Day: April 4, 2023

A passenger train slammed into a construction crane and derailed near The Hague in the early hours of this morning sending two carriages into a field next to the tracks. One person died and 19 were hospitalized, Dutch emergency services said.

Police opened an investigation to establish if any crime was committed. Another independent probe was opened into the cause of the crash.

Two of the bright yellow and blue train carriages came to rest perpendicular to the tracks across the small canal and partially in a field. What appeared to be the front of the train was badly damaged. Other parts of the train were partially derailed.

Source: Oman News Agency

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said that it followed with great concern the acts of violence and vandalism targeting Muslims in several states in the Republic of India during the Ram Navami rituals, including the burning of a religious school and its library by a mob of Hindu extremists in Bihar Sharif, on March 31, 2023.

The OIC General Secretariat condemned the provocative acts of violence and vandalism, describing them as a clear sign of growing Islamophobia and systematic targeting of Muslims in India. It called on the Indian authorities to take firm measures against the instigators and perpetrators of such acts, and to ensure the safety, rights, and dignity of Muslims in India.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 14 tons and 136 kilograms of food baskets to needy families in the Republic of Nigeria, benefitting 1,440 individuals as part of the 2023 Food Basket Project.

This initiative is part of the humanitarian and relief projects provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, represented by KSrelief, to help the neediest countries and provide them with food security.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed on Sunday 32.5 tons of food baskets in Wadi Khaled in Akkar Governorate and Iqlim El Kharroub and Naameh in Mount Lebanon Governorate, benefiting 2,575 Syrian and Palestinian refugees. This distribution is part of the project to support food security in Lebanon during the holy month of Ramadan for 1444-2023.

The project is one of the many humanitarian and relief efforts by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through KSrelief to support refugees and the neediest groups in Lebanon.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Detachments of the Iraqi National Security Service arrested (3) accused of smuggling and counterfeiting currency in Kirkuk and Baghdad.

The INSS stated in a statement that the Iraqi national security service detachments in Kirkuk governorate, based on accurate intelligence information, and after obtaining judicial approvals, managed to arrest a person (400) thousand dollars in his possession and he was intending to smuggle them.

It added: After the availability of confirmed information about two people carrying out different currency counterfeiting activities,

In Baghdad, the detachments east of the capital were able to arrest them in a tight ambush and red-handed, as they were seized with large amounts of counterfeit money.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s parliamentary bloc, Vian Sabri, confirmed: The meeting of the head of the regional government, Masrour Barzani, with Prime Minister Muhammad Al-Sudani aims to agree on oil and the budget.

She told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /: The final agreement on the issue of oil and gas is a priority for the regional government and the federal government, until the oil and gas law is legislated.

Sabri added: The visit of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Government and direct negotiation with the Prime Minister of the Federal Government is one of the agreed points to find solutions and an agreement on oil and the budget.

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Government, Masrour Barzani, arrived today in Baghdad and met upon his arrival with the Federal Prime Minister, Muhammad Al-Sudani.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency