Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg urged Israel and Hezbollah to avoid escalating conflict along the Israel-Lebanon border. Schallenberg said he is hoping for a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of Ramadan in March. Overnight, Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese villages along the southern border
A Vienna court is expected to announce its verdict on Friday in the trial of former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Kurz is accused of making false statements to a parliamentary probe into alleged corruption during his first government. Kurz resigned in 2021
Austria’s government said Thursday that it has ordered four Russian diplomats based in Vienna, including two at Moscow’s mission to U.N. agencies in the city, to leave the country. The Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement that two diplomats at the