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BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Rescue crews wrestled to bring MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia said Monday militants
a blaze on an Iranian oil tanker off China’s east coast under had used drones to attack its naval and air bases in Syria
control on Monday as fire raged for a second day following Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.
a collision with a grain ship, while the body of one of the 32 The Russian Defense Ministry said there were no
missing crew members was found on board. Concerns were casualties or damage as a result of the attacks, which
growing that the tanker, which hit a freight ship on Saturday involved thirteen armed drones, on its Hmeimim air base
night in the East China Sea and burst into flames, may explode and Tartus naval base in western Syria, the agencies
and sink, the official China Central Television (CCTV) said reported. The ministry said last week that two Russian
on Monday, citing experts on the rescue team. The fate of the service personnel were killed in a mortar attack on the
remaining 31 sailors is not known. Hmeimim base on Dec. 31.
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By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer
Films Shine at Climber Wins Silver Inflict Further
Days of Debacle for Saudi-US Dhaka Film in World Youth Losses on Terrorists
Aggressors in Yemen
P. 2 Festival P. 3 Championships P. 6 in Idlib P. 8
Senior Iranian Negotiator Abbas Araqchi:
Houthis Down
Saudi Tornado World Must Prepare for U.S. Leaving JCPOA
Jet, Target F-15 it was.
“If the United States does not meet
its commitment in the JCPOA, the
SANAA (Dispatches) -- Houthi capital Sanaa. Islamic Republic of Iran would take
fighters said they shot down a On Saturday, Houthi fighters decisions that might affect its current
Saudi warplane over Yemen’s fired a ballistic missile at a Saudi cooperation with the International
Saada province on Sunday. military base on the border. It Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),”
A Yemeni military source comes after missiles were fired Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar
said the British-made Panavia at Saudi airport King Khalid Salehi, was quoted as telling IAEA
Tornado jet was conducting a International Airport in Riyadh. Director General Yukiya Amano in a
bombing run on residential areas The November 4 attack saw phone call.
in the province when the military Saudi forces step up its blockade Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad
shot it down with a surface-to- of Yemen - already on the verge Zarif is due to travel for talks with
air missile, Al-Massriah news famine - after describing it as an the European parties to the deal —
channel reported. “act of war”. It was the deepest Britain, France, Germany and the EU
Saudi-owned news channel strike inside the kingdom since — at the end of the week.
Al-Aribayah contradicted the the Saudi war began in March Zarif denied reports that the talks
Houthis, saying that the warplane 2015. would focus on the recent protests
crashed because of a technical Since March 2015, more than in Iran, saying such claims were
failure and that both pilots 14,000 people have been killed in “baseless and unfounded”.
survived. The Saudis said a what the UN has called the worst “Given the importance of JCPOA
special operation was carried out humanitarian crisis in the world. these days, and in particular
to evacuate the two pilots. Saudi airstrikes have caused most considering the U.S. destructive
Saudi Arabia is the only country of the civilian casualties, but its policies, based on talks we’ve had,
operating Tornadoes in the blockade of the country has led to Iran’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif addresses Tehran Security Conference on Jan. 8, 2018. we agreed to have a consultative
region, according to Al Masdar mass starvation as well. meeting between Iran and the three
News. The U.S. has also quietly European Union members,” said
TEHRAN (Dispatches) — Iran openly despises the deal — a central response,” added Foreign Ministry
Yemeni forces separately said supported the Saudi war in Zarif, according to state broadcaster
warned the world on Monday to foreign policy achievement of his spokesman Bahram Qasemi.
they successfully targeted a Saudi Yemen, for which it has drawn IRIB.
prepare for the possible withdrawal of predecessor Barack Obama — but has “The U.S. administration will
F-15 fighter jet just hours after criticism, and Houti fighters even “Together with the EU’s foreign
the United States from the landmark so far continued to waive the nuclear- definitely regret it,” he said on state
downing the Panavia Tornado. appeared to capture a U.S. Navy policy chief (Federica Mogherini),
nuclear deal agreed in 2015. related sanctions at regular intervals television.
According to Al-Masirah, the underwater drone last week off we agreed to invite the Iranian foreign
“The international community as required to stay in compliance. Another senior official said Iran
F-15 was hit while flying over the the coast of Yemen. minister, if possible next week,”
must be prepared for the U.S. The next deadline for Trump to might reconsider its cooperation
possibly pulling out of the JCPOA,” waive sanctions falls on Friday. with the UN nuclear agency if the German Foreign Minister Sigmar
said deputy foreign minister Abbas “It’s been more than a year that the United States failed to respect its Gabriel told public broadcaster ZDF
Macron Lends Support to Araqchi, using the technical name for U.S. president has sought to destroy commitments in the nuclear deal. on Sunday.
the nuclear deal. the JCPOA with all his efforts,” said Trump must decide by mid-January “We very quickly affirmed that we
The one-day event, held under the Araqchi, speaking at the Tehran whether to continue waiving U.S. support the freedom to demonstrate
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the secret Zuma spacecraft for the U.S.
nique so that rockets can one day
become just as reusable as airplanes,
thereby lowering the cost of space
At Least 71 Killed in ***
NEW YORK (AP) -- Two people were in-
government launches Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air
Violence in Nigeria’s Benue
jured, one seriously, in an early-morning
Force Station in Florida on Jan. 7, 2018 in this still from a SpaceX video. travel. fire near the top of Trump Tower in midtown
Amateur satellite trackers who Manhattan, the New York Fire Department
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Dis- look at potential problems with the specialize in tracking classified mis- said on Monday. U.S. President Donald
patches) -- SpaceX has blasted off a fairing, or the nose cone part of the sions suspected Zuma may be an Trump was in Washington at the time. Al-
secretive U.S. government payload rocket that protects the payload. experimental spacecraft testing new though local media initially reported there
known as Zuma, a mission whose Just what exactly needed such spe- technologies, possibly sensors for were no injuries, one person sustained a
serious, possibly life-threatening injury, and
nature -- and the agency behind it cial protection and secrecy is still watching close approaches between another had a minor injury, the Fire Depart-
-- remains a mystery. unknown. spacecraft. ment said. Eric Trump, one of the president’s
“Three, two, one, ignition and lift- Northrup Grumman, the maker of One theory floated was that the sons, said on Twitter that it was a small elec-
off,” said a SpaceX commentator as the payload, said it was for the US mission might be connected to one trical fire in the cooling tower on the build-
the Falcon 9 rocket launched under government and would be delivered SpaceX launched into a similar orbit ing’s roof. The fire was reported by phone
cover of darkness from Cape Canav- to low-Earth orbit, but offered no last May for the National Reconnais- shortly before 7 a.m. EST (noon GMT) on
the top floor of the 68-story structure, which
eral, Florida, at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT other details. sance Office. had been Trump’s primary residence before
Monday). SpaceX and the Pentagon did not That mission last summer was ob- his election victory and inauguration nearly
The launch was initially supposed respond to requests for comment served flying close to the Interna- a year ago, the department said. More than
to take place in November but was about the nature of the mission. tional Space Station, at a time when 90 minutes after the initial report, 84 fire-
postponed so the California-based SpaceX has launched national se- two U.S. cargo craft arrived or de- fighters and 26 units were still on the scene,
company could take a closer curity payloads in the past, including parted. according to department spokesman Fire-
fighter Ken Reilly.
Taiwan: China’s New Air Routes Muslim faithful of the Ya Lateef Islamic Society sit as they pray into the New
***
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian officials say two
Threaten Security
policemen have been taken into custody af-
Year at Ibafo, Ogun State in southwest of Nigeria on December 31, 2017. ter the death of a detainee sparked clashes
ABUJA (Reuters) -- A total of 71 the governor of Benue state. in the capital. Dozens of protesters tried to
people have been killed in a week “Now, with security operatives storm a police station in Cairo’s Mokattam
TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Taiwan’s government has Beijing’s move comes as China has pressed ahead neighborhood on Saturday after a detainee
called China’s recent unilateral expansion of civil with a military modernization program that includes of violence in Nigeria’s Benue on the ground, villagers have held on drug-related suspicions died in cus-
aviation routes in the Taiwan Strait an irresponsible building aircraft carriers and stealth fighters to give state, a government spokesman been going about the bush to pick tody. Police arrested 43 protesters. Officials
said Monday, much of it involv- up more corpses.” say prosecutors on Monday ordered the
act that threatens regional security, in the latest row it the ability to project power far from its shores, two police held for 24 hours and extended
between Beijing and the self-ruled island. and stepped up what it calls “island encirclement ing clashes between Muslim cattle Nigeria’s police inspector gen- the protesters’ detention by 15 days. The
China opened several disputed air routes last patrols” near Taiwan. herders and Christian farmers. eral, Ibrahim Idris, told reporters officials spoke on condition of anonymity
week, including a northbound M503 route in the Last Thursday, China’s civil aviation authority The killings endanger efforts by last week that the country was se- because they weren’t authorized to brief
President Muhammadu Buhari cure, though more police would reporters. Anger at widespread police bru-
Taiwan Strait, without informing Taiwan, contra- said in a statement announcing the new routes that tality helped spark the 2011 uprising that
vening what the democratic government in Taipei planes “will strictly follow the announced flight to bring security and stability to be deployed to Benue state to toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
Nigeria - a key campaign pledge deal with the violence. Rights groups say mistreatment and torture
said is a 2015 deal to first discuss such flight paths. path”.
when he ran for election in 2015. “What we should be praying for are still widespread in Egyptian prisons, al-
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, after meeting “In recent years, the scheduled flights for the legations denied by the government
Muslim herdsmen, mainly of is for Nigerians to learn to live in
with ministry heads to assess the situation on Sun- strait’s west coast airspace have quickly increased,
the Fulani ethnic group, and peace with each other,” said Id- ***
day, said the move “not only seriously affects avia- and the delays are becoming more critical. Using Christian farmers often clash ris. NICOSIA (AFP) -- The party of the prime
tion safety, but also damages the current situation in the northbound M503 and related routes will effec- over the use of land in remote ar- Nigerian troops have been de- minister of northern Cyprus, a statelet rec-
the Taiwan strait”. tively ease the currently existing air route’s traffic eas of the Middle Belt region. ployed in more than 30 of the 36 ognized only by Turkey, has won parliamen-
tary elections but will need to form a coali-
“This kind of unilateral changing of the situa- pressure,” it said. Terve Akase, chief press sec- states to tackle insecurity - some- tion after falling short of a majority, results
tion, this practice that harms regional stability, is China considers Taiwan a wayward province, retary to the governor of Benue thing which has thrown a critical showed Monday. The Turkish Republic of
not something that will be viewed favorably by the and broke off official communication with the Tai- state, attributed 71 deaths from spotlight on the performance of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), established in the
wake of Turkey’s 1974 invasion of the island
international community,” Tsai said in a statement. wan government after Tsai’s independence-leaning Dec. 31 to Jan. 6 to killings by the police. in response to an Athens-backed coup, voted
Tsai, who also said during her meeting with offi- Democratic Progressive Party won power in 2016. the Fulani. Reuters was unable to In November, at least 30 people Sunday in snap polls forced by tensions
cials that China’s increased military activities in the China suspects Tsai wants to push for formal inde- verify the figures. from a cattle herding community, in the previous coalition. The vote comes
ahead of presidential polls later this month
region were threatening stability, called on Beijing pendence though, she has said she wants to main- “The attacks happened in very including young children, were in the internationally recognized Greek-ma-
to give priority to restore technical discussions on tain the status quo with China and is committed to remote villages,” said Terve killed in a clash in the northeast- jority Republic of Cyprus, with peace efforts
the flight paths. ensuring peace. Akase, chief press secretary to ern state of Adamawa. on hold until both sets of elections are over.
6 January 9, 2018
Coutinho Unveiled as Barcelona Player – But Injury Will Delay Debut The Lakers swiped 13 steals and
scored 26 points off turnovers en
route to a 132-113 victory that
son - and enjoyed a strong shooting
night. The Lakers made 55.8 percent
of their field goals, and shot 44.4 per-
BARCELONA (Dispatches) - true and I hope to be up to the job on snapped their nine-game losing cent from 3-point range.
Philippe Coutinho’s Euro 160 million the field.” streak. Even free throws went in for the
move to Barcelona was officially con- Bartomeu added: “All the Barca fans ‘’It was good to kind of see the guys Lakers, who came into Sunday as
firmed on Monday as the playmaker are excited to have Coutinho here. get back to that mode where defense the worst team in the league in that
anchors what we do offensively in- category. Los Angeles made 20 of 25.
was unveiled to fans at the Nou Camp. “It hasn’t been easy but his effort in
stead of the other way around,’’ Lak- The Hawks, on the other hand, shot
The 25-year-old Brazilian signed a coming, along with his strength and
ers coach Luke Walton said. just 43.6 percent from the field.
contract alongside Barcelona presi- patience, have been key.” Brandon Ingram had 20 points and Los Angeles went on a 16-3 run in
dent Josep Maria Bartomeu, before Coutinho passed his medical, but it seven assists, while Lonzo Ball fin- the opening minutes of the second
performing keepy-uppies in front of did show he has a right thigh injury - ished with 13 points, 10 assists and quarter that culminated in a transi-
supporters. which kept him out of Liverpool’s 2-1 six rebounds. Julius Randle had 15 tion 3-pointer by Ball and a basket by
A deal for Coutinho to join Barce- win at Burnley on New Year’s Day. points and nine rebounds in his sixth Larry Nance Jr. off a pass from Josh
lona from Liverpool was agreed on Barcelona said the midfielder was straight start. Hart. The lead quickly ballooned to
Saturday. likely to be out for around three Nine Lakers recorded at least one 20 after another 3 by Ball and a layup
“I want to thank the president and weeks, meaning the earliest he could steal. Brook Lopez had four on his by Kyle Kuzma.
everyone who has made it possible,” realistically make his debut is the
Australia Crush England to Complete 4-0 Ashes Win LONDON (AFP) - Pep Guardiola
says Manchester City must match
leg of their semi-final on Tuesday.
“A win helps to win more, then we
Manchester United and Liverpool by are there, going to go to London to
SYDNEY(AFP) - Australia ruthlessly extinguished England’s resis- winning trophies in order to become play the final,” said the City man-
tance to claim an innings victory in the fifth Ashes Test and complete a one of the game’s giants -- and daz- ager.
4-0 series rout on the final day in Sydney Monday. zling football is not enough. “It’s important (to win trophies). To
The beleaguered tourists, with skipper Joe Root weakened by a stomach The runaway Premier League lead- become a big club like the teams I
bug and unable to continue batting, dissolved after lunch, losing their last ers maintained their relentless charge have faced, or teams like (Manches-
four wickets for their fourth comprehensive defeat of the series. in four competitions by sweeping ter) United or Liverpool, with a re-
Paceman Pat Cummins led the Australian offensive in Sydney with four into the FA Cup fourth round at ally big history, you have to win.
wickets for 39 to finish man-of-the-match and the leading wicket taker in Burnley’s expense on Saturday. The former Barcelona and Bayern
the series with 23. They are now eyeing a place in the Munich boss was pleased to see Le-
“To get through the five Tests and end the series here at home. I couldn’t League Cup final as they host Cham- roy Sane back on the score sheet in
asked for much more,” said an ecstatic Cummins. pionship side Bristol City in the first the 4-1 victory against Burnley.
At Least ...
Mortar Barrage Hits Central Iraqi City He plans to seek a “strategic partnership” with Beijing on issues
including terrorism.
In a French version of panda diplomacy, Macron will give Xi a horse as
BAGHDAD (Dispatches) – Twelve authorities to close the doors of the the mortar attack on Tuz-Khurmato their move is fiercely opposed by
a gift: a retired Republican Guard horse that is currently in quarantine.
people were wounded Monday when schools for the day to avoid casualties and accused Kurdish militants of Baghdad government and non-Kurdish
mortar rounds hit an ethnically mixed among the students, the source said. carrying out series of mortar attacks on residents. On climate change, Macron said he would talk to Xi about “relaunching
city in Iraq’s central province of The ethnically-mixed city of Tuz- the city after the Iraqi federal security On Oct. 16, the Iraqi security forces the climate battle” by preparing an increase in their engagements to
Salahudin, a security and a lawmaker Khurmato is mostly made up of forces retook control of the city from fully redeployed in Tuz-Khurmato after
combat global warming at the COP 24 talks in Poland later this year.
said. Turkoman Shias as well as sizable the Kurdish Peshmerga. the withdrawal of Kurdish Peshmerga
During the day, several mortar rounds Kurdish and Sunni Arab population. “These mortar rounds were launched forces, at the same day when the Iraqi He praised China, the world’s top polluter, for committing to the Paris
landed on the city of Tuz-Khurmato, Previously, the city witnessed by Kurdish gangs,” Jaafar said, forces redeployed on the nearby oil- accord after U.S. President Donald Trump notified that America would
some 90 km east of Salahudin’s repeated clashes between militias, demanding reinforcement of federal rich province of Kirkuk. pull out of the pact.
provincial capital Tikrit, leaving 12 as the city and surrounding areas are troops to be dispatched immediately to The mortar barrage on the city came
people wounded, including three part of the disputed areas outside the stop such attacks on civilians. as tensions are running high between “China kept its word,” he said. “You demonstrate your immense sense
women and two children, along with Kurdistan region. Tuz-Khurmato is part of disputed Baghdad government and the semi- of responsibility.”
damaging several houses in the city, a Meanwhile, the Turkoman Member areas claimed by the Kurds and both autonomous region of Kurdistan after Cooperation will “show the world that the French and Chinese are
provincial security source told Xinhua of Parliament Jasim Mohammed Jaafar Arabs and Turkomans. The Kurds the Kurdish region held a controversial
on condition of anonymity. from the leading Shia parliamentary want to incorporate the areas on the referendum on independence of capable of making our planet great and beautiful again”, he said in
The mortar attack forced the city’s bloc of National Alliance, confirmed edge of their Kurdistan region, but Kurdistan and disputed areas. Chinese.
After Xian, Macron headed to Beijing along with his delegation
Zionist Regime Says Will Resume Power Supply to Gaza which includes some 60 business executives and representatives of
institutions.
AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – as supplies were cut by about half. later than tomorrow (Monday).” signed an Egyptian-brokered
The Zionist regime said it will Abbas’s move, which affected The move will restore an reconciliation agreement with his Macron and his wife Brigitte met Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan on
restore full electricity supply to schools, factories, hospitals and additional 50 megawatts of power Fatah movement in October and Monday night. On Tuesday he will visit the Forbidden City, meet top
the Hamas dominated Gaza Strip households, was part of a bid to to Gaza. agreed to hand over administrative Chinese officials and oversee the signing of business deals.
following a request last week by press Hamas to loosen its hold A Gaza economist said the control of the Gaza Strip to the
Along with Brigitte, Macron visited the famous terracotta warriors in
the Palestinians who said they will over the enclave a decade after the restoration of electricity from Palestinian Authority.
resume payments. resistance movement seized the the regime, the enclave’s main But both groups have failed to Xian, as well as a centuries-old Big Wild Goose Pagoda - a Buddhist
Western-backed Palestinian territory from forces loyal to him. electricity supplier, could raise finalize details of the deal, which site - and the city’s mosque.
President Mahmoud Abbas A brief statement by the Zionist power delivery to six hours. Gaza’s had been due to be completed
The 8,000-man clay army, crafted around 250 BC for the tomb of
withdrew his guarantee to pay regime’s Energy Minister Yuval sole power station generates only on December 1. The Authority’s
the occupying regime for power Steinitz said he had ordered the a small amount of power. decision to resume the electricity China’s first emperor Qin Shihuang, is a symbol of ancient artistic and
in April, leaving Gaza’s two power lines, that can deliver up Prompted partly by Abbas’s payments could help smooth military sophistication in a country that proclaims itself a 5,000-year-
million residents with only three to 120 megawatts of electricity, to sanctions and fears of financial the way towards completing the old civilization.
to four hours of electricity a day be prepared for full operation “no and political isolation, Hamas accord.
‘Jordan Arrests 17 in Foiled Daesh Attack Plot’ Thought for Today
AMMAN (Dispatches) – Jordan said on Monday it had foiled a
Daesh plot that included plans for a series of attacks last November Often your utterances and expressions of your face
on security installations, shopping malls and moderate religious
figures, state media reported. State news agency Petra said the leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
country’s intelligence department had arrested 17 members of
the cell and confiscated weapons and explosives that the terrorist
group had planned to use in several operations. Amir al-Momeneen Ali (AS)
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RAMALLAH (Dispatches)
Zionist troops shut down Monday
– two villages are Osarin village,
of nearly 3,500 residents and
center.
Governor of Nablus Akram
Palestinian citizens.”
Palestinian sources said that the
Saudi Arabia Charges Royals
access to two West Bank villages,
near Nablus city, by placing earth
Awarta village, where nearly 7,000
Palestinians live.
Rajoub condemned the Zionist
regime’s measures. He told Xinhua
Zionist regime’s army arrested at
least 17 Palestinians in scattered
Arrested for Protesting Austerity
mounds, according to Palestinian The entrance of Awarta village that this represents “collective pre-dawn raids into West Bank
RIYADH (Dispatches) – Saudi Arabia activist, who goes by the nickname
sources. was shut down by closing a gate punishment” against Palestinians. areas, including storming some has charged 11 princes, who were of @mujtahidd on Twitter, said at the
Ghassan Daghlas, who is in located near Huwara, where He added “this is unjustified houses. arrested recently for protesting the time of the arrests that the princes
charge of the documentation of the Zionist troops are stationed in a and comes as part of the Zionist Zionist army spokesperson said government’s hiking of domestic gas had been nabbed for protesting the
settlements activity in the north of military checkpoint disconnecting army’s policy in backing settlers that those arrested were “wanted” prices and introducing value-added tax apprehension of many of their kinsmen
the West Bank told Xinhua that the the north of the West Bank from its while imposing restrictions on to Israel. (VAT). on the crown prince’s orders late last
“A group of 11 princes staged a sit in year.