SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016 THULHIJJA 25, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Info minister Ex-IMF boss Sea dogs take FIFA slammed hails Amir’s Rato on trial the lead at over disbanding support of youth over bankers’ unique US surf of racism at Tamkeen2 luxury25 sprees competition40 task20 force FM denies any intelligence Min 25º Max 40º coordination with Israel High Tide 08:22 & 22:25 Activist remanded for 21 days for insulting Amir Low Tide 02:35 & 16:01 40 PAGES NO: 17003 150 FILS By B Izzak Trump: Jerusalem Israel’s undivided capital KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Sabah denied yesterday an Israeli press report claiming NEW YORK: Republican candidate Donald Trump Kuwait and Israel are coordinating on intelligence. In a pledged Sunday to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s “undi- response to a question by a lawmaker, the minister said vided” capital if he is elected president, meeting with Kuwait has not changed its position towards Israel. He Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Hillary said that Kuwait’s policy on Israel is based on a common Clinton also met that evening. Netanyahu met privately Arab stand, and accordingly, a low-level Kuwaiti delega- with Trump at his residence in Trump Tower a day before tion remained at the UN General Assembly when Israeli the New York billionaire faced off against Democratic prime minister spoke. rival Clinton for their first presidential debate. Separately, the public prosecution yesterday ordered “Trump acknowledged that Jerusalem has been opposition female activist Sara Al-Derees detained for 21 the eternal capital of the Jewish people for over 3,000 days pending further investigation after interrogating years, and that the United States, under a Trump her on accusations of insulting HH the Amir. Derees gave administration, will finally accept the long-standing herself up on Sunday after she learnt that the public congressional mandate to recognize Jerusalem as the prosecution planned to question her over comments undivided capital of the state of Israel,” his campaign she wrote on Twitter deemed offensive to the Amir. The said in a statement. activist’s lawyer Khaled Al-Hajeri said he will challenge Israel captured the Arab eastern half of Jerusalem the public prosecutor’s decision to detain his client, say- during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and annexed it in ing that the 21-day detention does not apply to her. 1980, declaring all of Jerusalem Israel’s unified capital. A challenge must be heard by a judge on urgent The United States - and most other UN member coun- basis. The judge can order her release on bail pending tries - do not recognize the annexation and consider trial. Hajeri said that Derees began an open-ended Jerusalem’s final status to be a key issue to be hunger strike in protest against her detention, which he resolved in peace negotiations with the Palestinians. described as against the law. Before giving herself up, The US Congress passed a law in October 1995 call- she insisted on her Twitter account that she did not ing for an undivided Jerusalem to be recognized as Continued on Page 13 Israel’s capital and to authorize funding for moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. But no US president - Democrat or Republican - has implement- Hijri year holiday ed the law, regarding it as an infringement on the KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission (CSC) yester- executive branch’s authority over foreign policy. HEMPSTEAD, New York: A student poses with a backdrop of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump at Hofstra University, before their first presidential debate. — AFP day announced that Sunday, Oct 2, 2016 would be an Continued on Page 13 official holiday on the occasion of the new Hijri year. News in brief Saudi officials’ salaries, bonuses cut Oman journalists Unpaid Pakistani workers to fly back home jailed, paper shut MUSCAT: A court in Oman yesterday ordered the per- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will cut ministers’ salaries by 20 deficit of $100 billion last year, forcing it to find new sav- tion led by the kingdom in neighboring Yemen. Saudi manent closure of a newspaper which had reported on percent and scale back financial perks for public sector ings and ways to raise money. A royal decree read direct- Arabia unveiled an economic reform plan this year to alleged corruption within the judiciary, and jailed three employees, according to a cabinet statement and royal ly after the broadcast on the TV channel announced the wean the kingdom off its addiction to oil, on which it of its journalists on charges that included undermining decree broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV yesterday. It cut in ministers’ pay, among them the king’s successors: depends for the overwhelming share of government the prestige of the state. Ibrahim Al-Mamari, editor-in- was the first announcement of pay cuts for government Crown Prince and Interior Minister Mohammed bin revenue. The “Vision 2030” initiative aims to jumpstart chief of the privately owned Azamn newspaper, and his employees, who make up about two-thirds of working Nayef, and Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister the private sector, provide jobs for a growing population deputy and managing editor Youssef Al-Balushi, were Saudis. “The cabinet has decided to stop and cancel Mohammed bin Salman. Housing and car allowances for and collect more non-oil revenue. jailed for three years and fined 3,000 rials ($7,800) each. some bonuses and financial benefits,” read a line of text members of the appointed Shura Council will be cut by “It’s one more economic measure to balance spend- A third journalist, Zaher Al-Abri, was sentenced to one on Ekhbariya, as a minister read to assembled ministers 15 percent. Overtime bonuses were curbed at between ing. Of course people don’t like it, but it’s a sign of the year in jail and fined 1,000 rials. The court found Mamari and royals, including King Salman, a list of cuts in various 25 and 50 percent of basic salaries, while annual leave times,” Saudi analyst and editor of Arab News Jamal and Balushi guilty on four charges, including undermin- grades in the civil service. may no longer exceed 30 days. Khashoggi said. “Probably the teachers and many others ing the prestige of the state, disturbing public order, The decision comes as low oil prices have pushed An exception to the curbs would be made for troops will be affected by it. It shows why it’s important for the misusing the Internet, and publishing details of a per- energy-rich Gulf Arab states to rein in lavish public involved in combat operations along the southern bor- private sector and Saudi GDP to diversify,” he told Reuters. sonal status case. It also convicted Balushi of slander spending. The kingdom racked up a record budget der and abroad as part of an 18-month military interven- Continued on Page 13 and of publishing a report in violation of a ban imposed on any reporting related to Mamari’s arrest. Violent crime UAE eyes new laws to regulate drones ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates will finalize rises in US: FBI laws to more heavily regulate the sale of drones and their operations soon, aiming to minimize WASHINGTON: Violent crime in the United States rose risks posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, an offi- last year, the FBI said yesterday, reporting data that cial at the aviation regulator said yesterday. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump could “Several incidents have happened and to inte- use in his debates with Democrat Hillary Clinton. The FBI grate them (drones) safely into the commercial air- said that in 2015 there were 1,197,704 violent crimes, an space is a challenge,” Mohammed Faisal Al- increase of 3.9 percent compared with the previous year. Dossari, director, air navigation and aerodromes Murder and non-negligent manslaughter increased 10.8 department, UAE General Civil Aviation Authority percent, and firearms were involved in two-thirds of those cases, the agency said. (GCAA), said. Current regulations on drones in the The increase in the murder rate was due mainly to ris- UAE, introduced in April 2015, relate mainly to es in seven major cities: Chicago, Baltimore, Houston, commercial licensing and approving how compa- Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Washington, nies use drones and are under constant develop- DC. On the very day the FBI report was released, a gun- ment, Dossari told reporters at a regional confer- man in Houston wounded nine people near an apart- ence on drones. The new laws will also address air- ment complex before being shot and killed by police. worthiness for heavier drones, standards for pilot- NEW YORK: Participants march in the Muslim Day Parade on Madison Avenue on Sunday. — AP Last Friday, a young male shooter killed five people in a less aircraft and pilot training among other issues. department store in the state of Washington. The FBI figures were released hours before the hotly Bomb case latest hardship awaited first presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. Crime was expected to be one of the key topics Iran downplays deal, for discussion. It is one of the pet issues of Trump, who UAE keen on freeze for NJ’s Muslim community depicts himself as a tough law-and-order candidate. ALGIERS: Iran downplayed yesterday the chances of Trump, who is backed by the powerful US gun lobby, PATERSON, New Jersey: At the Islamic Center of Passaic Paterson mosque. Like Muslims around the country, New hammers away at his idea that America is a country OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers clinching an output- County, which draws about 2,000 people each Friday for Jersey’s have been slogging through a particularly painful threatened by uncontrolled illegal immigration, which he restraint deal in Algeria this week even though several communal prayers, the talk is about how this year is differ- year.