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
Aug 10 Watch 4:43 News Wrap: Trump refuses to answer questions in civil investigation Wednesday on the NewsHour, former President Trump says he refused to answer questions in a civil investigation into his real estate dealings, inflation in the U.S. has eased with consumer prices up 8.5 percent in July from a year ago,… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 5:46 Iranian man charged for trying to assassinate former national security adviser John Bolton By Nick Schifrin The U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian national with plotting to kill John Bolton, who was national security adviser to President Trump. Federal officials say the suspect was a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who allegedly tried to hire a… Continue watching
Aug 10 Iranian operative charged in plot to murder former national security advisor John Bolton By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department says an Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton. Continue reading
Aug 09 Russian rocket successfully launches an Iranian satellite By Associated Press Iran has said the satellite fitted with high-resolution camera will be used for environmental monitoring and will remain fully under its control. Continue reading
Aug 08 Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal end, decision on 'final text' rests with Iranian and U.S. governments By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Diplomats say talks to revive Tehran's tattered nuclear accord with world powers in Vienna have ended as the parties closed a final text and key negotiators prepared to consult with their capitals. Continue reading