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'From Palestine to Paris:' Herzl's Vienna home is now a Palestinian-owned pizzeria - interview

In the same building where Zionism moved from idea to organized political movement, now hangs a framed photograph with Yasser Arafat, the longtime leader of the PLO and later president of the PA.

Hakim Hadid, the owner of Pizzeria Valentino, in Vienna.
Vienna - a winter wonderland

Vienna's museums, Michelin heaven and the meaning of life

A Lidl Supermarket is seen on May 11, 2026 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.

Austrian Nazi-era concentration camp site to become Lidl supermarket

Iran's Shoja Khalilzadeh scores a goal past Egypt's Mostafa Shoubir that was later disallowed, June 26, 2026.

Time to go home: Iran's World Cup dream ends after Austria's last-gasp equalizer sends them out


Austria hails 'brain gain' in luring 25 academics away from US after cuts

"We have succeeded in bringing these outstanding individuals from the United States to Austria. They bring with them new ideas, new perspectives, and international networks."

A general view of the cityscape of Vienna with the Maria vom Siege church in front, Austria, April 16, 2025.

Nun on the run! Elderly nuns escape retirement home to return to shuttered convent

Former students helped the nuns escape their retirement home and return to the Kloster Goldenstein convent in Elsbethen

Nuns Rita, 81, and Bernadette, 88, talk to villagers, as they along with nun Regina, 86, occupy their old Goldenstein convent in Goldenstein castle, near Salzburg, and refuse to move back to their retirement home, in Elsbethen, Austria, September 12, 2025.

Austria’s deputy FM urges EBU not to yield to Eurovision boycott 'blackmail'

Austria’s deputy FM urged the EBU not to yield to boycott calls over Israel’s Eurovision participation, calling cultural boycotts "foolish" and warning against giving in to political pressure.

Eurovision 2026 logo

Palestinian Hamas-aligned journalist Mustafa Ayash arrested at Netherlands airport - report

Ayash is reportedly set to be deported to Austria.

Pro-Palestinian protesters face Dutch police during a banned demonstration in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 10, 2024

Iran's global scope of terror: Tehran's international crime network exposed

Iran's criminal networks operate differently from traditional terror cells, complicating conventional counterterrorism approaches and creating unprecedented vulnerability globally.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top advisor on international affairs, attends a conference under "The World Federation of Resistance scholars" on subject "resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy

Netanyahu backs EU rollout of tool to track online antisemitism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports expanding Hungary’s AI tool to track antisemitic hate online across Europe, warning it directly impacts Israel’s security.

President of Hungary’s Action and Protection Foundation (TEV) Kálmán Szalai (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R).

Jerusalem art school presents at Ars Electronica in Austria

Founded in 1979, the Austrian bash is run by the Ars Electronica Linz GmbH cultural, educational, and scientific institute, which primarily operates in the field of new media art. 

Naggar School of Art and Society graduates Noga Shalit Glick and Naomi Weisselberg have an artwork in the prestigious Ars Electronica art festival in Linz, Austria.

Austria boosts IAEA chief's security detail amid fears of Iranian attempt on his life - WSJ

Grossi has been receiving non-stop protection from Austria's security services after Vienna's intelligence agency received information about the threat.

IAEA board and chief Rafael Grossi hold exceptional meeting about Israel's strikes on Iran, June 16, 2025

Taylor Swift concert terror plot convict recieves suspended sentence

One Syrian teen involved in a foiled plot to attack the American pop superstar's European tour was sentenced today in Germany.

Taylor Swift performs as her record-breaking The Eras Tour comes to an end with the first of her three concerts in Vancouver, British Columbia

Jewish family kicked out of Vienna Uber, driver calls them 'child murderers'

A Jewish family was verbally harassed by an Uber driver in Vienna earlier this week, further marking the rising wave of antisemitism in Europe.

People attend a memorial event to commemorate the November pogroms 1938, in Vienna, Austria, November 7, 2024.