Rushdie`s book `The Satanic Verses` has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran`s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie`s death

Rushdie`s agent, Andrew Wylie, sent an update on his condition shortly before 7 pm on Friday, saying the author was on a ventilator and cannot speak

The Washington Post which reported this, however, also said it was not clear if such documents were recovered

The government in Kyiv, on the other hand, declined to say whether it had been behind the explosions

The EU agency will likely meet again on Sept. 27 to review a combined vaccine against the original virus and the BA.5 variant that is responsible for the latest global surge in COVID-19 cases, Lauterbach said

Rushdie was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar on stage on Friday while he was being introduced at the event in New York

Sir Robert Buckland said he now believes Truss is the "right person to take the country forward" and that her plans are the best shot for the UK to reach its potential as a "high-growth, high-productivity economy"

A 24-year-old identified as Hadi Matar is facing charges of attempted murder and assault; Iranian newspapers praise attacker

At a rally on Saturday in southern Taiwan for local elections scheduled for late November, Tsai said they were not just facing rival candidates, “but also pressure from China”