At the Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria ceded land to Serbia, Greece, and Romania, ending the Second Balkan War between those countries. However, the treaty did not end the war between Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, which raged on until Ottoman support of an insurgency in Western Thrace forced Bulgaria to agree to peace.
In February 1879 Chile had seized Antofagasta following a dispute with Bolivia. Peru sided with Bolivia, only to be defeated ...
Central American instability came to a head in 1907, when Nicaragua invaded and occupied Honduras. Fed up with the endless ...
The signing of the Belavezha Accords and secession of Russia ended all hopes of preserving Soviet power. On 25 December ...
Following three years of deteriorating relations, France invaded Algiers in mid-1830. Although their swift victory would initiate over a century ...
Despite its small size, the Netherlands emerged from the 19th century in charge of the rich and populous Dutch East ...
In 1894, peasants and followers of the Donghak religious movement revolted against corrupt government officials in Korea. Alarmed, the Korean ...
The 1969 Sino-Soviet conflict encouraged the United States to improve relations with the People's Republic of China, leading to ...
US President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries avoids targeting both countries where Trump Organization ...
When Israel declared independence in 1948, the surrounding Arab states immediately declared war and invaded it. Although outnumbered, the Israelis ...
On the night of 15 July 2016, elements of the Turkish Army made a bid to seize control in cities ...