Former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson at his residence in Tripoli on ...

Prime Minister Mikati also held a meeting with MPs Ihab Matar and Mohammad Yehya, with whom he broached various issues of mutual concern. Additionally, Mikati received the Director General of the ...

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years. Rushdie ...

Hati Matar, the 26-year-old New Jersey man who tried to kill the writer in upstate New York in 2022, made the statement as he walked by reporters at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville ...

Matar is also facing federal terrorism charges, which could carry a life sentence if he is convicted. (This story has been updated to add new information.) After three days of questioning ...

MAYVILLE – The trial for Hadi Matar is continuing today, despite the absence of the public defender. Around 9:30 a.m. Monday Assistant Public Defender Andrew Brautigam requested for a continuance of ...

MAYVILLE, NY (WKBW) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in August 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution. Matar faces ...

Jason Schmidt, the district attorney, told Chautauqua County Court that the “suddenness of the attack” launched by defendant Hadi Matar meant Sir Salman did not initially react. He said the ...

Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese descent, has also been charged separately by a federal court on suspicion of terrorism for allegedly conducting the 2022 stabbing attack on behalf of militant ...

Matar, 27, has pled not guilty to charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison. Matar admitted he had not read much of ...