JAMADA ALTHANI 26, 1440 AH SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019 28 Pages Max 22º Min 06º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17771 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Courts dealt with 3,400 Canada launches extradition Handball definition changed Federer wins ‘special’ 100th 224juvenile suspects in 2018 of top Huawei executive to US 26 for goal-scoring situations 28 title by beating Tsitsipas Ghanem hails Kuwait’s support for Syrian, Palestinian refugees Speaker visits Jordanian Red Crescent Society, cancer center KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al- Ghanem acclaimed yesterday the humanitarian role of 234 ‘best’ private Kuwait and its continued support for Syrian and Palestinian refugees. He lauded HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s efforts aiming to firms employed alleviate the sufferings and pains of Syrian and Palestinian refugees. 43,580 Kuwaitis In a press statement after touring the Jordan Red Crescent Society, Ghanem said, “It gave us the honor to By A Saleh be part of the opening of Kuwait Red Crescent Society clinic to treat Syrian refugees,” and they inspected the KUWAIT: A report by the manpower authority technical training center. “We listened to the speech showed 234 private sector companies provided delivered by the Chairman of the Jordan Red Crescent 43,580 job opportunities for Kuwaitis and were list- Society Dr Ahmad Al-Hadeed and his appreciation of ed as ‘best companies’. The list includes 30 compa- the role of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society,” Ghanem nies that provided 32,993 job opportunities for citi- noted. zens (75 percent of total job opportunities), includ- He said more than 1,000 packages containing food ing banking, telecom, construction and trading com- and health supplies were distributed to 1,000 panies, in addition to libraries. Palestinian refugee families. “Yesterday, we saw Syrian The report showed that over 44 percent of these refugees and today Palestinian refugees, and many jobs were in banks (14,728 jobs), led by Commercial thanks and great gratitude to everyone who organized Bank of Kuwait and followed by National Bank of and arranged this,” Ghanem said. He thanked the Jordan Kuwait, Gulf Bank, Burgan Bank, Kuwait Finance Red Crescent and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for House, Kuwait International Bank, Al-Ahli Bank of opening its doors, houses, roads and the hearts of its Kuwait, Boubyan Bank and Ahli United Bank. Only sons to Palestinian and Syrian refugees, hoping that the AMMAN: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem visits the Jordan Red Crescent Society and its facilities 10 co-ops provided job opportunities for citizens, good deeds will continue and that the Kuwaiti people yesterday. — KUNA (See Page 4) led by Jaber Al-Ahmad Cooperative Society with would continue to support their brothers - whether 821 jobs, Zahra with 112 jobs, Salmiya with 30 jobs, Palestinians, Syrians or any other Muslim Arab people. efforts to facilitate the mission of the Kuwaiti delega- delegation also visited Al-Hussein Cancer Center, Adan and Qusour with 18 jobs, Fahaheel with 15 Ghanem expressed his thanks and appreciation to Continued on Page 24 tion and its humanitarian duties towards the Syrian and where they were briefed on informative data about the Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani for his Palestinian refugees. Ghanem and his accompanying facilities and patients. — KUNA pulverized by a mortar shell. Indian army chief Bipin Pak, India step Rawat dashed to Udhampur in his country’s sector of Kashmir yesterday to review border security. Across the region villagers huddled in makeshift bunkers while back from brink; police ordered non-essential traffic off roads, an AFP reporter said. At least 12 civilians have been killed on shelling continues either side of the frontier since the start of the week. Pakistan touted Abhinandan’s return as “as a goodwill MUZAFFARABAD/SRINAGAR: A flare-up between gesture aimed at de-escalating rising tensions with arch-foes India and Pakistan appeared to be easing yes- India” after weeks of unease that threatened to spiral terday after Islamabad handed back a captured Indian into war after both countries used jets for bombing mis- pilot, but tensions continued to simmer amid efforts by sions this week. Global powers, including China and the global powers to prevent a war between the nuclear- United States, have urged restraint to prevent another armed neighbors. Wing Commander Abhinandan conflict between the neighbors who have fought three Varthaman, who became the face and symbol of the wars since independence from Britain in 1947. biggest clash between India and Pakistan in many years, There was no let-up in war rhetoric with Indian walked across the border just before 9 pm on Friday in a Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying no-one could high-profile handover shown on live television. “dare threaten” a “new, fearless and decisive” India. Shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) that acts as Modi also told an India Today media group conference a de facto border in the disputed Kashmir region, a fre- the country needed the Rafale fighter jets it wants to quent feature in recent weeks, continued yesterday. buy from France. The deal has been embroiled in cor- Pakistan’s military said yesterday its air force and navy ruption allegations leveled by the opposition Congress “continue to be alert and vigilant”. In a fearsome 24 party. “If India had the procured the Rafale on time then hour spell, two soldiers and two civilians died on the the result of the recent skirmish with Pakistan could MUZAFFARABAD: Kashmiris carry the coffin of a civilian who was killed in a gunfight between Indian and Pakistan side, its military said. On the Indian side, a have been different,” Modi said. Pakistani troops on the Line of Control (LoC) during a funeral ceremony yesterday. — AFP woman and her two children died after their house was Continued on Page 24 the Falcon 9 rocket built by SpaceX - run SpaceX capsule by billionaire Elon Musk - at 2:49 am (0749 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, light- IS facing final launched on ing up the coastline. The first and second stages separated without incident, plac- defeat; chlorine ISS test mission ing Dragon in Earth’s orbit 11 minutes after take-off. Every successful stage of CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: SpaceX the mission - whose planning suffered used in Douma celebrated the successful launch yester- three-year delays - triggered cheers at NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria: day of a new astronaut capsule on a the firm’s headquarters and at the Kurdish-led forces bat- week-long round trip to the International Kennedy Space Center. tled militants defending their last village yesterday Space Station - a key step towards “I’m a little emotionally exhausted, as operations to flush out the Islamic State group resuming manned space flights from US because that was super stressful but it from eastern Syria resumed after several days of soil after an eight-year break. This time worked, so far,” Musk told a late-night humanitarian evacuations. The US-backed Syrian around, the only occupant on board press conference an hour later. “It’s been Democratic Forces pushed into Baghouz, a tiny SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule was a 17 years, we still haven’t launched anyone hamlet near the Iraqi border where IS fighters have dummy named Ripley - but NASA plans yet, but hopefully we will later this year.” been making a desperate last stand. As the sun rose to put two astronauts aboard in July, The next tricky step for the capsule will above the palm trees lining the Euphrates River, the although that date could be delayed. be docking at the ISS on Sunday KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew crackle and thud of gunfire and shelling echoed The new capsule blasted off aboard Continued on Page 24 Dragon spacecraft onboard takes off during the Demo-1 mission yesterday. — AFP across the countryside while SDF artillery units could be seen taking up positions. Later yesterday, AFP reporters near the frontline decree, the Saudi newspaper said, quoting town of Abbottabad - by US special forces. could see thick black smoke rising above the heart Hamza bin Laden the kingdom’s interior ministry. It did not “Since at least August 2015, he has of the village, which SDF units approached through give a reason for the decision. The US on released audio and video messages on the outlying farms. “The intense fighting continues,” stripped of his Thursday offered a $1 million reward for Internet calling on his followers to launch spokesman Adnan Afrin told reporters, adding that information on Hamza bin Laden, who it attacks against the United States and its eight SDF fighters had been seriously wounded in sees as an emerging face of extremism. Western allies,” the US State Department the first few hours of the battle. “It’s closer combat Saudi citizenship Al-Qaeda’s Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the said in a statement on Thursday. The 15th now, the distance between us and the jihadists is United States killed some 3,000 people of Osama bin Laden’s 20 children and a gone,” he said, explaining that a one kilometer buffer RIYADH: Hamza bin Laden, a son of late and sparked the US intervention in son of his third wife, Hamza has been had been maintained in recent days. Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, seen as Afghanistan. Hamza bin Laden, who groomed to follow in his father’s footsteps The SDF launched a two-pronged assault on IS’ last a rising jihadist leader, has been stripped according to Washington is around 30, has since childhood.