TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop ...

Last year, they brokered a deal to house migrants from Italy in Albania, though legal tangles have kept the plan in limbo.

Pope Francis meeting with Haxhi Baba Edmond Brahimaj of the Muslim Bektashi community and Rabbi Yoel Kaplan, Chief Rabbi of Albania, on Jan. 16, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Did the pope ...

Albanian PM Edi Rama made a thoughtful gesture to Italian PM Giorgia Meloni on her 48th birthday Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama made a thoughtful gesture to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ...

Anti-Muslim hate groups broadly defame Islam and traffic in conspiracy theories of Muslims being a subversive threat to the nation. These groups largely appeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist ...

The Pope wore the sling as precaution as he met Baba Mondi, the Albanian Muslim leader Credit: Simone Risoluti/Vatican via Reuters The Pope’s most recent fall, which also occurred at Santa Marta ...

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Here's a one-word summary of the reaction from some American Muslims to news of the Gaza ceasefire deal: vindication. There was heated debate last year as so many in the community turned on ...

ABU DHABI - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama presented a gift of a scarf to his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni and serenaded her as she celebrated her 48th birthday on Wednesday. Rama ...

Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal on Wednesday. It calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put to use in Albania to produce solar ...

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME (AP) — Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed a three-way clean energy cooperation deal Wednesday that calls for the Gulf country’s expertise to be put ...

As a Muslim, Afridi, who authored the 2017 book “Shoah Through Muslim Eyes,” brings an important perspective to remembering the Holocaust. “Today, we find ourselves grappling with ...