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soccer Pages 14 & 16 baseball Page 15 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 / RAMADAN 6, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17666 16 PAGES 150 FILS TEHRAN NAMES NATANZ ATTACK SUSPECT ... FLED COUNTRY Israel repeats no-Iran-nuke mantra Ramadan Timings Iftar .................Sunday ............. 18:17 Imsak ..............Monday ............. 03:45 Newswatch KUWAIT CITY: The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait said it has been agreed between the embassy and the concerned authorities in Kuwait that Filipino domestic workers can use their cell phones outside working hours, reports Al-Qabas daily. Al-Qabas daily had reported last month what the Filipino side had discussed with the Domestic Work- ers Federation about the terms and conditions in the contract, including a term in the contract which stipu- lates that a domestic worker should be given a phone and the worker can use the phone outside working hours and nothing should be deducted from the wages of the employee. ❑ ❑ ❑ In this image made from April 17, 2021 video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged WASHINGTON: Facing swift blow- centrifuges there, as Reza Karimi and said he had fled the country ‘hours before’ the sabotage happened. (AP) back from allies and aid groups, the White House said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by Uranium enriched to 60% next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements. TEHRAN, April 17, (AP): Israel’s foreign minister has said that his Askenazi met with the foreign ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Nikos Christodoulides and Nikos In an emergency determination Dendias, as well as Anwar Gargash, a top presidential aide in the United Arab Emirates. signed by Biden earlier Friday, he country was determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, Israel and the UAE normalized relations in a landmark deal last year, and the four countries rep- stated the admission of up to 15,000 after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process. resented at the meeting Friday promised to boost cooperation in defense, energy, tourism, and other refugees set by former President “We will do whatever it takes to prevent the extremists (in Iran) from succeeding, and Donald Trump this year “remains sectors. justifi ed by humanitarian concerns defi nitely will prevent this regime from having a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Meanwhile, Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged and is otherwise in the national inter- Gabi Ashkenazi told reporters on a visit to Cyprus. centrifuges there, saying he had fled the country “hours before” the sabotage happened. est.” But if the cap is reached before Iranian officials say the country will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity following an attack While the extent of the damage from the April 11 sabotage remains unclear, it comes as Iran tries the end of the current budget year on its nuclear facility at Natanz, in central Iran, on Sunday, that it blamed on Israel. to negotiate with world powers over allowing the U.S. to re-enter its tattered nuclear deal with world and the emergency refugee situation powers and lift the economic sanctions it faces. persists, then a presidential deter- Already, Iran has begun enriching uranium up mination may be issued to raise the to 60% purity in response - three times higher ceiling. Microsoft hit than ever before, though in small quantities. The That set off a deluge of criticism sabotage and Iran’s response to it also have fur- from top allies on Capitol Hill such Assembly back-and-forth as the second-ranking Senate Demo- in Solar hack ther inflamed tensions across the Mideast, where a crat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, who shadow war between Tehran and Israel, the prime called that initial limit “unaccepta- BOSTON, April 17, (AP): The suspect in the sabotage, still rages. ble.” (AP) sprawling, monthslong hacking State television named the suspect as 43-year- ❑ ❑ ❑ campaign deemed a grave threat over alleged mommy jibe old Reza Karimi. It showed a passport-style pho- to U.S. national security came to tograph of a man it identified as Karimi, saying he MANILA: Philippine troops killed be known as SolarWinds for the was born in the nearby city of Kashan, Iran. a suspected Egyptian would-be company whose software up- By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh The report also aired what appeared to be an suicide bomber and two local Abu Interpol “red notice” seeking his arrest. The ar- Sayyaf militants in what military date Russian intelligence agents Arab Times Staff stealthily seeded with malware to rest notice was not immediately accessible on offi cials said Saturday was a set- KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Interpol’s public-facing back that would make it harder for penetrate sensitive government Doubt aired on Danes; and private networks. dispute between National As- database. Interpol, based gunmen linked to the Islamic State sembly Speaker Marzouq Al- group to stage suicide attacks. Yet it was Microsoft whose in Lyon, France, did not Army troops gunned down the code the cyber spies persistently Ghanim and the opposition MPs immediately respond to a three militants in a 10-minute fi re- abused in the campaign’s second new cases here 1,406 continues with MP Muhammad request for comment. fi ght Friday night near a hinterland stage, rifling through emails and Al-Mutair accusing Al-Ghanim The TV report said “nec- village off the mountainous Patikul other files of such high-value By Marwa Al-Bahrawi ommendations. of insulting his mother during essary actions” are under- the supplementary session on way to bring Karimi back town in southern Sulu province. targets as then-acting Homeland Al-Seyassah Staff and He said the Kuwaiti Ministry of They also recovered three assault Security chief Chad Wolf - and Wednesday. to Iran through legal chan- Agencies Health is closely following up inter- rifl es and bandoliers of ammunition, hopping undetected among vic- national recommendations and that it In a press statement, Al-Ghanim nels, without elaborating. army brigade commander Col. Ben- tim networks. KUWAIT CITY, April 17, (Agen- has not and will not hesitate to protect vehemently denied the allegation The supposed Interpol “red jamin Batara Jr. said. This has put the world’s third- the health of citizens and residents. urging Al-Mutair to prove his notice” listed his foreign Military offi cials did not indicate cies): Kuwait’s Ministry of Health most valuable company in the on Friday registered eight new CO- Dr Al-Saeed commenting on the de- claim through the testimony of Karimi travel history as including how the three were tracked down hot seat. Because its products are witnesses. He said Al-Mutair al- Ethiopia, Kenya, the Neth- but military chief Gen. Cirilito So- VID-19 fatalities and 1,406 new in- cision of the Danish Ministry of Health a de facto monoculture in gov- said Kuwait’s Ministry of Health is ways keeps a recording device in erlands, Qatar, Romania, Turkey, Uganda and the bejana suggested that troops were fections in the past 24 hours. his pocket to record every word ut- ernment and industry - with more following up on the developments re- United Arab Emirates. helped by intelligence provided by The Ministry’s spokesman Dr. tered in the legislative sessions. He than 85% market share - federal Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA that garding all vaccines and international The report did not elaborate how Karimi would villagers. “The support of the public urged Al-Mutair to present proof have gotten access to one of the most secure fa- in our peace and security operations lawmakers are insisting that Mi- the death toll increased to 1,436 total recommendations and will not hesitate crosoft swiftly upgrade security of the allegation that he insulted cilities in the Islamic Republic. However, it did is much, much needed,” Sobejana fatalities, and the infections caseload to stop any vaccine or medicine if it the latter’s mother, wondering if told The Associated Press. to what they say it should have proves harmful and so also all accred- for the first time offer authorities acknowledging to 254,472 since the beginning of the the device recorded everything ex- an explosion struck the Natanz facility. The Egyptian, who was identi- provided in the first place, and ited international institutions will stop pandemic. cept the alleged insult. There was a “limited explosion of a small part fi ed by the military only as Yusop, without fleecing taxpayers. He added that 1,283 patients have the vaccine or the medicines. was the son of an Egyptian militant Seeking to assuage concerns, Meanwhile, an employee at of the electricity-feeding path to the centrifuges’ recovered from the virus in the past He affirmed that no thrombosis has the Assembly -- Khalid Bu Sleeb hall,” the TV report said. “The explosion hap- Reda Mohammad Mahmud who Microsoft this past week offered 24 hours to reach 237,667 recover- been recorded for those who took the used the nom de guerre Siti Aisyah all federal agencies a year of “ad- (brother of MP Soud Bu Sleeb) pened because of the function of explosive mate- ies, which make the ratio of recoveries second dose of the Oxford vaccine. -- affirmed he did not hear Al- rials and there was no cyberattack.” and was killed when she detonated vanced” security features at no Al-Saeed stressed on the need a bomb and was shot by troops two 93.40 percent from total conducted tests.