SUBSCRIPTION MONDAY, JULY 10, 2017 SHAWWAL 16, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Sabeeh: Rehab Candy Crush India star Bottas beats of returnees addicts get new Aamir now Vettel in Austria, from terrorist outlet as game ‘King of Hamilton ends groups2 vital comes22 to TV the30 Khans’ up16 fourth US lifts laptop ban from Min 30º Max 46º Kuwait Airways flights High Tide 01:33 & 11:48 Low Tide US officials inspect security measures • Royal Jordanian also exempted 06:28 & 19:38 32 PAGES NO: 17275 150 FILS KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways yesterday order of 10 ultra-long-haul aircraft Boeing announced that its passengers will be able to 777-300ER, which will be in commercial serv- carry personal electronic items on board all ice by Q3 2017, in addition to 25 new Airbus US-bound flights departing from Kuwait aircraft including 15 A320neo and 10 from the International Airport. The US Transportation A350 family of aircraft which are set to be Security Administration lifted the ban on elec- delivered from 2019.” tronic devices onboard Kuwait Airways flights Meanwhile, Royal Jordanian Airlines said after US officials inspected the security meas- yesterday it has also won an exemption from ures on Kuwait Airways flights. Following this the US ban on flights from its hub in Amman. announcement, passengers onboard Kuwait “Enhanced security measures are now imple- Airways flights from Kuwait International mented to meet the requirements of the US Airport to JFK Airport in New York will be able Department of Homeland Security’s new to enjoy uninterrupted use of all of their per- security guidelines for all US bound flights,” sonal electronic devices. Airport to the United States.” Royal Jordanian chief executive Stefan Pichler Commenting on the lifting of the ban, He added: “The security measures in place said in a statement. “We are glad that our Sami Fahd Al-Rushaid, Chairman of the Board at Kuwait International Airport which are guests can now fly onboard RJ and use their of Directors of Kuwait Airways, said: “Safety, applied on Kuwait Airways flights are fully electronic devices,” from Amman’s Queen Alia security and compliance with international compliant with international standards. This International Airport, he added. Saudi Arabia’s safety regulations are always our top priorities allows us to continue to provide services to flagship airline, Saudia, said it expects the BHUBANESWAR, India: Kuwaiti runner Ibrahim Al-Thifeeri reacts after winning at Kuwait Airways and we are delighted to our passengers flying to the United States or United States to lift the ban on its flights on or gold in the men’s 800m race on the final day of the 22nd Asian Athletics announce to our passengers that the elec- any of our 38-destination international net- before July 19. The United States has said it Championships at Kalinga Stadium yesterday. — AFP tronics ban has been lifted on all Kuwait work with our revamped fleet that includes will abolish the ban for airlines that imple- Airways flights departing Kuwait International the arrival of the remaining two from our ment new safety measures. — Agencies Assembly probe Iraq PM declares victory in Mosul panel summons MOSUL: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al- IS swept across much of Iraq’s Sunni Abadi declared victory in the “liberated” Arab heartland in a lightning offensive four ministers city of Mosul yesterday, his office said, in that year, proclaiming a self-styled the biggest defeat yet for the Islamic State “caliphate” straddling Iraq and neighbor- By B Izzak group. Abadi “arrives in the liberated city of ing Syria. But the jihadist group, which is Mosul and congratulates the heroic fight- facing twin offensives backed by a US- KUWAIT: A three-MP investigation committee formed ers and the Iraqi people on the achieve- led coalition in both countries, has since to follow up issues raised during two grillings of ment of the major victory,” his office said in lost large parts of the territory it once Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah a statement. The announcement comes controlled. The Iraqi forces launched decided yesterday to summon four ministers to ques- after a grueling nearly nine-month battle their campaign to recapture Mosul in tion them on various issues, the head of the commit- to retake the northern city from the mili- October, seizing its eastern side in tee said. MP Jamaan Al-Harbash also said the panel tants after three years under their rule. January and launching the battle for its has drawn up a mechanism for its work and began A photo on Abadi’s official Twitter western part the next month. that by sending 20 questions to the prime minister to account showed him dressed in a black But the fight grew tougher when Iraqi ask for details over the issues raised during the two military uniform and cap as he arrived in forces entered the densely populated grillings held several weeks ago. Mosul to announce the recapture of the Old City on the western bank of the Tigris The prime minister was subjected to two quizzes city. The fighting did not seem to be River that divides the city. In recent days, in a same parliamentary session in May over allega- completely over yet, with gunfire still security forces have killed jihadists trying tions of squandering public funds and failure to audible in Mosul and air strikes hitting to escape their dwindling foothold in check rampant corruption, in addition to financial the city around the time the premier’s Mosul, as Iraqi units fought to retake the and administrative violations. He was grilled in a office released the statement. The last two IS-held areas near the Tigris. marathon session by five opposition MPs, and the declared victory in Mosul marks an epic Earlier yesterday, Iraq’s Joint Operations questioning ended by forming the three-man com- milestone for the Iraqi security forces, Command had said it killed “30 terrorists” mittee to probe the allegations. MOSUL: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is wrapped in the Iraqi national flag who had crumbled in the face of an IS trying to escape across the river. Continued on Page 11 while walking alongside police and army officers upon his arrival yesterday. — AFP onslaught across Iraq in 2014. Continued on Page 11 Trump cuts an isolated figure on world stage WASHINGTON: During a difficult visit to Europe Donald Trump appeared out of sync with traditional allies, struggling to show that unorthodox strategies toward rival powers Russia and China can deliver results. At one point Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel exchanged a knowing glance as the US president veered off on another tangent. What were to be remarks about women entrepreneurs had become a Trumpian soliloquy on his daughter Ivanka’s merits and his paternal failings. “If she weren’t my daughter it would be so much easier for her,” Trump said. “It might be the only bad thing going for her.” A few feet away, Merkel and Trudeau’s nervy ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE DOHA: Qatar’s Attorney General Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri speaks after the launch of laughs were corporal acknowledgment that Trump’s the Compensation Claims Committee during a press conference yesterday. — AFP Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (right) meets Libya’s Khalifa political peers are still unsure how to take the mer- Haftar, the head of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, on Saturday. — AFP curial 71-year-old. Throughout the meeting there was a sense the president of the United States, Qatar seeks compensation Libya strongman in UAE leader of the so-called “indispensable nation,” has shifted positions, leaving everyone else struggling for damages from boycott for military ‘cooperation’ to correct. In Warsaw, on the first stop of his four day trip, Trump sought to reassert his claim to lead Gulf settles in for long crisis ABU DHABI: Libyan strongman Khalifa Wednesday announced the “total libera- the free world. Like a king riding along the cavalry Haftar has met with UAE leaders for talks tion” of Benghazi, three years after it was frontline, he sounded the charge against terrorism DOHA: Qatar yesterday announced it to file claims over what Doha has labeled on military cooperation, state media said overrun by militants. and bureaucracy, which he painted as threats to was establishing a committee to pursue a “siege” in courts at home and abroad, yesterday, days after announcing the Six years after the 2011 uprising that Christian civilization. compensation claims potentially worth including in Paris and London, Marri said. retaking of second city Benghazi from toppled and killed Libyan dictator He embraced allies by affirming his commitment billions of dollars over the country’s Qatar has said thousands of its citizens militants. Haftar, who has visited the Muammar Gaddafi, chaos continues to to NATO’s mutual defense clause, satisfying long- “blockade” by Gulf states. Attorney have been affected by the isolation United Arab Emirates regularly in recent engulf Libya as militants fight for power standing demands to be clearer about the alliance. General Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri said the measures in what has emerged as the months, held talks with Abu Dhabi Crown and access to the country’s vast oil But for many, Trump’s idea of the West as a group of Compensation Claims Committee would worst diplomatic crisis to hit the Gulf in Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al- reserves. The unrest has provided fertile nations that “cry out ‘We want God’” - a West of high deal with cases including major compa- recent years.