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Kterday following heavy rainfall The meteorological department of Ku- that caused damaging flooding across the wait’s Directorate General of Civil Avia- country, state news agency KUNA reported. tion reported that the country has received “Out of my moral responsibility ... I have 29.63 millimeters since Thursday evening, submitted my resignation to the prime a significantly high amount for Kuwait in minister,” Al Roumi said. a 24-hour span. Mr Al Asfoor The army and national guard were mo- The interior ministry told citizens bilised to help clear water from critical and expatriates to avoid venturing out Manama facilities and roadways and the Kuwait Oil of their homes while the authorities at- Company announced a state of emergency, tempt to deal with challenges from the he Security Committee KUNA reported. heavy downpour in the northern Arabian Tat the Northern Gover- No deaths or injuries were reported. Road users were warned to exercise the highest levels of caution in Kuwait City. country. norate convened yesterday under the chairmanship of Governor Ali Al Asfoor, in the presence of the Direc- tor-General of the Northern Floods kill Governorate Police Direc- torate, Brigadier Abdulla Al 7 in Jordan Jairan. Amman The meeting discussed preventive security and Battle rages on lash floods caused by measures during the elec- Fheavy rain across Jordan toral campaigns until on No- killed seven people yester- vember 24, the elections day. Yemeni forces launch massive new offensive to capture Hodeidah from Houthis day and forced hundreds Al Asfoor said that the of tourists to seek higher Northern Governorate has ground in the kingdom’s an- already started its aware- cient city of Petra, govern- ness raising and security The Houthis have ment officials and official campaign and contacted the • media said. Northern Directorate and controlled Hodeidah About two dozen people Northern Municipality to since 2014 when they were hurt and dozens more cooperate in order to ensure overran the capital evacuated from their homes stable electoral campaigns, Sanaa and the north in several locations in the in line with laws, and raise kingdom, as flood waters public awareness on the right of the country. rose rapidly. of voters to choose qualified candidates freely and fair- Jeddah ly, which is the pillar of the democratic process. he government forces Brigadier-General Abdulla of Yemen backed by the Two dozen people Al Jairan said that there are TArab coalition launched were injured and 31 requests for electoral head- a “vast offensive” to take full dozens more quarters in household majlis- control of Hodeidah yesterday. evacuated as homes es, halls or tents, adding that National army forces had ad- were flooded in cases of vandalism of elector- vanced towards the north and several locations al billboards are limited. western sides of the city, accord- He stressed the role of ing to the internationally-recog- GOVT REP the Ministry of Education nised government based in the The war in Yemen has become focussed in Hodeidah, the country’s biggest port and main point of imports. to help inform students not southern city of Aden. Amateur video posted to damage candidates’ bill- “Fierce battles are taking suburbs. the north of the country. Yemen and put pressure on Iran. online showed a powerful boards, noting that most place at these moments,” the The Houthis have controlled They have been driven out The terrorist classification, torrent rushing through vandalism cases were car- statement said. Hodeidah since 2014 when they of virtually all of the south and which would be made by the the steep, narrow canyon ried out by children, and for As many as 110 Houthi rebels overran the capital Sanaa and much of the Red Sea coast by State Department, has been through which visitors that reason a programme have been killed in the last 24 pro-government forces and the discussed frequently since at reach the Treasury, the will be implemented across hours of clashes in Hodeidah Arab coalition, which inter- least 2016. But the matter was main attraction of Petra, an Bahrain’s schools to raise stu- along with 22 pro-government vened to restore the government reviewed recently as the White ancient trading hub carved dents’ awareness on the need troops fighting to retake the port in 2015. House tries to outline a tough from rose-colored rock. to avoid damaging election city, AFP reported Friday. The offensive comes as it stance on Iranian-linked groups The video showed several billboards. The latest deaths raised to 382 110 emerged Donald Trump’s ad- across the Middle East, the hundred visitors crowded the number of fighters killed on Houthi rebels have been ministration is thinking about newspaper said. on a patch of higher ground both sides since the battle for killed in the last 24 hours of classifying the Iran backed A variety of potential actions near the Treasury as local clashes in Hodeidah along Hodeidah intensified on No- with 22 pro-government Houthi militia as a terrorist or- that could be taken against the guides helped one woman vember 1. troops fighting to retake ganisation, the Washington Post Houthi militia, including lesser through surging water to- The offensive follows a week the port city. reported. measures to punish them, have ward safety. of fighting as pro-government The move would be part of a been considered by the admin- “We made it,” she shouted DON’T MISS IT troops advanced into the city’s US campaign to end the war in istration. as she rejoined her group. Over 3,000 run MIRACLE REVIVAL 03 for charity Efforts on to ‘Dead’ man, 95, wakes up, stuns relatives tackle rain 04 New Delhi family were preparing to bathe his father’s body as is season customary before a funeral and began pouring water 95-year-old has shocked his family members by onto his chest. Convicts lose ‘miraculously’ waking up during his own funeral The family were then shocked when Budh Ram began 06 appeals in fake Aafter being declared dead by a doctor but he shivering as the cold water hit his body and they took crash for cash case insists he just took a nap. him to a bed where he reportedly began breathing and The bizarre incident took place in the town of Khetri soon sat up. Nagar in the Jhunjhunu district of the Indian state of The 95-year-old reportedly told his relatives that Rajasthan. Local media report 95-year-old Budh Ram Budh Ram (seated centre) with his family members. he had been feeling some pain in his chest and so had fainted at his home and a doctor was called who told his decided to take a nap. family members that the pensioner had died. reportedly called to perform the pensioner’s last rites. Son Balu Ram described his father’s revival as ‘a Ram was officially declared dead and a priest was His eldest son, Balu Ram, 65, told reporters that the miracle’. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2018 02 Mosul terror attack condemned Foreign Ministry calls for concerted international efforts to eliminate the scourge of terrorism others, and extended its sincere IS overran Mosul in sympathies for the families and • relatives of the casualties. 2014, transforming the The Ministry of Foreign Af- northern city into its fairs affirmed in a statement de facto Iraqi capital yesterday Bahrain’s solidarity 3 until government with Iraq and support for all the persons were killed and measures it takes to maintain its 12 got injured in the car forces recaptured security and stability. bombing. it in July 2017. The ministry stressed Bah- rain’s firm stance against all Manama forms of terrorism and called for concerted international ef- ahrain has condemned forts to eliminate the scourge car bombing in Mosul, the first the terrorist attack that of terrorism that jeopardises such attack in the northern Iraqi Btook place in the city of international peace and secu- city since it was liberated from Mosul, Iraq, claiming lives of a rity. IS last year. number of people and injuring Three people were killed in a The extremist group, which once controlled a cross-border “caliphate” home to millions of people, lost control of Mosul and the rest of its urban strongholds in 2017 but it has continued to wage guerilla-style attacks across Iraq. The car bomb detonated on Daesh terrorists have continued to wage guerrilla-like attacks across Iraq after losing their control over Mosul. Thursday night at a restaurant in the war-ravaged west of Iraq’s second city. Neither could say whether the IS overran Mosul in 2014, But the group still carries “A terrorist attack via car victims were civilians or com- transforming the northern city out bloody hit-and-run attacks bomb hit near a restaurant in batants, but witnesses in Mosul into its de facto Iraqi capital against civilian and govern - western Mosul,” Iraq’s security said the restaurant is known to until government forces recap- ment infrastructure, mostly in services said in a statement.