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P16 Hamilton owes to ‘four-poster bed’ 19 SPORTS WORLD 12 Sharif denied doctor as health worsens Protest against Qatar in London Non-Arabic speaking petitioners now need interpreters at courts TDT|Manama London Ali Tarif The decision may badly affect this service, legal sources said. of many serious cases.” low-income workers who can’t It will be difficult for many However, expatriates can e may be the honored afford hiring interpreters while It will be difficult low-income expats to hire the seek the services of interpreters Hguest of the British he Supreme Judicial Coun- attending court proceedings, le- services of interpreters, they employed by Justice Ministry prime minister but the pro- cil has released a circu- gal sources say. for many low- added. in cases involving employment testers who gathered out- Tlar ordering non-Arabic Earlier, there was a provision income expats to “The move will lead to the disputes with their companies. side Parliament in London speaking expatriate plaintiffs to for expatriates to seek the help of hire the services of hiring of interpreters, who are The legal sources added that yesterday felt differently. hire an interpreter when appear- interpreters employed by the Jus- interpreters. not approved by the Supreme the step could be seen as a meas- Judicial Council, and this new ure to cut costs within the Justice A crowd of around 100 ing before the civil courts, it was tice Ministry during court hear- LEGAL SOURCES took up positions opposite learnt. ings. But now they won’t receive practice could change the course Ministry. Big Ben in Westminster to voice angry opposition to the presence in Britain of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, emir of Qatar and a man derided by the pro- testers as “leader of a coun- try without a conscience.” “One, two, three four, we don’t want Tamim no more,” Trump fires Twitter they chanted, followed by “five, six, seven, eight, Qatar is a terror state. 8 killed in drug raid Beirut missiles on Tehran Warns of dire consequences if Iran continues to pursue hostile polices towards the US and its allies ight people were killed Eincluding a suspected drug trafficking baron in an Earlier on Sunday, Rouhani told a gath- army raid on his home in In a speech late on ering of Iranian diplomats: “Mr Trump, eastern Lebanon yesterday, • don’t play with the lion’s tail, this would the armed forces said. Sunday, US Secretary of State only lead to regret.” “An army unit raided the Mike Pompeo denounced “America should know that peace with house of Ali Zayd Ismail, Iran’s leaders as a “mafia” Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with wanted on several counts of and promised unspecified Iran is the mother of all wars,” said Rou- drug trafficking in the area of hani, quoted by the state news agencyIRNA . Al Hamudiya-Brital,” in the backing for Iranians unhappy Rouhani left open the possibility of peace Bekaa Valley, which borders with their government. between the two countries at odds since the Syria, the army said. 1979 Islamic Revolution. “The unit was shot at... With rising discontent Rouhani also scoffed at Trump’s threat forcing the force’s members over• Iran’s faltering economy to halt Iranian oil exports and said Iran to retaliate, which led to the has a dominant position in the Gulf and the killing of eight gunmen,” it and sliding currency, and Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping wa- said in a statement. The army the prospect of tough new terway. A senior commander of Iran’s elite said it detained a further 41 US sanctions, Iran’s leaders Revolutionary Guards reacted to Trump’s people — 16 Lebanese and 25 have called for unity. threats by saying Tehran would continue Syrians — and seized weap- to resist its enemies, Iran’s Students News ons and drugs. Agency reported. It said Ismail, a notorious New York Donald Trump In a speech late on Sunday, US Secretary figure, was among those of State Mike Pompeo denounced Iran’s killed. In April, the army S President Donald Trump told Iran gramme and its support of militant groups, leaders as a “mafia” and promised unspec- seized 20 kilogrammes (44 it risked consequences “the like of according to US officials. ified backing for Iranians unhappy with pounds) of Captagon from an Uwhich few throughout history have DID Iran has faced increased US pressure and their government. abandoned house they said suffered before” if the country made more possible sanctions since Trump’s decision Tehran denounced Pompeo’s speech Ismail was using in Brital. threats against the US. to withdraw the US from a 2015 inter- as an interference in Tehran’s affairs, the His words, spelled out in capital letters in KNOW national agreement over Iran’s nuclear semi-official Tasnim news agency report- a late night Twitter message, came hours af- programme. ed. ter Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told In his message directed at Rouhani, “Such policies will unite Iranians who Trump that hostile policies towards Tehran Trump wrote: “Never, ever threaten the will overcome plots against their country,” could lead to “the mother of all wars.” American sanctions United States again or you will suffer con- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson The heightened rhetoric follows the have adversely sequences the likes of which few through- Bahram Qasemi said. DON’T MISS IT Trump administration’s launch of an affected the Iranian out history have ever suffered before. We With rising discontent over Iran’s falter- offensive of speeches and online com- economy and its are no longer a country that will stand ing economy and sliding currency, and the munications meant to foment unrest people. for your demented words of violence and prospect of tough new US sanctions, Iran’s Qatar creates and pressure Iran to end its nuclear pro- death. Be cautious!” leaders have called for unity. half a million 03 fake accounts to FATAL PURCHASE target Bahrain Bahrain’s Woman dies after being bitten by snake she bought online support for 04 Arab causes ing bitten by the many-banded traditional medicinal wine, her mother Online platforms are banned from krait, the official Xinhua news told Xinhua. stressed • agency reported. Media reports said the reptile managed trading in wildlife and administrators She had bought the snake on to escape afterwards, but local forestry Rise in health quickly take down such postings. Zhuanzhuan, an e-commerce 21 officials later said it was found near the premium may platform backed by Chinese years old woman lived woman’s home. Beijing internet heavyweight Tencent, in Shaanxi Province Online platforms are banned from trading cause heart from a seller in the southern in China. in wildlife and administrators quickly take 05 attacks to small province of Guangdong where down such postings. businesses Chinese woman who had hoped to make tra- the highly venomous reptile is But customers can turn to smaller plat- ditional snake wine died after being bitten by a endemic. forms like Zhuanzhuan with less oversight. A venomous serpent which she ordered from an The snake had been delivered E-commerce has boomed in China, led online shopping portal. by a local courier company, which told Xinhua it did by major player like Alibaba’s Taobao platform which The 21-year-old woman in the northern province not know what was in the box. handle billions of dollars in orders for everything from of Shaanxi died last Tuesday, eight days after be - The unidentified woman had planned to make a everyday items to the bizarre. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2018 02 Premier directs ministries to cut unwanted spending Move in line with the Government’s efforts to consolidate financial stability The Premier directed the Ministry• of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning to give priority to Bahraini contractors when awarding government projects. The session agreed to modify the• definition of terrorism in the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Law in order to be more compliant with the internationally- agreed upon definitions. HRH the Premier chairs the Cabinet in the presence of HRH the Crown Prince. Manama HRH the Premier gave directives to the Min- HRH the Prime Minister private sector in order to be able isterial Committee for Construction and In - commended the efforts of the to play its pivotal role in contrib- frastructure to study seven sites to implement kingdom’s delegation to the UN uting to the economic growth in is Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince housing projects that serve 15 villages and regions, Economic and Social Coun - the kingdom. Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, chairing according to a proposal submitted by the Housing cil’s High-level Political Forum The Cabinet endorsed a memo- HLPF 15 Hthe Cabinet yesterday, in the presence Ministry. ( ), where Bahrain presented villages will benefit randum of understanding (MoU) of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad The projects will serve Diraz, Bani Jamra, Jan- its first Voluntary National Re- from the housing between the Ministry of Works, Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme nusan, Sitra, Al Salhiya, Al Qurayyah, Umm Al view (VNR) on the Implementa- projects announced at Municipalities Affairs and Urban Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, Hassam, Nuwaidrat, Nabih Saleh, Galali, Al Dair, tion of the 2030 Sustainable De- the session.