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The 31-year-old suspect was arrested after making threats to passengers on a train travelling from Vienna to Innsbruck, police said.

France, Germany and other NATO allies, as well as Austria, are accusing Iran of a growing number of intelligence threats, including a surge in kidnapping and assassination plots, across Europe and North America.

A debate about gun laws in Austria is gathering pace after a 21-year-old former student killed 10 in a shooting at a school in Graz on Tuesday.

Abandoned plans for a bomb attack have been found at the home of the suspected gunman in a school shooting in Austria, police have said.

Austria’s President Alexander van der Bellen swore in the country’s new three-party government Monday, ending five months of political deadlock that followed the far right’s election victory last September.

Farmers from Germany, Poland, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia join Czech-led demonstrations, rejecting Ukraine’s efforts to ease concerns over cheap imports.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Vienna on Thursday to voice opposition to the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) and its controversial leader, Herbert Kickl, who has been invited to form the country's new gover...

Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will be named caretaker chancellor on Wednesday, taking over from outgoing Karl Nehammer, who quit after the first post-election coalition talks collapsed.

The companies’ plea to the EU comes as the region faces a gas supply cutoff from Moscow via Ukraine later this month.

Thousands of protesters marched in Vienna on Thursday to urge Austria's political parties, particularly the ruling conservatives, not to go into government with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) after it won a general el...

Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the 23th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, citing the potential for copycat violence on the date of...

Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Tuesday he would introduce steps to bolster Austria's counter-terrorism capacity after authorities last week foiled a suspected ISIS-inspired plot against a concert due to be held by Tayl...

Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelet...

Both suspects in a foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows in Vienna appeared to be inspired by the Islamic State group and al-Qaida, Austrian authorities said Thursday, and investigators found bomb-making materials at...

Austria’s justice minister said Thursday that she plans to tighten the country’s rules on espionage, which currently is explicitly banned if directed against Austria itself but not if it targets other countries or intern...

Austria will step up police checks near its border with Germany after its neighbor legalized the possession of limited amounts of cannabis for recreational use, the country’s top security official said Tuesday.

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said it was time to evaluate and clarify the security situation in the country following the arrest of a former Austrian intelligence officer on suspicion of spying for Russia.

Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join the European Schengen area of free movement by sea and air in March 2024, the Romanian government said Wednesday.

A 16-year-old teenager has been arrested for allegedly planning to attack a synagogue in Vienna, Austria’s top security official said Monday. The teenager, who was arrested Thursday, had announced in online chats that he...

Locals in the Austrian town of Hallstatt have taken part in a protest against mass tourism. Hallstatt, which is a World Heritage Site, has just over 700 inhabitants - but gets up to as many as 10,000 visitors a day durin...