The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

The horrifying attack on the novelist during a talk at a New York state event reminded us courage sometimes carries a heavy cost

There has been terrible retreat from freedom of expression. We should ponder that as we condemn this outrage, says Jo Glanville, former editor of Index on Censorship

The famed author is battling for his life in a U.S. hospital after a stab attack

An official from Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said on Saturday the group had no additional information on the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie.

Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state - he is expected to lose his eye after the attack

Former Minister of State for External Affairs K. Natwar Singh said he was "very distressed" over the attack.

Iran's rulers bear responsibility for the attack against the British writer Salman Rushdie as the Islamic republic never repudiated a 1989 order issued by its founder calling for the novelist to be killed, activists and opponents charged Saturday. While the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini over Rushdie's novel "The…

In an interview conducted just weeks before he was stabbed and seriously wounded by an attacker in New York state, author Salman Rushdie said his life was now "relatively normal", after having lived in hiding for years because of death threats.

Praise for attack on writer targeted by decades-old fatwa comes as some fear incident will leave Iran more isolated