Saudi Says All Set for This Year's

WIN 3 CARS AND 300 GOLD COINS! Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Issue No. 7489 Tel: 17228888 200 Fils bfc.com.bh www.newsofbahrain.com www.facebook.com/nobonline newsofbahrain 38444680 nob_bh ‘All options’JO3307_BFC_BAH_BOB_Centenary_Bonanza_Campaign_ad_67x85mm.indd on table 1 25/05/2017 15:44 for N Korea: Trump Washington resolution that we’ve had, and S President Donald so I think something serious has Trump warned yesterday to happen.” “allU options” are again on New sanctions on North the table after North Korea Korea could be discussed, she snubbed Washington’s bid to said. lure it back to talks by test “I think we have a lot to talk firing a ballistic missile over about today. So with all of our Japan. partners, what we hope is that Trump revived his implied China and Russia continues to threat of pre-emptive US work with us, like they have in military action just days after the past on North Korea.” Today, 54 years since congratulating himself that The Pentagon identified MLK’s “I Have a Dream” North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un the missile that was fired as appeared to be “starting to an intermediate range ballistic speech, let us pledge to respect” him by holding off on missile (or IRBM) -- a projectile never lose sight of his missile firings. with a range of between 3,000 vision of racial and eco- Kim responded not only and 5,500 kilometers (1,864– by resuming test launches, 3,418 miles). nomic justice. but by choosing a much Independent experts reacting @SenSanders more dangerous flight path, to the publicly available sending a ballistic missile high information said the reports over US ally Japan, triggering US President Donald Trump were compatible with the Today’s Weather consternation on the ground missile having been North Max Min and in world capitals. and among all nations of the called an emergency meeting and that tough action must be Korea’s single-stage, liquid- “Threatening and world,” Trump said, in a White of the US Security Council in taken against Pyongyang. fueled Hwasong-12 -- fired 39°C 30°C destabilizing actions only House statement. “All options New York, where Washington’s “It’s unacceptable,” Haley from a land-based mobile increase the North Korean are on the table.” Ambassador Nikki Haley said. “They have violated every launcher. - AFP x regime’s isolation in the region Japan and the United States warned that “enough is enough” single UN Security Council (More on Page 2) Holidays announced Manama is Royal Highness Saudi says all set for this year’s haj Prime Minister Prince HKhalifa bin Salman Al Mina required to perform at least According to Turki, pilgrims Khalifa yesterday issued he Saudi authorities said once in their life if able to do were to begin gathering from a circular on Eid Al Adha yesterday that they were so. Tuesday evening in Mina holidays. According to readyT to welcome more than A security perimeter has Valley, near Mecca, to prepare the Circular, ministries, two million Muslims from been established around Mecca to climb Mount Arafat, government departments around the globe for this and its surroundings for the considered the climax of the and public institutions will week’s haj pilgrimage to event. haj, on Thursday. be closed from August 31, Islam’s holiest sites. Turki said that 400,000 “We have taken measures to to September 5, marking the “Our plans have been drawn people from inside Saudi organise the movement of the ascent on Mount Arafat and up on the basis of more than Arabia had been refused access crowds in several places where Eid Al Adha. two million pilgrims, including to the holy sites for the haj the influx is large,” he said. 1.73 million from abroad,” because they did not have the Turki said that tens of interior ministry spokesman necessary permits. thousands of cameras would General Mansour Al-Turki Representatives of the haj help control the crowd. told a news conference. and health ministries, the Two years ago, a huge That would mark an increase Saudi Red Crescent and the stampede at the haj left nearly compared with last year when civil defence laid out their 2,300 people dead -- the worst Pilgrims pray at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca,yesterday, on 1.86 million pilgrims joined plans at the news conference catastrophe in the history of the eve of the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage. the haj, which Muslims are to ensure a smooth pilgrimage. the pilgrimage. - AFP 2 Wednesday, August 30, 2017 N. Korea fires ballistic missile People watch a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul over Japan Seoul US are jointly analysing for three short-range missiles in orth Korea fired a details,” it added. what was seen as a minimal ballistic missile over Tokyo also said it overflew provocation after the start of Japan PM, Trump agree JapanN yesterday, South its territory, with Prime the Ulchi Freedom Guardian Korea’s military and the Minister Shinzo Abe saying South Korean-US joint to hike pressure Japanese government said. the government would take military exercises. Tokyo Abe told reporters after a These actions constitute The “unidentified ballistic “full steps” to ensure the But yesterday’s flight apanese Prime Minister 40-minute phone call with outright violations of missile” was launched at safety of the Japanese people. path represents a significant JShinzo Abe said Trump. around 2057 GMT Monday The country’s chief escalation by Pyongyang, yesterday that he and US “Increasing pressure the DPRK’s international from Sunan, near Pyongyang, government spokesman, which earlier this month President Donald Trump -- Japan and the United obligations, as set out the South’s Joint Chiefs of Yoshihide Suga, said the threatened to fire a salvo agreed to hike pressure States are in complete in several UN Security Staff said in a statement, missile posed a “serious, grave of missiles towards the US on North Korea after it agreement about this,” saying it travelled east “and security threat” to Japan. territory of Guam. launched a ballistic missile Abe added, without Council Resolutions, over Japan”. The firing comes days Any such flights would over Japan, in Pyongyang’s elaborating on proposed and represent a serious “South Korea and the after Pyongyang launched have to pass over Japan. most serious provocation measures. in years. He added that Trump -- threat to international “We must immediately who has been embroiled in peace and security,” hold an emergency an escalating war of words North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan’s northern Hokkaido meeting at the United with Pyongyang over its - Federica Mogherini island and into the sea in a move Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Nations, and further weapons development -- EU foreign affairs chief called an “unprecedented” threat to his country strengthen pressure said Washington would against North Korea,” stand by its ally Japan. CHINA RUSSIA Area of Hokkaido splashdown Sunan region Bahrain condemns missile firing The situation is now Missile launch ahrain has strongly Affairs affirms the Kingdom Bcondemned North of Bahrain’s solidarity at a tipping point Korea’s firing of a ballistic with Japan and stresses the approaching a crisis. At NORTH missile that passed over the importance of North Korea’s KOREA Cape Erimo Japanese island of Hokkaido commitment to Security the same time there is before falling into the Pacific Council resolutions as well an opportunity to reo- Ocean. as positive cooperation with Sea of Japan Approximate path pen peace talks,” Missile flew distance “This acts as a new all efforts and measures (East Sea) provocative step that is necessary to consolidate - Hua Chunying of more than 2,700km, Chinese Foreign ministry spokes- reaching height of considered a flagrant peace.” violation of the relevant UN “It also stresses the need for woman 550km before breaking Security Council resolutions the international community Tokyo into three pieces and and carries a serious threat to stop all practices that falling into sea 1,180km to Japan’s safety and would create tension and SOUTH JAPAN from Japanese coast international peace and ensure the supervision of KOREA security,” said the ministry’s the International Atomic We see a tendency PACIFIC OCEAN statement issued yesterday. Energy Agency on all “The Ministry of Foreign nuclear programmes.” towards an escalation RUSSIA Hwasong-12: Intermediate- ... and we are extremely range missile that North Korea concerned by the gen- recently threatened to fire into North defends counter-measures CHINA NORTH Geneva Addressing the eral developments,” KOREA waters near Guam, which hosts orth Korea yesterday UN Conference on U.S. military base. Latest test - Sergei Ryabkov Guam defended its use of Disarmament in Geneva, Russia’s deputy foreign minister may demonstrate that North “toughN counter-measures” North Korean ambassador could follow through with against what it described Han Tae-Song avoided threat if it chooses to do so as US aggression, hours any direct mention of after the nuclear-armed the rocket that flew over Hwasong-12 range 4,800km nation fired a ballistic Japan and triggered global missile over Japan. alarm. “The North American Sources: Associated Press, BBC © GRAPHIC NEWS Aerospace Defense Command determined Tokyo operator bluntly explaining over Japanese territory for “A short time ago, a missile Japan wakes illions of Japanese its halted service as “Reason: two minutes before crashing apparently passed above this this ballistic mis- awoke to ominous Ballistic missile launch.” into the Pacific. area. sile launch did not up to North’s textM messages yesterday Sirens blared out in “Missile passing. Missile “If you find suspicious warning them to take cover northern communities that passing.” warned an official objects, please don’t go near pose a threat to North missile as a North Korean missile were on the flight path of the text message sent to people them and immediately call America.” flew overhead, with one train ballistic missile as it soared across the north of Japan.

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