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The cautionary tale of how Sri Lanka ended up ceding control – and an unclear degree of sovereignty – over 15,000 acres of land around a deepwater port to a Chinese state-owned firm for 99 years.

The fighting has discouraged reconstruction efforts, leaving much of the population at risk of disease.

Violence in Libya had been relatively contained prior to the recent clashes. That could change if we are on the brink of European military intervention.

Venezuela is facing an economic crisis. Its currency has plummeted, oil revenue has dropped and inflation has skyrocketed. Shortages of food and medicine have been widely reported. Now Venezuelans are fleeing to other countries in Latin America to escape the crisis. These countries are struggling to cope, and some have even asked for international aid to help manage the surge in migrants.

EU members have different visions for the bloc’s future relationship with the U.K.

These economies are sitting on a ticking time bomb of U.S. dollar-denominated debt.

In addition to the escalating war of words, Washington and Beijing have been raising tariffs on imports throughout 2018.

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.