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Oil has fallen below $30 per barrel. The decline in oil prices that alarmed the world when it began in 2014 has lasted much longer than expected. Natural gas, steel, copper, and other commodities are also seeing their...

The power struggle in Saudi Arabia has been become increasingly intense since reports began appearing that King Salman Al Saud is preparing to step down, handing over the throne to his son Minister of Defense, Mohammad Al Saud, while bypassing...

The January 12 suicide attack in Istanbul momentarily focused the world's attention on Istanbul and Turkey. In its aftermath though, questions concerning Turkey's policies towards the Islamic State, on the one hand, and towards the country's...