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VOL XXXVIII No. 175 (GGDN 024) FRIDAY, 11th SEPTEMBER 2015 200 Fils/2 Riyals ABC Ad new QRcode 6cm x 4col 02.pdf 1 7/6/15 11:39 AM HugeHuge oodsoods n Demand surge washwash awayaway sparks power cut MANAMA: Several areas in Bahrain experienced a power cut last night that lasted for Japan homes around two hours. Complaints Japan homes poured in from residents of a number of blocks in Eker, Sitra and Nuwaidrat. Sources 15 told the GDN that the power cut followed “excessive use of electricity”. n Police targeted MANAMA: The Khamis police station was the target of a firebomb attack, the Interior Ministry announced on its Twitter account last night. An investigation has been launched, it said. No further details were available. n Clamp on Hamas n The Foreign Minister WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department last night sanctioned four Hamas SHOCKING officials and financiers and a Saudi Arabia-based company controlled by one of them for providing financial support to the Palestinian group. Among those named were Salih Al Aruri, a Hamas political bureau member who it said was responsible for Hamas money transfers, and Mahir Salah, a Hamas financier based in Saudi Arabia with dual British and Jordanian citizenship who Treasury said leads the Hamas finance committee in Saudi REVELATION! Arabia. Also named were Abu Ubaydah Khayri Hafiz Al Agha, a Saudi citizen, and Mohammed l Weapons seized ‘enough to obliterate Manama’ Reda Mohammed Anwar Awad, an Egyptian national. Also sanctioned was Asyaf MANAMA: Explosives seized join the regional group was in the inter- Should Iran continue with its current International Holding Group for Full report – Page 3 est of Gulf countries. policy, the Gulf region will not benefit Trading and Investment, a Saudi in July during an attempt Arabia-based company that is However, to do so Iran must comply anything from the nuclear deal in terms managed by Al Agha and used to smuggle them into Bah- visit to Paris, which was headed by with the principles of good neighbour- of security and stability in the region. to finance Hamas. rain on boats from Iran were His Majesty King Hamad. liness, refrain from interference in the He stressed that Iranian officials sufficient to obliterate Ma- He also said the nuclear deal between internal affairs of other countries and should heed two important things – an Got Iran and world powers did not address desist from deceptive dualism between honest compliance with the agreement nama from existence, it was rising tensions between the Persian state language and actions. and mending relations with their neigh- something claimed yesterday. and the GCC. He asserted the need for Iran to revise bours. interesting to The shocking revelation was made The minister was speaking to Lon- its policy, keep its hands off Arab Shias Shaikh Khalid said military opera- share? by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid don-based Asharq Al Awsat newspaper. and citizens in general and give up its tions in Yemen conducted by a Saudi- bin Ahmed Al Khalifa during a state Shaikh Khalid said Tehran seeking to sectarian discrimination policy. led coalition were essential to restore WhatsApp us legitimacy to the country. your photos, He also slammed criticism that Gulf countries were not stories & videos Saudi guard shot taking in refugees from war- on 39451177 torn Syria. He condemned the “media dead on border crusade” and said it was “full n Human-like creature of fallacies”. MAGALIESBURG, South RIYADH: A Saudi border guard was shot dead yes- “Saudi Arabia, for example, Africa: Scientists said they’ve terday when his post came under fire from Yemen, is hosting two million Yemenis discovered a new member where a Saudi-led coalition is fighting rebels, the and more than half a million of the human family tree, interior ministry said. Syrian refugees,” he said. revealed by a huge trove of The post in the Jazan district “was subject to bones in a barely accessible, heavy fire from a mountainous area in Yemen,” “The thing is you won’t see those millions standing in queues pitch-dark chamber of a said a statement carried by the official Saudi Press cave in South Africa. The Agency. at airport gates or railways. creature shows a surprising The guard’s death brings to at least 60 the number “Thousands of refugees mix of human-like and more of people killed in shelling and skirmishes along the reached Saudi Arabia, as well primitive characteristics. border with Yemen since the coalition campaign as other GCC countries, but “The creature, which evidently began on March 26 against Iran-backed Shi’ite rebels there was no fuss at all. walked upright, represents and their allies. “Kuwait also hosted two a mix of traits. For example, Most of the border casualties have been soldiers. the hands and feet look like Another 10 Saudi troops died inside Yemen last conferences to support refu- gees and humanitarian work Homo, but the shoulders and Friday. They were among 60 coalition soldiers killed the small brain recall Homo’s when a missile hit their base in Marib province. in Syria, and the country along more ape-like ancestors,” the The World Health Organisation says more than with Bahrain and the rest of the researchers said. 4,500 people, including a vast number of civilians, GCC members have thousands The Johannesburg site has have been killed in Yemen since March 19. of refugees. yielded some 1,550 specimens Meanwhile, heavy explosions rocked areas in and “We just don’t announce that since its discovery in 2013. The around Sana’a late last night, witnesses said. we have taken them and never fossils represent at least 15 Full report – Page 2 n Smoke and balls of re rise from a military base hit by air strikes in Sana’a made a fuss about it.” individuals. ALERT OVER SYRIA DONATIONS SCAM – PAGE 5 l ENVOYS PROBE LABOUR ABUSE COMPLAINTS – PAGE 11 2 Gulf Daily News Friday, 11th September 2015 HEADLINES This Was The Week VOL XXXVIII No. 169 (GGDN 024) SATURDAY, 5th SEPTEMBER 2015 200 Fils/2 Riyals ABC Ad new QRcode 6cm x 4col 02.pdf 1 7/6/15 11:39 AM Forced rehab of n ‘Terrorist’ killed addicts in Eastern Province DUBAI: Saudi security forces risks killed what they called “a terrorist” who tried to attack a security facility in the Eastern Province. relapse State television Al Ikhbariya yesterday cited unnamed sources as saying that there 4-5 was no “terrorist organisation” in Abqaiq but a person was surrounded and killed after attacking a security man. It gave no more information. Got something interesting to share? WhatsApp us your photos, stories & videos Saudi businessman gives Yale law $10m HEROES DIE on 39451177 n Meat supply vow MANAMA: Meat will be available in large quantities and at subsidised prices, following the Premier’s order to postpone lifting meat subsidies until next month, WASHINGTON: said Bahrain Livestock A Saudi businessman has and other institutions in Islamic law, history Abdullahi An Na’im, who teaches Islamic Company (BLC) chairman Ibrahim Zainail. “Currently we have more than 25,000 heads of sheep from Australia FOR YEMEN and a consignment of another l Five Bahrainis and 45 UAE soldiers martyred in conict 25,000 heads of Australian sheep is expected to arrive in donated $10 million to Yale Law School and culture. law at Emory Law School, said he consid- Bahrain on October 18 to meet soaring demand during Eid Al MANAMA: Five soldiers from named the five Bahrainis martyred Alas, Sergeant Hasan Iqbal Moham- for Foreign Affairs, said on Twitter. Adha,” he told our sister paper while on duty protecting the south- med and Corporal Abdul Monem The Houthis said they fired a rocket Akhbar Al Khaleej. Meanwhile, Bahrain and 45 from the ern borders of Saudi Arabia as First Ali Hussain. at a weapons cache in a camp used BLC has signed contracts UAE were killed in Yemen Sergeant Mohammed Nabeel Ha- “A rocket and an explosion at a weap- by Gulf coalition forces in the central with two local companies to to establish what school officials hope will “The contemporary challenges of Islamic ers the Islamic legal studies programme at import 10,000 heads of sheep yesterday. mad, Sergeant Mohammed Hafedh ons cache has targeted the martyrs,” Marib area, killing dozens of Emirati from Somalia, of which 1,500 The BDF General Command Younis, Sergeant Abdulqader Al Anwar Gargash, UAE Minister of State and Yemeni soldiers and destroying a have already reached, while number of Apache heli- the rest will follow next week, copters and armed vehi- which will be sold at market cles. prices as announced in local Obama shares Residents in Marib newspapers earlier, he said. become the country’s top centre for the study law are broadly relevant to political events Harvard a disappointment because few facul- said they saw fire raging at the camp and plumes n Aid pours in of smoke. THE HAGUE: Millions of euros Saudi concerns in donations flooded into aid Militias and army units WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama groups yesterday from across loyal to President Abd- Europe and the US from people said Washington shares Saudi Arabia’s con- Rabbu Mansour Hadi, of Islamic law. throughout the entire Islamic world and ty members took an interest and it has been heart-broken by photos of a cerns about Yemen and the need to restore an who is taking refuge in drowned Syrian toddler lying inclusive and functioning government there. Saudi Arabia, have made washed up on a Turkish beach. Obama, meeting Custodian of the Two advances towards the Under pressure at home to act, Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Houthi-controlled capital British Prime Minister David Al Saud in the White House, said it’s obvi- in the last two months.