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As the Ottoman Empire weakened, the race to fill the vacuum in the Balkans intensified.

NATO’s newest member, and candidate for EU membership, grabbed headlines when U.S. President Donald Trump questioned the wisdom of defending the country from attack.

A large number of Uzbeks live in other Central Asian countries.

Nearly a fifth of the world’s oil shipments pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Turkey is set to acquire the Russian-made missiles, causing a rift with its NATO allies.

The Turkish president won re-election decisively, but his next term won’t be an easy one.

Brussels is having a hard time enforcing its own philosophical tenets on disobedient countries.

The negotiations have been nothing if not long and volatile.

Global oil consumption has outpaced production since the beginning of 2017, a result of lower supply due to OPEC cuts and a dip in U.S. production. Here’s how energy consumption and supply break down in the United States.

Brazilian truckers have gone on strike, and though the protests appear to be winding down, the effects have been felt in the transportation, food and fuel sectors.

Could Kim Jong Un suffer the same fate as Moammar Gadhafi if North Korea’s nuclear program is destroyed?

Minor skirmishes there erupt every so often, but they have never escalated to all-out war.