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Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie speaks during his sentencing hearing at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Chautauqua, New York, on May 16, 2025.
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Salman Rushdie assailant sentenced to 25 years in prison

The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 May, 2025
Masih Alinejad speaks on stage during the "Foreshadowing From Abroad" panel for The Atlantic Festival 2024
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Prosecutor says Iran put bounty on head of Masih Alinejad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 March, 2025
In Brasilia, Brazil, on February 18, 2025, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after lunch and a visit to the Liberal Party (PL) leaders in the Federal Senate.
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Brazil prosecutor charges Bolsonaro over failed coup plot

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 February, 2025
Masoud Pezeshkian insisted that Iran's nuclear programme is peaceful [Getty]
Iran
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Iran president denies plot to kill Trump and warns against war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 January, 2025
Donald Trump injured after being shot in the ear at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
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Secret Service report offers new details on failures during Trump assassination attempt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 November, 2024
An Israeli jail
Israel
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Israel arrests citizen in Iran plot to kill Netanyahu

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2024
Egypt
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Sisi slams 'treacherous’ assassination attempt against Trump

Thaer Mansour
14 July, 2024
Donald Trump
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Sisi, Abbas lead MENA reactions to Trump shooting

The New Arab Staff
14 July, 2024
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FBI identifies Thomas Matthew Crooks in Trump rally shooting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 July, 2024
blockade of Gaza strip
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Palestinian leaders on high alert amid Israel's threats

Sally Ibrahim and Nick McAlpin
24 August, 2023
Imran Khan
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested at court

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 May, 2023
Tunisia
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Tunisia jails all-women jihadist group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 January, 2023
Pakistan
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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan leaves hospital after shooting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 November, 2022
Imran Khan was shot while leading a political rally to demand elections [Getty]
Pakistan
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan stable after shooting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2022
Imran Khan was attacked while leading a protest convoy to call for early elections [Getty]
Pakistan
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Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan wounded in gun attack

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 November, 2022
Palestine
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Ex-minister shot in Nablus, Mahmoud Abbas orders probe

The New Arab Staff
23 July, 2022
Deniz rest
Iraqi Kurdistan
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Iranian Kurd severely wounded in car bomb in Erbil

Dana Taib Menmy
07 June, 2022
Abdulhamid Al-Dbeibah, the Libyan prime minister
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Libya PM Dbeibah survives assassination attempt: source

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 February, 2022
Sadr - Getty
Iraq
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Sadr says Iraqi army must 'take charge' after attack on PM

07 November, 2021
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi was targeted by an assassination attempt in the early hours of Sunday morning [Getty]
Iraq
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Iraq says three drones used in attempt on Kadhimi's life

The New Arab Staff
07 November, 2021
Maldives ex President [Getty]
Maldives
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Maldives ex-president 'critical' after assassination attempt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2021