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Authors attacked like Salman Rushdie

"Satanic Verses" wasn't the first novel to provoke a fanatic who has no grasp of literature's nuances

Salon

IAEA chief Grossi plans news conference at Vienna airport around 1800 GMT

U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will hold a news conference on Friday around 8 p.m. (1800 GMT) upon his return from Ukraine, where he led a mission to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the watchdog said.

Reuters

Two IAEA inspectors to stay at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant permanently -Russian envoy

Two inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will stay at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a permanent basis, Russia's ambassador to international institutions in Vienna told the RIA Novosti news agency on Friday.

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Russia welcomes idea of permanent IAEA presence at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia welcomes the idea that IAEA experts could stay at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a permanent basis, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's representative to the international organisations in Vienna, said on Wednesday.

Reuters

IAEA mission to Ukraine's occupied nuclear plant to reach Kyiv on Monday

The mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in south Ukraine has left Vienna and is due to arrive in Kyiv on Monday, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

Reuters

Salman Rushdie wasn't the first novelist to suffer an assassination attempt by someone who hadn't read their book

Hadi Matar, the man charged with the attempted murder of the distinguished novelist Salman Rushdie, admitted that he had only “read like two pages” of “The Satanic Verses,” Rushdie’s 1988 novel that angered fundamentalist Muslims around the world. Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ayatalloh Ruhollah Khomeini, who announced a fatwa calling…

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia Launches 20 New Flight Routes to Europe

Saudi Arabia launched 20 new routes linking the Kingdom to new cities in Europe through Wizz Air, Europe's fastest-growing airline. The airline will introduce new destinations from Bucharest, Budapest, Catania, Larnaca, Milan, Naples, Rome, Tirana, Varna, Venice, and Vienna to Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam. The General Authority of Civil Aviation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran Presents Amendments to EU Proposal for Reviving Nuclear Deal

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is pressing the US to respond to the proposal to complete the Vienna talks on Iran's nuclear deal.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Giving dogs treats doesn't actually make them like you more for sad reason, study finds

A new study conducted by animal behaviourists at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Austria found that dogs don't actually favour people who give them more treats

Daily Mirror

Austria travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

Explore music-loving Salzburg, exceptionally liveable Vienna, the idyllic lake district and pristine Alpine resorts

The Independent UK

TikTok's in-app browser can monitor your keystrokes, including passwords and credit cards, researcher says

Using in-app browsers to open links through apps including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok poses a security and privacy risk on mobile devices, says Felix Krause, the Vienna-based founder of Fastlane.

ABC News

Hezbollah chief vows 'escalation' if Lebanon does not get maritime rights

The head of Lebanon's powerful Iran-backed group Hezbollah said on Friday the outcome of nuclear talks in Vienna would have no impact on maritime talks aimed at delineating Lebanon's border with Israel.

Reuters

City break destinations to fly to with Jet2, Ryanair, EasyJet from Newcastle in 2022

Choices for short haul city breaks with direct flights in autumn and winter 2022 include Copenhagen, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Krakow, and Barcelona

Chronicle Live

Tehran Insists on Red Lines in Vienna Negotiations

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal “will enter a new phase if red lines are respected.” In parallel, Israel called on the European parties to the agreement to send a “sharp and clear message” to the Iranians, and to oppose Tehran’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Guardian - UK

Saving Freud by Andrew Nagorski review – a real-life thriller

A gripping account of how colleagues and admirers spirited the psychoanalyst from Nazi-controlled Vienna to London

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU, US Say They’re Studying Iran’s Response to Nuclear Proposal

The European Union and United States said on Tuesday they were studying Iran's response to what the EU has called its "final" proposal to save a 2015 nuclear deal after Tehran called on Washington to show flexibility. A US State Department spokesperson said the United States was sharing its views…

Al Jazeera

Austria commits to neutrality, even as Russia destroys Ukraine

Neutrality remains popular in Austria, which has sent humanitarian assistance and non-lethal weapons to Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Nuclear talks positive but expectations not fully met, Iran says

Tehran says more contact is needed for a ‘final text’ circulated by the EU after talks in Vienna to become final.

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Rushdie's stabbing highlights divisions in Iranian society

Many Iranians have turned to social media to show their anger and praise over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York state, with some conspiracy theories linking it to Tehran's nuclear talks in Vienna.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Willing to Accept EU Proposal If It Provides Tehran with 'Guarantees'

Iran is reviewing the European proposal to revive the 2015 nuclear deal and might agree to it if they assure the issues of safeguards, sanctions, and guarantees, Iranian media quoted an unidentified Iranian diplomat. Iran is seeking guarantees that no future US president will withdraw from the agreement, as former…

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EU Awaits ‘Swift’ Response on Nuclear Deal ‘Final Text’

Iran’s Kayhan newspaper, which is closely affiliated to the cleric-led country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, has protested the final text submitted by the European Union (EU) at the end of the round of negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear agreement. The latest round of talks for rebooting the nuclear deal…

Liverpool Echo

Ryanair passengers asked to leave plane as emergency services arrive

A flight from Vienna to Liverpool was delayed by a number of hours as police intervened

The Guardian - UK

EU team submit ‘final text’ at talks to salvage 2015 Iran nuclear deal

Revival of agreement awaits ‘political decisions’ in Tehran and Washington after negotiators in Vienna agree text

Asharq Al-Awsat

Talks to Revive Iran Nuclear Deal Produce 'Final Text'

Talks to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers in Vienna ended Monday as the parties closed a final text and key negotiators prepared to consult with their capitals, diplomats said. After 16 months of torturous on-and-off indirect negotiations to restore the deal, the European Union's foreign affairs chief,…

The Independent UK

Talks to revive Iran nuclear deal end, produce 'final text'

Diplomats say that talks to revive Tehran’s tattered nuclear accord with world powers in Vienna have ended as the parties closed a final text and the Iranian negotiator prepared to return to his capital

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