Passengers on a high-speed train in Bavaria fought and overpowered a man after he started attacking people with an axe. The ...

VIENNA — Herbert Kickl’s bid to become Austria’s first far-right chancellor since World War II and enact a Trump-style shake-up of the country stalled after coalition talks collapsed this week.

But Kickl makes French far-right leader Marine Le Pen "look like Mother Teresa", he said. Kickl has avoided debates and interviews, denouncing the media for their "lack of objectivity".

The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, arrives at his party's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) Chairman Herbert Kickl gives a press statement after the end of the coalition negotiations between the FPOe and Austrian People's Party (OeVP). Austria's far-right ...

The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, arrives at his party's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Credit: AP/Heinz-Peter Bader By The Associated PressUpdated ...

VIENNA – Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl's efforts to form a coalition government with a conservative party collapsed in mutual recriminations on Wednesday, more than four months after ...

The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

Secretary General Christian Hafenecker of the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl holds a press conference in Vienna on Wednesday (AFP photo) VIENNA — While negotiating with the conservatives ...

Kickl’s anti-immigration party, which also opposes sanctions against Russia, won Austria’s parliamentary election in September. It took 28.8% of the vote and beat then-Chancellor Karl Nehammer ...

As the senior governing coalition partner, the Freedom Party (FPO), led by Herbert Kickl, is expected to implement even harsher anti-Muslim policies in Austria Far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader ...

Ever since Herbert Kickl's far-right Freedom Party edged a win in September's legislative elections with 29% of the vote, Austria's centrist politicians have tried to block Kickl from becoming ...