic State It said the attack was carried out in retalia- detectives found the husband’s body with a deep group, one of its deadliest in mainland tion for “women imprisoned” in Egyptian skull wound and blood all over the place.

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