Ali Amini was just days from starting a new life in the United States when President Donald Trump halted aid for resettling Afghan refugees last week, a move that Amini worries could put his life in danger if forced to return home.

Albania will create a sovereign Muslim state in Tirana for the Bektashi religious order, along the lines of the Vatican in Rome, to preserve and promote religious tolerance, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Saturday.

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died

Processing centres became operational in October but European judges ruled against detention of first groups transferred there

Operations to take migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to Italian-run centres in Albania resumed in earnest after a two-month-long break caused by legal obstacles on Sunday, when Italian Navy patrol vessel Cassiopea headed to Albania with 49 foreign citizens on board.

Anastasios played a key role in reviving the church in Albania, an independent branch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, after being elected to lead it in 1992 following the fall of the communist regime which had ruled the Muslim-majority country for decades.

Italy’s navy transported 49 migrants rescued in international waters to detention facilities in Albania on Sunday, resuming a plan to curb sea arrivals mired in legal controversy.

ROME: Italy's navy on Sunday was taking 49 migrants it picked up in international waters to detention facilities in Albania, the interior

Anastasios Yannoulatos, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, died in Athens, Greece, on Saturday, 25 January. 2025 at the age of 95.

Addis Ababa officials to demand return of royal and religious artefacts following Benin Bronzes deal with Nigeria

The report highlights that despite the October 7 massacre and the rising antisemitism across the Muslim world, these initiatives have persisted.