SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 RAMADAN 19, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Smart devices, The journey to Warriors join Bulls, and apps help statehood long Lakers, Celtics on disabled kids for Iraq’s Kurds NBA’s greats list Imsak Fajr Shorook Duhr Asr Maghrib Isha 3 10 20 03:03 03:13 04:48 11:48 15:22 18:48 20:21 Heavy rain, landslides kill Min 31º Max 49º at least 92 in Bangladesh High Tide 03:05 &13:10 Low Tide Rain-triggered landslides bury homes; 7 missing 07:59 & 20:55 40 PAGES NO: 17256 150 FILS CHITTAGONG: Heavy monsoon rains and Jordanian King in Kuwait landslides have killed at least 92 people in southeast Bangladesh, burying many in their homes as they slept, authorities said yesterday. Three young children from the same family were among those killed in the disaster, which comes just weeks after a cyclone battered the region and destroyed camps housing thousands of Rohingya refugees. Police warned that the death toll would likely rise as emergency workers reached remote parts of the Chittagong Hills, where telephone and transport links had been cut. Many of the victims were from poor tribal communities in the remote hill district of Rangamati, close to the Indian border, where 60 people were killed when mudslides buried their homes. One woman described the ground sliding from beneath their family home in the dead of night, sending them fleeing to a house KUWAIT: Jordanian King Abdullah II and an accompanying delegation arrived in Kuwait yes- next door. terday on a brotherly visit to offer congratulations to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- “A few other families also took shelter Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on the fasting month of Ramadan. On arrival, the Jordanian there, but just after dawn a section of hill Monarch was received by His Highness the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh fell on the house. Six people are still miss- Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- ing,” Khatiza Begum told local news web- Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and other top officials. — KUNA site Bangla Tribune at Rangamati hospital. BANDARBAN: Bangladeshi fire fighters search for bodies after a landslide in Continued on Page 13 Bandarban yesterday. — AFP Eid holidays Mass food poisoning in Iraq KUWAIT: The State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammed Al-Abdullah has announced that Eid Al-Fitr holidays HASSAN SHAM U2 CAMP, Iraq: A mass about 20 kilometers east of Mosul. will be three days if the first day of Eid falls on food poisoning at a camp for the dis- The food was meant for an iftar, a Sunday, June 25. This indicates that June 26 and placed near the northern city of Mosul meal with which Muslims break their June 27 will be holidays and work will resume on killed at least two people and sickened dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy June 28. However, if it falls on Monday, June 26, over 700, Iraq’s health minister said yes- month of Ramadan. Hamoud said at least Sunday June 25 will be a rest day and Monday June terday, becoming the latest battleground 300 people remain in serious condition. 26 will be declared the first day of Eid. In that case, in the crisis engulfing Qatar and a string She refused to speculate whether the Tuesday and Wednesday will be official holidays of other Arab nations. A woman and a poisoning might have been intentional. and Thursday will be another rest day, as it falls girl died and at least 200 people were Amira Abdulhaliq, from the United between two working days. Work will officially rushed from the desert tent camp to hos- Nations’ refugee agency, said it remains resume on Sunday, July 2. pitals in the nearby city of Irbil. unclear at which point in preparing, An Iraqi lawmaker who visited the packaging, transporting or distributing camp overnight and Saudi state televi- the meals, the food became contaminat- sion quickly accused a charity from Qatar ed. “So far, we have received around 800 of providing the tainted food. The claims cases, around 200 have been transported could not be independently confirmed to the hospitals in Irbil,” she said. and Qatari officials did not immediately At midday yesterday, medics were answer calls for comment. In Baghdad, treating patients in a large tent at the Health Minister Adila Hamoud told The edge of the camp. About 20 to 30 Associated Press that 752 people patients, mostly small children, lay on AL-KHAZIR: Iraqis staying at the Al-Khazir camp swim in a river near the camp for became ill after a meal the previous blankets on the floor as several more internally displaced people, located between Arbil and Mosul. —AFP Avoid hypocrisy evening at the Hassan Sham U2 camp, Continued on Page 13 By Hassan Twaha Bwambale Trump sued over ‘benefits’ IS wages fierce ne of the aspects of hypocrisy is to be double- WASHINGTON: Maryland and the US capital sued while in office. “The suit alleges that president Trump is fla- faced. When a double-faced person is with President Donald Trump yesterday, saying he is breaking grantly violating the constitution, which explicitly bars battles in Raqa you, he praises you, but when he departs laws by raking in money from foreign governments and presidents from receiving gifts or inducements from for- O businesses at his luxury hotels and office towers. eign or domestic government entities,” said Washington from you, he criticizes and backbites you. This behav- BEIRUT: Islamic State group jihadists waged fierce ior is abhorred in all faiths. During the time of The lawsuit said heavy spending by foreign diplomats Attorney General Karl Racine. “Never in the history of this battles yesterday in their Syrian stronghold Raqa in a Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), there were some peo- and embassies at the Trump International Hotel just a few country have we had a president with these kinds of exten- bid to repel US-backed fighters advancing towards ple who would claim to be Muslims yet actually they blocks from the White House, payments by foreign entities sive business entanglements. Or a president who refused to the walls of the Old City. The Kurdish and Arab fight- were not. They employed their hypocrisy to mali- at his Trump Tower and Trump International Tower in New adequately distance themselves from their holdings,” ers of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) entered ciously tarnish the reputation of Islam. York, and other business operations effectively violate the Racine said. Raqa a week ago, after months of fighting to encircle US Constitution’s ban on presidents enriching themselves Continued on Page 13 Allah Almighty made Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) the northern city that has become a jihadist bastion. aware of their dirty motives and vile actions. He said Since then, they have seized one neighborhood in what can be translated as, “And when they meet western Raqa and another in the east, where they those who believe, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when are now battling to secure control of the Al-Senaa they turn back to their supporters (among polythe- district that leads to the Old City. ists and hypocrites), they say, ‘truly, we are with you, Jihan Sheikh Ahmed, spokeswoman for the SDF verily, we were but mocking.’ Allah will punish them campaign for Raqa, said the jihadist group was put- for their mockery and give them increase in their ting up stiff resistance. “There is fierce fighting against wrongdoing to wander blindly.” (Quran 2:14-15) Daesh which is making heavy use of mines and The hypocrites in whose hearts is a disease are snipers and sometimes car bombs,” she said, using the chronically fearful. Their disease is manifested in dis- Arabic acronym for IS. She said clashes in Al-Senaa loyalty to any legitimate cause, lack of courage, low were continuing yesterday. The Syrian Observatory for self-confidence, dislike of team-work, and closed- Human Rights monitor also reported heavy IS attacks mindedness. In our daily lives, we see a lot of people against SDF fighters in the area. “The district is not yet who approach us and flatter us because they need completely secured because of the repeated jihadist something from us. But after they leave, they cast attacks,” the Britain-based group said. aspersions on us and call us all sorts of names. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said the Abu Huraira narrated that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “You will find people like minerals (some capture of Al-Senaa would be the SDF’s “most impor- are more valuable than others). Those who were the tant advance in the battle for Raqa because it brings best in the era before my advent (jahiliyya) will be them to the centre of the city.” “The main battle for the best after reverting to Islam if they learn about Raqa will take place in the city centre,” he said. He their religion properly. You will also find out that added that a large number of IS fighters were holed among the best people in Islam are those who used up in the Old City, where the jihadist group is also to be staunch enemies of Islam. You will also discover believed to have dug tunnels to facilitate their that the worst person is the one who is double-faced, defense of the area. Since entering Raqa on June 6, who approaches some people with one face and the SDF has captured the eastern neighborhood of approaches others with another.” (Reported by Al- KUWAIT: A cannon shot is fired at Nayef Palace in Kuwait City, signaling the end of the long fasting day.