The Brief: Austria votes, Raqqa, Iraq tension, Rohingya. Far right expected to perform well in Austria’s national elections, tensions rise in Iraq and Raqqa in focus in Syria.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Austria reopened its embassy in Iraq on Tuesday after more than 30 years of closure. The reopening took place as Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg ...

The Catholic Church in Austria is recording a positive trend in priestly ordinations for 2025, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s ...

Iraq has halted oil exports to Austria's OMV, the leading oil and gas group in central Europe, to protest a deal with the self-ruled Kurdish region, a government official said Saturday.

Austrian prosecutors said Tuesday they were investigating after a respected weekly newspaper published excerpts of what it claimed was a diary suggesting there were transfers of money from Moamm ...

More than 800 high-powered weapons were shipped to Iran from Austria in 2004 over US and British objections. Now, the rifles may have turned up in the hands of Iraq insurgents.

Austrian oil company OMV <OMVV.VI> said on Wednesday it was in talks with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government about possible oil and gas exploration and production in the country.

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