TIRANA, Albania (AP) – The mission to destroy Syria’s poison gas stockpile was dealt a serious blow Friday when Albania refused to host the destruction, but the global chemical weapons watchdog said ...

THE HAGUE/TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania rejected on Friday a U.S. request to host the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, dealing a blow to a U.S.-Russian accord to eliminate such arms from the ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- About a third of the rifles and other field weapons so far surrendered by ethnic Albanians in Macedonia do not work and may not have been used in recent fighting, military sources ...

THE HAGUE, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Discussions to work out a detailed plan to destroy Syria's chemical weapons were on hold Friday as Albania considered a politically loaded U.S. request to host a facility ...

TIRANA, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Albania's government faced a growing chorus of opposition on Thursday to a U.S. request that it take on the job of dismantling Syria's chemical weapons, despite a vow by ...

The ongoing attempt to destroy Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles hit a hurdle today, when Albania dared to refuse to host 1,300 tons of mustard gas and sarin. They have plenty of reason to be ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- NATO will start collecting the last weapons being surrendered by ethnic Albanian insurgents on Thursday, reflecting rebel readiness to fulfill their part of a peace deal, an ...

An Albanian court has ordered two Russians and a Ukrainian held in custody pending an investigation by authorities into what they were doing at a former weapons manufacturing plant. In his August 24 ...