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P16 Ronaldo set to begin Juve adventure in intimate alpine friendly 19 SPORTS WORLD 12 Flash flood kills 37 in India’s tourist hotspot Eid Al Adha on August 21 Bahrain condemns blast in Jordan Mecca certed international cooperation to id Al Adha will be cel- The Foreign Ministry counter terrorism and dry out its fund- Eebrated on August 21, • ing sources. the Supreme Court in Saudi called for concerted A vehicle belonging to the Jordanian Arabia said. international cooperation to gendarmerie was hit by an explosion In a statement carried counter terrorism and dry on Friday evening, leaving one sergeant by the Saudi Press Agency out its funding sources. dead and wounding six other security (SPA), the court said that the personnel. start of the month of Dhull The blast happened just outside the Hijja would be on Sunday Manama capital Amman, where the unit was August 12, Arafat Day when tasked with guarding a cultural festi- Muslims congregate on in he Kingdom yesterday strongly val held in the western outskirt of the the area in the outskirts of condemned the terrorist explo- city. Mecca would be on August Tsion that targeted a joint patrol Local news media quoted government 20 and Eid would be on Au- conducted by the Gendarmerie and Pub- sources denying the blast was linked to gust 21. lic Security forces in Fuheis in Jordan. terrorism, however, investigations are The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ex- continuing. pressed its deep-felt condolences and In a statement, Lt Col Mahmoud Al Three killed in consolation to the martyr’s relatives and The blast leaves one sergeant dead, six injured. Shiab, the spokesperson for the Jorda- family while wishing a speedy recovery nian gendarmerie, said that, “a gendar- Jordan terror raid to those injured in the blast. measures it took to reinforce security all forms of violence, extremism and merie unit exploded outside the area of Amman The ministry affirmed Bahrain’s full and stability. terrorism, irrespective of the motives the festival of Fuheis, and resulted in the support to Jordan in its efforts to combat It also renewed the unwavering stance or causes. death of a sergeant, and the injury of four ordan said yesterday violence and terrorism and backed all the of the Kingdom, which strongly rejects The Foreign Ministry called for con- gendarmeries and two officers”. Jthree people were killed during a police raid on a house sheltering militants suspected of being behind a bomb attack on a police van. Security forces stormed a building in the city of Salt where suspects behind the planting of the home-made Tehran on a knife edge bomb that killed one po - liceman on Friday were be- lieved to be hiding as part Iran test-fired anti-ship missile during drills last week, says US of the manhunt. a message as the United States national agreement on Iran’s nu- Flight to Sun There were no US reimposes sanctions on Tehran, clear programme and re-impose • a US official has said. sanctions on Tehran. delayed military assets nearby The official, however, did not Senior Iranian officials have Florida or in danger when Iran suggest that such a missile test warned the country would not conducted the test, was unusual during naval ex- easily yield to a renewed US last-minute technical the official added. ercises or that it was carried campaign to strangle Iran’s vital A problem has delayed out unsafely, noting it occurred oil exports. Nasa’s unprecedented flight in what could be described as Last month, Iran’s Supreme to the Sun. The guided-missile Iranian territorial waters in the Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Saturday’s launch count- destroyer• USS The Strait. backed President Hassan Rou- down was halted with just Sullivans has been Iran’s Revolutionary Guards hani’s suggestion that Iran may one-minute, 55 seconds re- escorting vessels confirmed on Sunday it had held block Gulf oil exports if its own maining, keeping the Del- war games in the Gulf over the exports are stopped. ta IV (four) rocket at Cape through the strait past several days, saying they Votel said the US military was in recent days. An Iranian short range “Tondar” missile is launched during a war game at an Canaveral, Florida, with the were aimed at “confronting pos- undisclosed location near Tehran. keenly aware of Iran’s military Parker Solar Probe. This fol- sible threats” by enemies. activities. lowed earlier trouble in the Washington US Army General Joseph Vo- But the timing of this par - that as we approach this period “We are aware of what’s go- countdown. tel, head of the US military’s ticular set of exercises was of the sanctions here, that they ing on, and we remain ready ran test-fired a short-range Central Command, said earlier designed to get Washington’s had some capabilities,” Votel to protect ourselves as we pur- anti-ship missile in the Strait this week the scope and scale attention. told reporters at the Pentagon. sue our objectives of freedom Iof Hormuz during naval of the exercises were similar “It’s pretty clear to us that Iran has been furious over of navigation and the freedom drills last week that Washington to ones Iran had carried out in they were trying to use that ex- US President Donald Trump’s of commerce in international believes were aimed at sending the past. ercise to send a message to us decision to pull out of an inter- waters,” Votel said. 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Uproar over 2020, according to projections Elsewhere, financial hub Sin- from the International Mone- It’s the only place in China gapore’s GDP per capita is ex- 05 waterpark women tary Fund. where casinos are legal, turning pected to top six digits by next abuse incident That will put Macau ahead of it into a magnet for high-rollers year and is on track to grow to the current number one Qatar, from the mainland. about $117,535 by 2023, while which will reach $139,151 in the Macau is the only place in China were casinos are legal. Macau’s gross domestic prod- Hong Kong - across the water same time frame. uct has more than tripled from from Macau - will touch almost A former Portuguese outpost Macau has become a gambling nese control almost two decades about $34,500 per capita in $80,000 by that time, the IMF on the southern tip of China, mecca since returning to Chi- ago. 2001, the IMF data shows. projections show. SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2018 02 Empowering youth ‘key focus of reform project’ Shaikh Nasser underscores the ability of Bahraini youth to come up with solutions when confronted by challenges sustainable development goals. brate the centenary of its regular edu- Shaikh Nasser pointed He noted that Bahrain’s ranking cation in 2019, pointing out the steady • fourth internationally in the Telecom- development of the educational sector. out that the Youth City 2030 munication Infrastructure Index as- He pointed out that Bahrain paved was one of the initiatives serts providing a favourable climate the way for political and civil participa- that reflects the strategy for the youth to get informed about tion through a popular referendum on on the ground by providing regional and international experiences the National Action Charter which was in various fields. approved by an overwhelming majority the youth with the needed Shaikh Nasser cited statistics by the of 98.4 per cent of the votes to become training and rehabilitation. UN showing that there are currently 1.8 an essential part of the kingdom’s dem- billion youngsters aged between 10 and ocratic process. Manama 24 in the world. However, 1 out of 10 Shaikh Nasser underscored the on- children live in regions of conflict and going support to the youth’s initiatives epresentative of His Majesty 24 million children do not go to school. to serve the community and shape the the King for Charity Work and Shaikh Nasser Shaikh Khalid He pointed out that Bahrain possess- future of Bahrain. RYouth Affairs, Chairman of the es all factors of security and stability HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Supreme Council for Youth and Sport bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, He pointed out that the Youth City thanks to the efforts of the relevant Khalifa, First Deputy President of the and President of Bahrain Olympic Com- Deputy Supreme Commander and First 2030 was one of the initiatives that bodies.