THULHIJJA 18, 1440 AH MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019 28 Pages Max 47º Min 26º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17909 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait joins celebrations Iceland commemorates first High-end rebrand makes life Lampard denied first win as 5 of ‘women humanitarians’ 15 glacier lost to climate change 21 sweet for Japan’s ‘ice farmers’ 28 Leicester draw at Chelsea Kuwait, Iran discuss means to alleviate regional tensions Gibraltar rejects US demand to seize Iranian oil tanker KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Zarif said that during the talks, he Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh stressed that Iran’s proposal for a region- Amir recovers, in Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah al dialogue forum and non-aggression held talks yesterday with his Iranian pact would eliminate the need to rely on counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on a foreign powers. Unlike its strained rela- good health now host of issues, including means of reduc- tions with Saudi Arabia and the United KUWAIT: HH the Amir ing tensions in the Gulf region. The dis- Arab Emirates, Iran maintains good ties Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad cussions between Sheikh Sabah Al- with Kuwait, which has acted as mediator Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has Khaled and Zarif dealt with cooperation to improve ties between Tehran and Arab recovered from a setback between the two friendly countries, latest Gulf states. and is in good health regional events and ways to ease tensions Meanwhile, Gibraltar yesterday reject- now, Deputy Minister of in the Gulf. The talks also addressed ed a US demand to seize an Iranian oil Amiri Diwan confirmed means to ensure free navigation in this tanker at the center of a diplomatic dis- yesterday. Mohammad key region of the world, bilateral ties and pute as it prepared to leave the British Dhaifallah Sharar said matters of mutual concern, in addition to overseas territory after weeks of deten- results of medical exami- latest happenings around the world. Zarif tion. Gibraltar’s government said it could nations HH the Amir also met HH the Crown Prince Sheikh not seek a court order to detain the underwent were positive. Sheikh Mohammad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. supertanker because US sanctions “Good talks with Kuwaiti crown prince against Iran were not applicable in the prayed to Almighty Allah to bestow wellbeing upon KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets and foreign minister. Praying for Emir’s European Union. HH the Amir. — KUNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif yesterday. — KUNA speedy recovery,” Zarif wrote on Twitter. Continued on Page 24 interior, electricity and water and public works min- Jleeb residents istries, and the manpower, environment and food authorities. The Cabinet has asked for quick action and She stressed statis- finding a deep-rooted solution to the chaotic situation Recruitment of tics show the real facing eviction, in Jleeb, considering its proximity to the airport and monthly rate of entry of Shadadiya university. this community to area to be razed Sources said among the solutions is a total reclama- expats based on Kuwait is between tion of the area and rebuilding it from scratch, either for 1,400 and 2,200 peo- By A Saleh citizens’ housing or transforming the entire area into a local needs: Aqeel ple per month in the commercial district with malls, entertainment and hotel private sector. Aqeel KUWAIT: Official sources said the situation in Jleeb Al- projects due to its strategic location, adding the Cabinet KUWAIT: Minister of State for Economic Affairs noted the total work Shuyoukh has received major attention amid an expand- will discuss both proposals. Mariam Al-Aqeel yesterday said the recruitment of for- permits for Egyptian Mariam Al-Aqeel ed push for a comprehensive redevelopment plan as soon The sources said razing the area and rebuilding it will eign workers to the country is based on labor contracts workers issued in 2018 as possible. They said the project’s implementation will be through the private sector via BOT projects or offer- and according to the needs of the local market. “Figures amounted to 62,000, not wait for the completion of planned labor cities, and ing it for investment. Sources said the committee decided circulated recently in the media about the entry of large while 23,000 were canceled in 2018, pointing out that practical steps will be taken to evict residents. that the area’s reclamation is inevitable, considering its numbers of the Egyptian community monthly to the Egyptians who entered the government sector last year The committee dealing with the situation includes residents number more than 300,000, who face the country are incorrect,” Aqeel told reporters at the amounted to 577 workers, mostly teachers. seven government agencies - the Municipality, the highest rates of crime in the country. headquarters of the General Secretariat for Planning. Continued on Page 24 again.” Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said IS Kabul wedding a suicide bomber carried out the attack, with at least 63 people killed and 182 injured. “Among the wounded are women and children,” Rahimi said. attack kills 63; Amir HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday sent a cable of condolence to sends condolences Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani over the victims of the terrorist explosion. In the cable, the Amir KABUL: Joy and celebration turned into horror and voiced Kuwait’s emphatic denunciation of this odious carnage when an Islamic State suicide bomber targeted terrorist act that targeted innocents, while reiterating a packed Afghan wedding hall, killing at least 63 people Kuwait’s rejection of all forms and manifestations of ter- in the deadliest attack to rock Kabul in months, officials rorism. Sheikh Sabah prayed to Almighty Allah to and witnesses said yesterday. The massive blast, which bestow mercy upon the victims and patience to their took place late Saturday in west Kabul, came as families, wishing a swift recovery to those injured in the Washington and the Taleban finalize a deal to reduce blast. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- the US military presence in Afghanistan and hopefully Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber build a roadmap to a ceasefire. Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables. The groom recalled greeting smiling guests in the Afghan weddings are epic and vibrant affairs, with afternoon, before seeing their bodies being carried out hundreds or often thousands of guests celebrating for hours later. The attack “changed my happiness to sor- hours inside industrial-scale wedding halls where men row”, the young man, who gave his name as Mirwais, are usually segregated from women and children. “The told local TV station Tolo News. “My family, my bride wedding guests were dancing and celebrating the party are in shock, they cannot even speak. My bride keeps when the blast happened,” recounted Munir Ahmad, 23, fainting,” he said. “I lost my brother, I lost my friends, I who was seriously injured and whose cousin was lost my relatives. I will never see happiness in my life Continued on Page 24 KABUL: Afghan men investigate at a wedding hall after a deadly bomb blast yesterday. — AFP 4,000 detained Is Trump’s love in Kashmir since affair with Fox autonomy stripped News fading? SRINAGAR: Thousands of people have been detained in WASHINGTON: Last month after Donald Trump Indian Kashmir over fears of unrest after New Delhi watched Fox News lob what he called “softball ques- stripped the region of its autonomy two weeks ago, gov- tions” at a Democratic lawmaker, the US president ernment sources told AFP. A magistrate speaking to AFP delivered a crisp smackdown of his favorite network: on condition of anonymity said at least 4,000 people were “Fox sure ain’t what it used to be.” arrested and held under the Public Safety Act (PSA), a After years of often fawning coverage by Fox, par- controversial law that allows authorities to imprison some- ticularly from its pro-Trump anchors like Sean Hannity, one for up to two years without charge or trial. the commander in chief appears to be tilting his media “Most of them were flown out of Kashmir because gaze toward a younger, more right-wing rival, cable prisons here have run out of capacity,” the magistrate said, outfit One America News Network (OANN). The small adding that he had used a satellite phone allocated to him to collate the figures from colleagues across the upstart broadcaster was launched only recently, in Himalayan territory amid a communications blackout and 2013, by technology millionaire Robert Herring, who lockdown imposed by authorities. The revelations came as sought a more conservative alternative to mainstream the family of a timber trader alleged he died after suffocat- media behemoths like CNN. ing from tear gas fired by security forces. Today it seeks to outfox Fox by drawing extra atten- “They (security forces) first damaged the property and tion from Trump, who has been voicing his displeasure when he went out to check, they fired tear gas shells and with the ratings leader over everything from presiden- because of the smoke, he suffocated and died,” Muddasir tial polling to its hosting of Democratic candidate town MUZAFFARABAD: Kashmiri refugees in Pakistan-administered Kashmir take part in a protest rally yesterday. — AFP Continued on Page 24 Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Monday, August 19, 2019 Humidity to increase in the coming days, says veteran meteorologist Efforts to increase Kuwaitis’ jobs in oil sector By A Saleh must adapt and get ready for the weather by chang- ing the infrastructure and increasing agriculture”.