A civilian vehicle collides with a security checkpoint in Najaf, causing several injuries

Najaf A source in the Najaf police announced that a civilian vehicle collided with a checkpoint of the security forces on Al-Ma’mal Street in the city of Kufa.

He said, “The vehicle of a pick-up type collided with a joint checkpoint on Al-Ma’mal Street in the city of Kufa, which caused a number of injuries to the checkpoint’s personnel and civilians..

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The body of an unidentified man found north of Baghdad

Baghdad The security forces found the body of an unidentified man, north of Baghdad.

A security source said: “The body was found in an abandoned yard on the outskirts of Al-Shaab area, and it bears traces of gunfire in the chest.”

The phenomenon of unidentified corpses has returned to the fore once again, after it disappeared several years ago as a result of the improvement in the security situation. Most of the bodies that were found in the recent period belong to victims of criminal crimes.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Arresting an accused of premeditated murder in the city of Kut

Kut Detachments of the Wasit Anti-Crime Department were able to arrest a person accused of premeditated murder, in a security operation carried out in the city of Kut.

A source in the Wasit police told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that the arrest operation was carried out by the Wasit crime detachments in cooperation with the intelligence service, and the crime weapon, a 9 mm pistol, was seized in the possession of the accused. He added that the accused was criminalized in accordance with the provisions of Article 406 Q.P and referred to the judiciary.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Minister of Planning discusses with an Egyptian diplomat the development of bilateral relations and the continuation of joint work within the framework of the tripartite coordinating council

Baghdad The Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Planning, Muhammad Ali Tamim, received today, Tuesday, the Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister, Alaa Musa, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Walid Muhammad Ismail.

In the meeting, according to a statement by the ministry, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation between the two brotherly countries in many fields, especially economic, investment and trade.

Tamim appreciated: The role of the Egyptian government and people in supporting Iraq in various fields, indicating that the current conditions that countries of the region are going through require a lot of cooperation, and the completion of all files related to the development of this cooperation .

He reviewed some of the government’s directions and the ministerial program, foremost of which is developing the economy, combating unemployment, and working hard to confront climate changes, by expanding the use of clean energy.

The minister indicated that the government seeks to develop the system of external relations, with regional neighboring countries and other countries, according to common interests, stressing the importance of working to activate the Iraqi-Egyptian-Jordanian tripartite coordination council, especially in the field of tripartite electrical interconnection, joint economic zones and infrastructure development to address the housing crisis.

For his part, Musa stressed: The Egyptian government’s keenness to enhance cooperation with Iraq in various fields, calling for the resumption of work on the outputs of the tripartite coordinating council, due to their importance in supporting the economy and development in the three countries ( Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan).

The two sides discussed preparations for the convening of the joint Iraqi-Egyptian committee, which Cairo will host in the coming months, in which the Iraqi side will be chaired by the Prime Minister, Muhammad al-Sudani.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The arrest of a woman who stole an amount of money from the bags of the teachers during a parents’ council meeting in a school in Kut

Kut Wasit police arrested a woman who stole an amount of money from the teachers’ bags while she was entering a school during a parents’ council meeting in the city of Kut.

A source in Wasit Police told the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA): “Legal measures have been taken against the accused and she has been referred to the judiciary.” End

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

In the presence of Al-Lami, the fifteenth scientific conference held locally and the fourth internationally for the College of Mass Communication at the University of Baghdad

Baghdad The work of the fifteenth scientific conference, locally and fourth internationally, of the College of Mass Communication at the University of Baghdad began this morning, which is being held under the title “Media Employment of Modern Technologies in Light of International Changes “, with the participation of the head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, President of the Federation of Arab Journalists Moayad Al-Lami and a group of Arab researchers, in cooperation With Al-Mustaqbal National University College.

The head of the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate, Moayad Al-Lami, blessed the convening of the conference, which deals with and discusses important issues, identifying the exceptional progress witnessed by media science.

In his speech, he said: The College of Mass Communication is a pioneering college in the country and has contributed to strengthening the major media institutions in the world with specialists and professionals. Indeed, many of its graduates have become media leaders, whether inside or outside Iraq.

He pointed out: the great role of the College of Mass Communication and its graduates in society and its direct impact on drawing awareness and dialogue policies among the people of society in general, noting that the College of Mass Communication is one of the discreet colleges that make distinguished graduates.

Al-Lami affirmed his support for the college’s relentless steps to improve the reality of the Iraqi media, noting that the doors of the Journalists Syndicate are open to the college’s students and professors.

For his part, the head of the conference, Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication, Ammar Taher, said: The most important thing that distinguishes media from the rest of the other human sciences is its association with digital technologies and technological developments.

He added: The technical acceleration has made media applications develop tremendously, which calls for the necessity of analyzing them and explaining their repercussions, as it means following the data of the era in terms of means, devices and innovations, and applying its modern uses and benefiting from it, including its effects in the field of information and communication.

For his part, the President of the University of Baghdad, Mounir Hamid Al-Saadi, said that it is a pleasure for the fourth conference of the College of Scientific Media to be held internationally, with the participation of researchers from various Arab countries, to find a kind of intellectual and scientific to discuss the massive and rapid development in the field of media at the digital and technical levels.

He expressed his hope that the research participating in the conference would find its place in the international community, and that the recommendations and outcomes of the conference would be of real benefit to the media decision-maker in the country.

He pointed out that the University of Baghdad is proud today of its scientific contributions, especially in scientific publishing, as it was able to enter a number of global capacities and achieve important indicators in them.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Al-Sudani congratulates Morocco for its historic qualification to the quarter-finals of the World Cup

Baghdad Prime Minister Mohamed Al-Sudani blessed Morocco for its historic national team’s qualification to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Al-Sudani said in a tweet on Twitter: “Congratulations to brotherly Morocco for qualifying its national team and entering history as the first Arab team to qualify for this role in the World Cup competitions. We wish the Moroccan people and other brotherly and friendly peoples more success and prosperity.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Economist: Funds from the Food Security Law will be part of next year’s budget

Baghdad The financial expert, Madhar Muhammad Salih, confirmed: The funds of the Food Security Law will be part of the next year’s budget.

He told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: that once the federal general budget law is issued for the next year, the financial agencies will work unifiedly in accordance with the principles of the effective financial management law, which requires the unity of the general budget in spending and revenue.

Salih added: The articles of the general budget law for the next year should absorb the remnants of the financial obligations stipulated in the Emergency Law for Food Security and Development No. 2 of 2022, so that this law and the obligations contained therein become an integral part of the next federal general budget law.

He explained: It is not permissible to spend under any pretext outside the General Budget Law in one fiscal year in which the law legislates that based on the provisions of Article 51 of the amended Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019, which stipulates adherence to the principles of the budget in terms of the budget’s unity, comprehensiveness and annuality, unless otherwise stipulated in the same budget law regarding the mechanism for dealing with the remnants of unspent allocated allocations in the aforementioned Emergency Law for Food Security and Development No. 2 of 2022 and considers it an exceptional case, and such matter leaves its appreciation to the executive authority when preparing the texts of the draft federal budget law for the next year.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The CBI hosts the meetings of the International Monetary Fund mission in Baghdad

Baghdad The Central Bank of Iraq announced that it will receive meetings of the International Monetary Fund mission in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Wednesday and Thursday.

The Director of the Media Office of the Central Bank, Omar Assem, said that the meeting will take place on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, in the presence of the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Mustafa Ghaleb Makhaif, the Minister of Finance , Taif Sami, and the IMF mission team, with the invitation of representatives of the ministries of planning, electricity, labor, water resources and the environment at the meeting, indicating that the meeting on its first day will focus on key policy challenges.

He added, on the sidelines of the visit, the mission will hold its meeting on the second day with the Iraqi Company for Financing Small and Medium Enterprises, Vitas Company, and a staff from the Banking Control Department at the Central Bank of Iraq.

He stressed that the mission’s meeting with the Central Bank aims to develop work in the banking sector in Iraq, especially as it has gained international confidence and enhanced financial inclusion, as well as strengthening global monetary cooperation and ensuring financial stability.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency