Middle East Experience

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday visited the church where lawmaker David Amess was stabbed to death a day earlier in what police say they are treating as a terrorist attack.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Amess, 69, from Johnson’s Conservative Party, was knifed repeatedly in the attack at about midday on Friday in Leigh-on-Sea, east of London, during a meeting with constituents.Johnson, interior minister Priti Patel, and leader of the opposition Labour Party Keir Starmer were among those to lay flowers in tribute to Amess at the scene of the murder.Johnson and Starmer stood side by side in a moment of silence before leaving. On Friday, Johnson said Britain had lost a fine public servant and a much-loved friend and colleague.In a statement early on Saturday, police said the early investigation had revealed a potential motivation linked to Islamic extremism.Police arrested a 25-year-old British man at the scene on suspicion of murder, adding it is believed he acted alone.Amess in the second lawmaker in little over five years to be murdered while out meeting constituents, after Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in June 2016, a few days before Britain voted to leave the European Union.Read more: British MP David Amess stabbed to death: PoliceUAE, UK announce ‘Partnership for the Future’, new era of bilateral tiesUK: Thousands of people may have gotten false negative COVID test results
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: UK PM Johnson visits church where lawmaker was stabbed to death by terrorist

Iran has again postponed the planned execution of a man arrested at age 17, media in the country reported on Saturday, after international appeals for his life to be spared.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Arman Abdolali’s sentence which was to be carried out this morning... has been stopped again, and the young man was sent back to prison last night,” Etemad newspaper said on its website, without elaborating.It is the second time within a week that the execution of 25-year-old Abdolali -- who was arrested in 2014 and subsequently convicted of murdering his girlfriend -- has been postponed, according to Iranian media.The Hamshahri newspaper had said this week that the death sentence had been postponed until Saturday, adding that Abdolali would “probably be executed soon”.Amnesty International had said on Monday that Abdolali was moved to solitary confinement in a prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, in preparation for his execution on Wednesday.The London-based rights group said he had been sentenced to death twice for murdering his girlfriend but that the execution was stopped both times following an international outcry.“The Iranian authorities must immediately halt all plans to execute Arman Abdolali,” Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty’s deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement.UN human rights experts also appealed to Iran to halt the execution.“International human rights law unequivocally forbids imposition of the death sentence on anyone under 18 years of age,” said the Geneva-based UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.Iran has denied that its use of the death penalty for crimes committed as minors should be taken as a sign that it violates human rights.The Islamic Republic executed at least 246 people last year, retaining its place as the most prolific user of capital punishment in the region and the second worldwide after China, according to Amnesty.Read more: Some agreements reached in reconciliatory talks with Saudi Arabia: Iran FMSaudi Arabia’s FM: Talks with Iran are still in exploratory phaseUS ready ‘to turn to other options’ if Iran fails to return to nuclear deal: Official
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Iran postpones execution of man arrested aged 17: Report

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In April, an Iranian court sentenced an aid worker to a new term in jail on charges of propaganda against Iran's ruling system, just a month after she finished a prior five-year sentence.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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New research shows how unique patterns of brain activity can be used for identification purposes, as well as detection of neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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"It is moving because Samuel Paty was killed in such a horrific way. And so singing for him makes you very emotional," said a student.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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Madhat al-Salah crossed the border to Syria after being released from a 12-year prison term in Israel and went on to serve in the Syrian parliment.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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