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...

Iran has remained within the main restrictions on its nuclear activities imposed by a 2015 deal with major powers, a confidential report by the UN atomic watchdog indicated on Thursday....

A science journal has claimed that radioactive sheep found in Australia could prove that Israel tested nuclear weapons, an action which would be in contravention of international law. The...

Learner drivers in Austria will no longer be able to take their written driving test in Turkish, according to the country’s transportation minister. Norbert Hofer, of the anti-Islam Freedom...

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas granted Palestinian citizenship Friday to Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa, who has been walking from Sweden to Palestine to raise awareness on human rights violations. “This...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that Iran would remain in the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with the West — without the US — if the agreement’s other signatories...

British singer and actor Sting called world leaders “half men and cowards” on Saturday for their inability to solve the refugee crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already played...

Asylum seekers moving to Europe have raised their adopted nations’ economic output, lowered unemployment and not placed a burden on public finances, scientists said on Wednesday, reports the Thomson Reuters Foundation....

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit neutral European neighbours Switzerland and Austria next month, the Swiss and Austrian governments said, on a trip overshadowed by the looming imposition of...

Sixteen Syrian men and women have filed a criminal complaint in Austria against 24 senior officials in the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, for their involvement in their...

The Palestinian Authority today recalled its envoys to Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria after their ambassadors attended a reception to mark the opening of the US embassy...

“We are open to cooperation with all political parties to end the state of division which has negatively impacted the institutions of the state,” said the head of the...

The land art project which is called 'Rhythms of Life' is the largest contemporary land art undertaking in the world.

OPEC members will need to continue coordinating with Russia and other non-OPEC oil-producing countries on supply curbs in 2019 to reduce global oil inventories to desired levels, Saudi Arabian...

Austria has recalled an embassy employee from Israel after media reports emerged that he posted a picture of himself on social media wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of...

Heightened security measures have been ordered at embassies and other diplomatic buildings in Vienna after a soldier stationed outside the residence of the Iranian ambassador to Austria shot dead...

An Algerian businessman on Saturday said he would pay all the fines faced by women in Denmark who choose to wear full-face veils. The Danish government on Feb. 6...

Swedish activist Benjamin Ladraa is making his way toward the Serbian capital of Belgrade, six months after he started his walk to Palestine to raise awareness of the on-going...

Three pro-Israel activists have been charged by police in Vienna for waving the Israeli flag “in an extremely provocative way” at a protest against President Donald Trump’s decision to...

Sudan yesterday called on the international community to help it combat human trafficking. The call came during a meeting between the Undersecretary to the Sudanese Ministry of Justice and...

Israel acknowledged on Monday that it was behind the imprisonment of a Palestinian asylum seeker in Austria, Shehab.ps has reported. Abdul Karim Abu Habel was sentenced to life in...

An Austrian court sentenced a Palestinian asylum seeker to life imprisonment on Monday. Abdel Karim Abu Habel, 27, was found guilty of being a member of Hamas and planning...