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Putin’s nuclear drills, a postponed summit and the widening war of attrition For two leaders who flirted with the idea of a quick, high-stakes meeting, the choreography of power this week looked less like summit diplomacy than a careful mutual stand-off. Moscow staged a large-scale training exercise that it said included intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States, and Washington announced a pause in plans for a second Vladimir Putin–Donald Trump summit as diplomacy over Ukraine staggered back…

Congolese military officers are said to have blown up the troops under their command to make money. Three of them are the subject of legal proceedings in Ituri because of these practices. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda MuzembeAccording to the military prosecutor in Ituri province, three senior officials were…

The two countries did not communicate about the event until the maneuvers were over. The Ministries of Defense simply made it clear, laconic, that the cooperation focused on the fight against dangers at sea, illegal immigration and smuggling. as reported from Tunis, Michel picardNever since the Tunisian revolution in 2011 has…