BUSINESS | Page 1 SPORT | Page 1 Qatar will be a better team aft er Copa America: Sanchez Qatargas marks milestone with 10,000th ship loading by RLTO published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11184 May 15, 2019 Ramadan 10, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals In brief Amir hosts Iftar banquet for Armed Forces, MoI officers REGION | Politics Trump denies plan to send ‘troops’ to ME US President Donald Trump yesterday denied reports saying that US off icials were discussing a military plan to send up to 120,000 troops to the Middle East in anticipation of a military confrontation with Iran. “I think it is fake news, okay Would I do that, absolutely. But we have not planned for that. Hopefully we’re not going to have to plan for that,” Trump said. The New York Times had reported that the Pentagon was updating His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin military plans, including one that Hamad al-Thani hosted yesterday an Iftar envisioned sending as many as banquet in honour of the commanders 120,000 troops to the region in the and senior off icers of the Armed Forces, event of Iranian attacks or eff orts by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and various Tehran to obtain nuclear weapons. security bodies, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The banquet ASIA | Unrest was attended by His Highness Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Personal Lankan anti-Muslim Representative of His Highness the Amir. riots claim fi rst life It was also attended by HE the Prime Sri Lanka announced yesterday a Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh curfew for a second straight night Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, after a man was killed by sword- as well as a number of their excellencies wielding rioters in an escalating Sheikhs. Page 24 anti-Muslim backlash following the Easter terror attacks. Violence broke out late Monday, three weeks after Islamist extremist bombings killed 258 people, with rampaging mobs carrying out arson attacks and WhatsApp security breach 2,000 people vandalising a mosque, witnesses said. Page 12 ‘targeted’ rights groups EUROPE | Diplomacy Qatar achieves total Putin hopes to O Average end users need a research group at the University of mend US ties not worry, says expert Toronto. It did not disclose how many A visit from the top American users were aff ected. diplomat to Russia was blighted by success in solving Reuters A WhatsApp spokesman said the at- disputes over the Iranian nuclear Jerusalem tack was sophisticated and had all the programme and the Venezuelan hallmarks of a “private company work- political crisis even as Russian ing with governments on surveillance.” President Vladimir Putin expressed hatsApp said yesterday a se- WhatsApp said it was “deeply con- hope for mending frayed ties between ‘card fraud’ cases curity breach on its messag- cerned about the abuse” of such sur- the former rivals. Major points of Wing app had signs of coming veillance technologies and that it be- contention quickly surfaced after from a government using surveillance lieved human rights activists may have US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo O Public urged to exercise at the earliest, he explained. are helping banks and other institu- technology developed by a private been the targets. and his Russian counterpart, Foreign caution while using cards The offi cial pointed out that Qa- tions to identify fraudulent cheques,” company and may have targeted hu- “We’re working with human rights Minister Sergei Lavrov, both assured tar is witnessing cases of fraudulent he said. man rights groups. groups on learning as much as we can that their countries want to mend By Shafeeq Alingal According to the E&CCCD head, WhatsApp, which is part of Fa- about who may have been impacted their strained relations. Page 16 Staff Reporter card users become victims of the crime cebook, said it had notifi ed the US from their community. That’s re- due to limited awareness in dealing Department of Justice to help with ally where our highest concern is,” the RAMADAN THOUGHT with electronic transactions and han- an investigation, and encouraged all spokesman said. he Economic and Cyber GT EXCLUSIVE dling debit and credit cards. WhatsApp users to update to the lat- Citizen Lab tweeted: “We believe And when We cause mankind Crimes Combating Depart- “Users should be vigilant and care- est version of the app, where the breach an attacker tried (and was blocked by to taste of mercy, they rejoice ment (E&CCCD) has secured ful while holding ATM transactions had been fi xed. WhatsApp) to exploit it as recently as therein; but when some evil T 100% success in arresting all the and using credit cards. They should WhatsApp, one of the most popular yesterday to target a human rights law- aff licts them because of (evil suspects in credit card and ATM cheques that are brought in from out- not hand over the cards and share messaging tools in the world, is used by yer.” deeds and sins) that their (own) fraud cases since 2011, a senior offi- side the country and this aff ects the password or PIN to anyone in any 1.5bn people monthly. It has touted its Cyber security experts said the vast hands have sent forth, behold, cial told Gulf Times. economy. The E&CCCD has set up a case. This prevents criminals from high level of security and privacy, with majority of users were unlikely to have they are in despair! (Qur’an 30: “Eliminating such crimes is one of committee to combat the threat from getting details they want for fraud,” messages on its platform being en- been aff ected. 36) the top priorities of our department fraudsters and a comprehensive strat- he said. In some cases, the depart- crypted end to end so that WhatsApp Scott Storey, a senior lecturer in cy- Prayer times and we are proud that action was ini- egy is in the making for the successful ment offi cials have found criminals and third parties cannot read or listen ber security at Sheffi eld Hallam Uni- tiated against the culprits,” E&CCCD fi ght against fraudulent cheques. getting details by scanning credit and to them. versity, believes most WhatsApp users Fajr....3.25 Zuhr....11.30 Asr....2.57 head Col Ali Hassan al-Kubaisi said in “By joining hands with various debit cards. The company said it was still inves- were not aff ected since this appears Maghrib.....6.14 Isha.....7.44 an interview. stakeholders, the E&CCCD has formed The department has recorded vari- tigating the breach but believed only a to be governments targeting specifi c The E&CCCD, under the General an exclusive committee that has mem- ous kinds of frauds including skim- “select number of users were targeted people, mainly human rights cam- Fasting times Directorate of Criminal Investiga- bers from banks and other depart- ming, in which criminals place a de- through this vulnerability by an ad- paigners. tion, Ministry of Interior, has good ments in the country,” al-Kubaisi said. vice deep inside the ATM to record a vanced cyber actor.” “For the average end user, it’s not Iftar today .............................6.14pm ties with the authorities concerned The department is making use of the card’s chip information, and withdraw But its advice to all users to update something to really worry about,” he Imsak tomorrow.................3.14am of Mastercard and VISA, which services of experts from forensic labo- cash by using stolen debit card num- came “out of an abundance of caution” said, adding that WhatsApp found the helped to ensure appropriate action ratory and security printing press. “We bers. To Page 8 and a recommendation by Citizen Lab, vulnerability and quickly fi xed it. Page 11 Ras Abu Aboud Stadium: revolutionary and innovative design QNA repurposed after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Its components in the construction of Ras Abu Aboud Doha parts will be used in other sporting events or projects Stadium. Concrete will be used only in foundations, in needy countries, in co-ordination with FIFA, to set a while the outer structure will be made of iron and new standard in sustainability and introduce bold new shipping containers. as Abu Aboud Stadium, one of the stadiums of ideas in tournament legacy planning. He said the Ras Abu Aboud Stadium would be a the FIFA World Cup (Qatar 2022), is a pioneer- Ras Abu Aboud Stadium Project Manager, in the precedent that would revolutionise stadium design Ring project in the fi eld of building stadiums and Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (CS), Mo- for future World Cup hosting countries, as it is based hosting major sports events, being the fi rst in the his- hamed al-Mulla stressed that Ras Abu Aboud will be on a new way of thinking and creativity in construc- tory of the World Cup that can be entirely dismantled. the fi rst stadium in the world that can be completely tion, that shortens construction time and lowers cost. In addition, it will have a truly unique design, featur- dismantled, adding that its parts can be used in build- Al-Mulla explained that the reason for building a ing shipping containers to create an extraordinary ing two 20,000-seat stadiums or even in building stadium with these specifi cations and dismantling it building block eff ect. non-sporting projects, such as administrative build- after the World Cup is that Qatar does not need eight Constructed using shipping containers, removable ing or multi-use hall.