The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

Majority of public figures have chosen not to comment on attempt on Indian-born writer’s life

As author remains on a ventilator, messages of support champion free speech and talk of his ‘extraordinary resilience’

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

Sir Salman has been the subject of a 'fatwa' since the 1980s

Following the attack on Friday, questions were raised about the security precautions — or lack thereof — at the host institution