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TWITTER CELEBS @newsofbahrain FRIDAY 10 Sandi Thom to perform at The Domain Hotel and Spa INSTAGRAM Tom Ford kicks off NY /nobmedia 7 Fashion Week LINKEDIN FRIDAY newsofbahrain SEPTEMBER 2018 New York Fashion Week WHATSAPP opened with a bang with 38444680 200 FILS a masterclass from Tom ISSUE NO. 7862 Ford, A-list models oozing FACEBOOK /nobmedia subdued sophistication in neutral palettes with Tom MAIL [email protected] Hanks and break-out rom- com star Henry Golding WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com front row| P16 Rossi renews Marquez rivalry 20 SPORTS WORLD 12 50 migrants allowed in by Italy have disappeared Iran to begin enrich Flight to safe zone Meetings of dissolved societies’ uranium if deal fails AFP| Tehran, members illegal: Ministry TDT|Manama The Office further stressed ran will begin uranium the principle of overt political Ienrichment beyond pre- he Office of Political Socie- action which, as per the Law, vious levels if the remaining Tties’ Affairs at the Ministry ensures the right to exercise parties fail to uphold the of Justice, Islamic Affairs and legitimate political activities 2015 nuclear deal, its Atom- Endowments yesterday said for the authorised political so- ic Energy Organisation told that the meetings of the mem- cieties, affirming the unwaver- local media yesterday. bers of dissolved societies as ing keenness to preserve the “We will not return to well as their participation will Kingdom’s democratic gains, previous levels if our coun- be considered banned activi- and to firmly counter any at- terparts leave the JCPOA ties and will be dealt in accord- tempts seeking to target the (nuclear deal), but will in- ance with the law. national gains and the integrity stead reach even more ad- The warning comes in the of the electoral process. vanced levels,” the organi- wake of information that some “It is worth noting that sation’s spokesman Behrouz individuals belonging to dis- those political societies were Kamalvandi said, quoted by solved political societies had dissolved by judicial rulings state broadcaster IRIB. held secret meetings under the for their practices that aimed “We are at a considera- names of such societies. to undermine the rule of law bly more advanced status Syrians ride with their belongings in a pick up truck as they head to safer areas in the northern part of Syria’s rebel-held The office emphasised that principle, and the basis of cit- than when we signed the Idlib province yesterday. Hundreds of civilians have fled villages near the front line in Syria’s Idlib province fearing an such activities and the state- izenship which is based on deal. The country is moving imminent regime assault on the country’s last major rebel bastion, a monitor said.- Aaref WATAD / AFP. - Report on ments issued by them are il- coexistence, tolerance and re- ahead in nuclear activities Page 12 legitimate. spect for others,” it said. at a favourable pace,” he added. Jordan rejects idea of confederation with Palestinians Yemen peace talks AFP| Amman ordan’s King Abdullah JII firmly rejects the idea of a confederation with the Palestinians in the place of a two-state solution to the hang in balance Middle East conflict, the royal court said yesterday. Palestinian president Houthi delegation in Sanaa insists the UN must meet a list of conditions before it will travel to Geneva Mahmud Abbas told ac - tivists Sunday that White AFP| Geneva long conflict, had to postpone join the talks until the UN meets House aides Jared Kushner the start of the talks. conditions that include trans- and Jason Greenblatt had cheduled peace talks in Ge- “He continues to make efforts porting their wounded to Oman proposed the idea of a con- neva between Yemen’s gov- to overcome obstacles to allow for treatment and a guarantee federation with Jordan, one Sernment and Huthi militia the consultations to go forward,” they will be allowed to return of the activists said. hung in the balance yesterday his office said in a statement home after the talks. Hagit Ofran of Israel’s as both sides traded ultimatums yesterday, adding that Griffiths The rebels accused the UN of Peace Now NGO reported and a UN envoy scrambled to remained “hopeful” the rebels failing to keep promises in this Abbas as saying he had told mediate. would come.The Geneva talks regard. Asked about the Huthi US officials, who are work- The Houthi delegation, still are meant to be the first since claims, Griffiths said Wednes- ing on a peace plan, that he in Sanaa, insisted the UN must 2016, when 108 days of negoti- day: “We are working on that.” would only be interested if meet a list of conditions before ations between the government The government delegation said Israel was also part of such it will travel to Switzerland, of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi it would wait only another 24 a confederation.Abbas’s of- prompting government repre- and rebels failed to yield a deal. hours, until midday Friday. fice confirmed a meeting sentatives already in Geneva to The Huthis control the capital “We have this scheduled with Israeli peace activists give the Huthis a 24-hour dead- Sanaa and much of northern meeting since two months ago ... had taken place. line or it “will leave”. Yemen, while a Saudi-led coa- Martin Griffiths Today we are alone,” delegation UN envoy Martin Griffiths, lition which backs Hadi’s gov- member Hamza Alkamali told who said the planned meeting ernment controls the country’s government delegation arrived the first day of talks, the Houthis journalists, and claimed the- offered a “flickering signal of airspace. Led by Foreign Minis- in Switzerland on Wednesday. issued an ultimatum from Sanaa Houthis were making it clear hope” for an end to the years- ter Khaled al-Yamani, a Yemen But on what was meant to be yesterday, saying they would not “they don’t want peace”. DON’T MISS IT DANGEROUS LIAISONS Trump denies he discussed assassination of Assad The silent killer AFP| Washington 03 less understood of the Syrian regime. president he would “get right S President Donald Trump “Because the world is watch- on it” but then came back later Fighting Uhas denied having discussed ing. That cannot be a slaughter. with plans for a more limited air 04 sickle cell wanting to kill Syria’s President If it’s a slaughter, the world is That was never strike. Trump and White House Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in going to be very, very angry. And even contemplated. aides have assailed the book as a ‘Franchising a new book by Washington Post the United States is going to be I just tell you full of “made up” stories, and in journalist Bob Woodward. very angry, too.” that they ( Syrian a tweet on Wednesday morning 05 need expertise’ “That was never even contem- In his new book “Fear: Trump regime) will the president wondered why plated,” Trump told reporters in in the White House,” Woodward Congress doesn’t change the the Oval Office as he met with recounts that the president told hopefully be very, laws on libel. the emir of Kuwait. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis very judicious and “The book means nothing. Trump’s comments came that he wanted to have Assad careful It’s a work of fiction,” Trump Donald Trump as he warned Damascus that killed after he carried out a DONALD TRUMP told reporters in the Oval Office, “the world is watching” Syrian chemical attack on civilians in noting that Mattis and White troops massing on the edges of disaster. “I just tell you that they April 2017. of them,” Woodward quotes House chief of staff John Kelly the rebel-held province of Idlib, will hopefully be very, very judi- “Let’s fucking kill him! Let’s Trump as saying. had both issued statements re- raising fears of a humanitarian cious and careful,” Trump said go in. Let’s kill the fucking lot He writes that Mattis told the jecting the book’s account. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 02 ‘Defend the nation and protect it achievements’ His Highness Brigadier General Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Commander of the Royal Guard, receiving the seventh batch of the BDF participants in the British humanitarian assistance ship. Shaikh Nasser commended their mission held in cooperation with the British troops in the Mediterranean from June 22 to August 31 Shaikh Khalifa during the inspection visit TDT | Manama informed about their devel- opment and modernization DF Commander-in-Chief plans. BField Marshal Shaikh After listening to a briefing Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khal- by the units’ Commanders, ifa yesterday called on all its the BDF Commander-in-Chief unit commanders to continue urged to continue the same defending the nation and pro- approach. tecting its achievements by im- Shaikh Khalifa stressed that plementing development plans in line with the directives of and training programmes. HM the King, BDF will continue The aim, he said, is achiev- to equip all its weaponry and ing sustainable development units with cutting-edge mili- under the leadership of His tary systems. Majesty King Hamad bin Isa The BDF Command - Al Khalifa. er-in-Chief was accompanied The BDF commander said in his inspection visit by In- Interior Minister, Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa holding a discussion with Riyadh-based Singaporean Ambassador to Bahrain, Lawrence this while inspecting a num- spector General Major General Anderson. Public Security Chief, Major-General Tariq bin Hassan Al-Hassan, was present. They reviewed the friendly relations between Bahrain and Singapore and discussed areas of security cooperation between the two countries ber of BDF units where he was Abdullah Hassan Al Nuaimi.

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