As we wrap up 2025 and ring in the new year, many of us are thinking about goals, resolutions, and what lies ahead. Several ...

Every Monday, after classes at Hamtramck High School, Habiba Chowdhury attends Girls Fun and Fitness, an exercise group for ...

After the Sydney Hanukkah attack, an Ethiopian-Israeli educator argues that Jews, Muslims, governments, and citizens everywhere share one sacred duty: to fight the killers, not each other and to keep ...

The State Department is so far refusing to comment on a growing corruption crisis engulfing the Balkan nation of Albania, a vital U.S. ally in the region. Following an Albanian court’s decision to ...

FOR EDI RAMA these are the best of times and the worst of times—but mostly the best. In May Albania’s prime minister was elected to a fourth consecutive term. His country’s GDP has grown by 160% in ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (RNS) — A growing number of U.S. mosques are adding cafes or similar ‘third spaces’ for young Muslims to gather without the formality of religious events. OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (RNS) ...

President Trump on Monday called for the U.S. to weigh labeling some Middle Eastern affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups, taking aim at the controversial Islamist movement. In an ...

One month after traveling to Albania, Mayor Eric Adams held a reception at Gracie Mansion with government officials from the Balkan nation and other members of the local Albanian community. Friday’s ...

Reona Alam, a Muslim student at Hunter College and the daughter of Bengali immigrants, first learned mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was running to lead New York City about a year ago on social media. She ...

Albania unveils Diella, the world’s first AI minister, to oversee public procurement and fight corruption amid EU membership ambitions. When Albania’s national Assembly convened last month to hold the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the economics of AI. Albania introduced an AI system last month to serve as a minister in the government, a first-of ...

The world’s first AI government official is going about as well as anyone could expect. Yesterday, the virtual assistant “Diella” made its “inaugural address” to the Albanian parliament. Maybe ...