Aug 25 WATCH: White House press secretary says Biden reaffirmed U.S. commitment to Ukraine in call with Zelenskyy By News Desk President Joe Biden reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to Ukraine during a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 24 U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syrian camp used by Iran-backed militias By Associated Press The U.S. military says it carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Continue reading
Aug 16 Iran submits a ‘written response’ in nuclear deal talks, blames Washington for delay By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Iran's state-run IRNA news agency offered no details on the substance of its response, but suggested that Tehran still wouldn't take the European Union-mediated proposal, despite warnings there would be no more negotiations. Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 5:42 Examining Salman Rushdie’s lifelong fight for free speech By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet Three days after being repeatedly stabbed onstage as he was preparing to give a lecture, author Salman Rushdie is recovering while the man accused of attacking him has been charged with attempted murder. Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and… Continue watching
Aug 15 Iran denies involvement in Salman Rushdie attack but justifies assault By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie. Continue reading
Aug 14 Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’ from stabbing, agent says By Hillel Italie, Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. Continue reading
Aug 13 Attack on Salman Rushdie was ‘preplanned,’ prosecutor says By Carolyn Thompson, Hillel Italie, Associated Press The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime. Continue reading
Aug 13 Salman Rushdie hospitalized as police seek motive in stabbing By Carolyn Thompson, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing attack as praise poured in for him from the West but he was disparaged in Iran. Continue reading
Aug 12 Author Salman Rushdie attacked as he takes lecture stage in New York By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in… Continue reading
Aug 11 Watch 5:10 Iranian artist’s surrealist work explores restrictions on women and immigrants By Maureen Barillaro and Jared Bowen, GBH As a young woman in Iran, and later as an immigrant to the U.S., artist Arghavan Khosravi has been subjected to many restrictions. But on the canvas, she renders it all through fanciful and magical layers. Jared Bowen of GBH… Continue watching