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...

Three thousand camels imported from Australia have been walked out of Libya’s capital Tripoli in an overnight evacuation after the port they arrived into came under artillery fire, Reuters...

The European Union will launch a new naval and air mission in the eastern Mediterranean to stop more weapons reaching the warring factions in Libya, foreign ministers agreed on...

Head of caretaker government Youssef Chahed announced, on Wednesday, that the Nawara natural gas field, southern Tataouine Governorate, has entered the production phase. “The field represents the largest project...

Extending UNRWA’s mission is a pyrrhic victory

Turkey’s president on Wednesday, Dec. 11, harshly criticized the accused war crimes supporter Austrian writer Peter Handke after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Reuters reports. Speaking...

“In case black gold can no longer be transferred across the Gulf Region, large volumes will flow from the global oil markets,” predicted Nitesh Shah, director of research at...

The Austrian branch of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has slammed the cancellation of a Palestinian film screening as an attack on free speech and an example...

An emergency meeting with parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers was “constructive”, Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, but said Tehran would continue to reduce...

Parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal met in Vienna on Sunday for emergency talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included...

Austria today pledged €1.95 million in support of UNRWA health programmes in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). UNRWA delivers basic health services from its 43 health centres across the...

The EU office in Vienna has said that the rate of asylum seekers in Austria has dropped by 46 per cent during 2018, news agencies reported on Tuesday. Sources...

Austria’s government said on Wednesday it plans to shut a Saudi-funded centre for religious dialogue in Vienna after parliament urged it to try to prevent the possible execution of...

What if Bashar al-Assad called on the Syrian people to rally and fight in defence of the occupied Golan Heights? Who would respond to his call while Syria is...

The head of the UN Human Rights Council has called Friday’s attacks on two mosques in New Zealand that left at least 49 people dead as “racist, Islamophobic, and...

One month after the release of a Bahraini footballer from Thai prison, the Australian government granted him citizenship on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Hakeem al-Araibi, 25, was formally recognized...

FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Friday defended world soccer’s governing body over its perceived lack of action in the case of refugee Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi, saying it...

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen yesterday criticised the relocation of US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, stressing his country would never follow suite, the Anadolu Agency reported. Der Bellen...

The Austrian government is seemingly determined to make it easier to expel Syrian asylum-seekers, reports Anadolu Agency. Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said Thursday that he believes a readmission agreement...

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih met with US special representative for Iran Brian Hook in Vienna on Wednesday, sources familiar with the meeting said, reports Reuters. Hook, a senior...

Austria’s government is making intense efforts to “woo Israel” to end its boycott of the far-right Freedom Party, reported Haaretz, efforts that may well come to fruition. The Freedom...

Following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, all EU countries should stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl said on Friday. Speaking to German...

The BBC has been accused of lying to its audience in its ongoing campaign to discredit the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Listeners of its early morning Radio 4 programme...