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TWITTER CELEBS @newsofbahrain OP-ED 10 Play football, stop torture INSTAGRAM Spider-Man: Tom /nobmedia 25 reveals new film title LINKDIN MONDAY newsofbahrain JUNE 2018 Actor Tom Holland has leaked that the next “Spi- WHATSAPP 200 FILS 38444680 ISSUE NO. 7788 der-Man” is titled “Far From Home”. Holland made the FACEBOOK /nobmedia revelation about the “Spi- der-Man: Homecoming” MAIL [email protected] sequel, which also stars Jake Gyllenhaal as the villain WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com Mysterio, via Instagram. P16 Portugal look to Ronaldo 18 SPORTS SPORTS 20 England crush Panama Key Unesco meet begins ‘We will iron you like Manama n behalf of His Maj - clothes if you contest polls’ Oesty King Hamad, His Royal Highness Prince Sal- TDT|Manama mentary polls. man bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Thamer Tayfour “This man who threat- the Crown Prince, Deputy ened him is known for his Supreme Commander and BIA plans to handle 14 million passengers a year. relative has alleg- anti-election stances and First Deputy Prime Minis- edly threatened to was involved in acts of sab- ter, yesterday attended the A burn a member of otage and violence and is inauguration of the 42nd Bahrain airport traffic jumps 9pc Fairuz family if he enters involved in entities that meeting of the United Na- TDT|Manama the upcoming parliamen- participate in the 38th ses- tions Educational, Scientific tary polls. sion of the Human Rights and Cultural Organisation’s A video went viral yester- Council and falsely calls for DID (UNESCO) World Heritage ahrain International Airport (BIA), day across social media in Ali Fairuz human rights and freedom Committee, held at Bahrain witnessed an influx of flights and which Ali Fairuz was threat- while members of these National Museum. passenger traffic during Eid Al Fitr, ened by his relative named entities practise precisely B KNOW its operator and managing body, Bahrain AbuAhmed in his bid to keep the opposite of what hu- Airport Company (BAC), said yesterday. him away from polls. man rights and freedom is Egypt to extend During this period, BIA handled “We will iron you like a all about,” said a statement 142,725 passenger movements, a 9 per The AMP‘s objective is to cloth if you contest the polls issued by BHRWS. emergency cent jump compared to the same period transform BIA into a world- to prevent others from doing The statement added Cairo last year, and 1,331 additional flights, an class boutique airport. what you did,” AbuAhmed that the video showed 8pc increase from 2017. was seen threatening Ali AbuAhmed, a cousin of gypt’s parliament ap- These impressive figures come on the Fairuz in the video. Jawad and Jalal Fairuz, Eproved on Sunday the back of an increase in the number of “This achievement would not be possi- Ali’s two brothers, Jalal members of the dissolved extension of a nationwide airlines operating out of BIA, and im- ble without the collaborative efforts and and Jawad were members of A screenshot of the video that Wefaq Society, who state of emergency for three provements being made to the airport’s support of BAC’s partners, which include parliament representing the shows AbuAhmed speaking showed allegiance to the months from July 14. Egypt infrastructure and services as part of the Immigration and Passport Control, dissolved Al Wefaq Society. against Ali Fairuz Iranian delegation at an imposed the emergency in the ongoing Airport Modernisation Pro- Customs Affairs, Airport Police from the The video also shows AbuAhmed international event where they both 2017 after two church bomb- gramme (AMP). Ministry of Interior (MoI), and Bahrain saying that his candidacy has brought represented Bahrain. ings killed at least 45 people. In a statement issued, Chief Airport Airport Services (BAS) and Bahrain Air- disgrace to the Fairuz family. BHRWS chairman said that authori- It was last extended in April. Operations Officer Michael Hohenberg- port operations teams. Bahrain Human Rights Watch Soci- ties should step in protect nominated Egypt faces an Islamic State er, said, “Bahrain International Airport “Once the new Passenger Terminal ety (BHRWS) was quick to respond. It candidates and should take legal action insurgency in the remote smoothly and efficiently handled the Building opens, BIA’s capacity will in- immediately alerted the Human Rights against AbuAhmed who threatened Ali North Sinai region that has surge in passenger and flights traffic crease to 14 million passengers a year Council and the High Commissioners Fairuz. killed hundreds of soldiers during the Eid break, which has proved and we expect to see a corresponding that a Bahraini citizen was threatened Ali Fairuz has announced his candida- and policemen in recent the airport’s ability to handle larger rise in passenger traffic and flights, by members of a dissolved society over cy from the seventh constituency in the years and has expanded to volumes. especially during holiday periods.” participating in the upcoming parlia- Northern Governorate. include attacks on civilians. Saudi woman drives F1 car Riyadh enault got a headstart on Missiles intercepted Rits Formula One rivals yesterday when it gave a Sau- Yemeni rebels have ramped up missile attacks against Saudi Arabia in recent months di Arabian woman a chance to mark a special day by driv- been fired from rebel-held terri- had struck the Saudi defense min- it from swathes of the country ing one of its cars ahead of Saudi Arabia last tory in neighboring Yemen, state istry and other sites in the capital. including the capital Sanaa. Sunday’s French Grand Prix. • media said, after multiple explo- Turki Al Maliki, spokesman for The rebels have in recent On the same day that wom- month tested a new sions were heard in the city. the Saudi-led coalition fighting months ramped up missile attacks en celebrated being allowed siren system for “Two ballistic missiles fired by the rebels, denied that the defense against neighboring Saudi Arabia. to drive on the roads of Sau- Riyadh and the Eastern Houthi rebels were intercepted ministry had been hit. Saudi forces have previously di Arabia, Aseel Al Hamad, Province, in a sign of the over Riyadh,” state-run Al Ekh- The insurgents, who have shot down Houthi missiles with the first female member of bariya television said, without ramped up missile attacks against Patriot surface-to-air missiles her national motorsport growing threat posed specifying whether there were Saudi Arabia in recent months, purchased from the United States. federation, took the wheel by the rebels’ arms. any casualties or damage. regularly claim successful strikes. The latest strikes come as Yemeni of the same car in which An AFP journalist heard at least Saudi Arabia, the UAE and oth- pro-government forces are locked Kimi Raikkonen won the Riyadh four loud explosions in the Saudi er allies intervened in Yemen in in heavy battles with Houthi re- 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. capital, which has been targeted March 2015 to push back the re- bels as they press an offensive audi air defences inter- by Houthi missiles in the past. bels and restore the internation- backed by Saudi Arabia and the cepted two missiles over The Iran-backed rebels’ news ally recognised government to A screenshot of the video showing a United Arab Emirates to retake SRiyadh yesterday that had outlet Al Masirah said missiles power after the Houthis ousted missile being intercepted above Riyadh. the key aid hub of Hodeidah. CRUEL ACT DON’T MISS IT French jogger detained after crossing US-Canada border 230 families Toronto arrested her for crossing into erywhere.” 03 living under Blaine, Washington. “Then I understood it was get- poverty in Hidd young French woman “He started telling me that I ting very serious, and I started to who went for an evening had crossed the border illegally We were locked up all cry a bit.” Diraz bombers’ Ajog along a Canadian and I told him I really did not do the time and in the yard She said she was held in a room beach spent two weeks in US im- it on purpose,” Roman told Ra- there was barbed wire with about 100 other people. 04 life sentences migration detention after stray- dio-Canada. The French national and dogs “We were locked up all the upheld ing across the border. thought that she might be given CEDELLA ROMAN time and in the yard there was Cedella Roman, 19, who was a warning or, at worst, be fined. barbed wire and dogs,” she told New law to curb visiting her mother in British “I did not think they would put French news agency AFP. Columbia, decided to run along me in jail,” she said. With no identification on her “We tried to help each other, 05 free visa trading the beach that leads to Canada’s Cedella Roman But to jail she did go, as the of- and just the clothes she was there was a good atmosphere. border with the United States ficers took her more than 220km wearing, Roman started to realise “Seeing people who had come on 21 May. stopped to take a picture before (136 miles) south to the Tacoma the gravity of her situation. from Africa and elsewhere Roman told Canadian media retracing her steps. Northwest Detention Center, a “They asked me to remove all locked up for trying to cross the she turned on to a dirt path for a She was then confronted by privately run immigration prison my personal belongings with my border, it put my experience into few metres as the tide rose, and two US border patrol agents who in Washington state. jewellery, they searched me ev- perspective.” MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018 02 King stresses need to preserve heritage His Majesty highlights Bahrain’s standing on world cultural map His Majesty receives Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Audrey Azoulay.

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