Saudi columnists on Sunday voiced concern that Western nations were not taking a tough enough stance in indirect talks aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Reuters reported. Saudi Arabia...
Iranian opponents in Austria have tried to attack Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, as he headed for talks in the Austrian capital Vienna, Iranian Nour News Agency...
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UK Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Sayed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday ruled out any direct or indirect talks with the US one day before heading to Vienna for much-anticipated talks on...
Paris urged Tehran on Saturday to be "constructive" and "refrain from any further violations" of commitments undermining upcoming discussions in Vienna regarding its stalled nuclear deal, Anadolu Agency reported. Iran in...
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US Officials from Tehran and Washington will travel to Vienna next week as part of efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and global powers, although they will...
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin and Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi travelled to Europe on Tuesday in order to lobby against the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to open an...
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Ramona Wadi Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is counting upon the diplomatic route against the International Criminal Court's decision to investigate war crimes alleged to have been committed by his country....
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US Israel, Austria and Denmark are set to work together to produce second-generation vaccines against mutations of coronavirus, Reuters reported. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Austria and Denmark, as members of the First...
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Tuesday said the UN is deeply concerned by the situation of nearly 31,000 foreign children detained in Al-Hawl and Rouge refugee camps in...
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UN A former official of the Syrian intelligence has reportedly successfully escaped to Austria with the help of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, an investigation has revealed. According to British newspaper...
Iran has exchanged a jailed British-Australian academic, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, with three Iranians who had been detained abroad, Iran's state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Moore-Gilbert, a specialist...
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November 23, 2020 |
Bashar Saeed "I am a Muslim and I am proud of what I have done. Islam is not this. The Islam we learned from Prophet Muhammad did not consist of this."...
A human rights group has accused Austrian security authorities of committing 'politically-motivated' human rights violations against Muslims

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Ahmad Hwedi The Austrian capital, Vienna, is recovering slowly from the trauma of the deadly gun attack near a synagogue on Monday 2 November by a gunman of Macedonian origin. Kujtim...
Austrian police arrested 30 people suspected of being radical Islamists yesterday as part of the government's "war on Islamism", the Times reported. The individuals were apprehended during a series of pre-dawn...
Turkey shared in-depth information about the Daesh terrorist responsible for the recent gun attack in Vienna with Austrian authorities in 2019, security officials said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. The...
The Islam Channel has hit back at a UK member of parliament who linked the channel to terror attacks in Vienna and Paris, saying her comments were "wholly unwarranted". The Rt....
Austria's chancellor has called for a European front in a "war on Islamism" after four people were killed in a terror attack in Vienna on Monday night. Sebastian Kurz,...
A Palestinian immigrant was honoured for his role in saving a wounded police officer during a Daesh-linked terror attack in Vienna
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and the Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority have both condemned Monday's shooting in Vienna which killed four people. "Intimidating civilians and killing innocents is not...
Daesh claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly attack in Vienna, in a statement issued through its Amaq News Agency along with a picture and video purporting to show...
Two men of Turkish descent said they helped save a police officer and two women during the deadly gun attack in Vienna, actions the Turkish government on Tuesday described...
Turkey has condemned claims by the Austrian authorities that it is conducting espionage operations in their country, saying that the allegations are based on rising anti-Turkey sentiment. The accusations...
Austria will file charges against a person who has confessed to spying for Turkey's secret service, and authorities are investigating more suspected espionage activities, its interior minister said, warning...
Austria has arrested a 31-year-old Syrian refugee suspected of carrying out attacks last week on a Jewish community leader and a synagogue in Austria's second city Graz, Interior Minister...
Iranian authorities have arrested five Iranians on charges of spying for Israel, Britain and Germany, convicting and handing down prison sentences on at least two of them, the judiciary...
Austria and Turkey accused each other on Monday of responding inappropriately to clashes between Kurdish and Turkish protesters in Vienna last week, further straining already tense relations. The violence...
The Austrian Parliament on Friday passed a resolution calling to designate Lebanon's Hezbollah a "terrorist organisation". The resolution, which was passed unanimously, called on the government to take action...
Wilhelm Ott released a video online of the Shahada or proclamation of Islam which officially signifies the start of his journey as a Muslim
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will consider making "substantial" further oil production cuts to lift prices that have dropped following the coronavirus outbreak, Algeria's oil minister said...
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz hinted on Saturday that borders could be closed across the Balkans in response to a rush of migrants towards Greece from Turkey, echoing action taken...
The Palestinian-led boycott movement has slammed a motion passed by the Austrian parliament that singles out the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign for criticism. "Instead of fighting real...