Explore the fascinating history of the lex talionis and how different cultures perceive bodily harm and justice.

When my ancestors came to America from “the Old Sod,” they emigrated from various countries, mainly England and what was then Austria (now the Czech Republic) to the United States. All four of my ...

Almost 60 years after a German man fell into a crevasse on a mountain glacier while ski touring in Austria, his remains have been found and identified. The man from the south-western state of ...

Mr Kickl’s political hero is Viktor Orban, Hungary’s autocratic leader. But unlike Hungarian voters who first voted Mr Orban ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) called the attack an “act of terrorism” and said that Jabbar appeared to have been ...

The mysterious ancient skull, found in the 1920s, sparked a wave of theories then “sank into oblivion” — until recently.

Artist Florentina Holzinger, known for boundary-pushing takes on ballet and opera, will represent Austria at the 61st Venice ...

Slovakia has secured a guarantee from Putin that Russia's Gazprom will find an alternative route to deliver gas after the expiration of the Ukraine transit deal.

Another leading figure from Austria's centre-right People's Party (ÖVP) has been appointed as the country's acting head of ...

(CNN) — In the capital of Transnistria, a self-declared microstate sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine, the festive New Year’s lights have gone dark ahead of schedule. This separatist sliver of ...

This is the eighth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia — to spend some time ...

The United States men’s ski jumping team concluded the final two stops of the Four Hills Tournament this week in Austria. The action began in Innsbruck, as Kevin Bickner, Tate Frantz and Andrew Urlaub ...