Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg to serve as the country's interim leader

The Austrian president's office says Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will serve as the country’s interim leader while the far-right Freedom Party attempts to put together a new coalition government. The 55-year-old Schallenberg will take on the duties outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Nehammer announced his resignation over the weekend after his efforts to put together a coalition without the Freedom Party collapsed. Nehammer plans to step down on Friday. Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl received a mandate on Monday to try to form what would be the first national government led by the far right since World War II. That’s a process that could take weeks or months and isn’t guaranteed to succeed.