Interior receives GCC ‘wanted’ list
KUWAIT CITY, May 2: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior has received from its counterparts in other GCC countries, lists with names of wanted criminals and members of terrorist and extremist groups, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting informed sources.
They revealed that Kuwait’s security authorities have also prepared a list containing the names of 45 Kuwaitis, 80 Saudis, 14 Qataris, 17 Bahrainis, and 22 UAE nationals, who are still at large and
are involved in supporting terrorist organizations and participating in combat operations with these organizations.
According to investigations carried out by security authorities in the Gulf countries, an undercover network helps suspects leave their countries on forged passports and sends them to locations where they are prepared before they are sent to conflict-ridden regions where organizations and terrorist groups such as DAESH, Al-Nusra, and Ansarallah are active.
The sources affirmed that the GCC security authorities are coordinating with their Turkish counterpart in this regard in order to uncover the new names of those involved in terrorism.
They added that some figures and preachers in the Gulf region are involved in brainwashing and recruiting young people into terrorist groups, and seducing others with money to travel to the troubled regions for fighting with the groups. KUWAIT CITY: Ministry of Health reported a new case of swine flu (H1N1) infection in an Asian woman, reports Al-Qabas daily.
According to sources, the woman was admitted in the general ward in Amiri Hospital with a number of patients before she was tested.
Even though the tests came positive, no action has been taken to isolate the patient. CAIRO: Egyptian security officials say a boat carrying mostly Sudanese and Syrian migrants has capsized off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, killing three people.
Maj Gen Mohamed Ismail says 31 people were rescued Saturday and subsequently arrested after the boat capsized near the coastal city of Idku. (AP) ROME: Ships from the Italian Coast Guard and navy have rescued more than 1,200 migrants after smugglers’ boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya.
Italian officials say the migrants were being taken Saturday to Italian ports after several different rescue operations, including helping some 200 people aboard motorized rubber dinghies a day earlier south of Sicily. The smugglers’ boats had set out in a spell of warm, calm weather. (AP) TOKYO: The Japanese meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning early Sunday following a magnitude 5.9 quake in the Pacific south of Tokyo.
The quake hit near Torishima island, some 600 kms (about 370 miles) south of Tokyo, at 1:51 am (16:51 GMT Saturday), the weather agency said.
Following the quake which hit a very shallow point of the seabed, the agency issued a tsunami waring of up to one metre (3.3 feet) for the Izu island chain, south of Tokyo, and the Ogasawara archipelago, far south in the Pacific Ocean. (AFP)