SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Monday, 16 June 2025 - Updated at 1335 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Canadians urged to 'avoid all travel' to Israel - More

The Globe and Mail
Thousands of Canadians remain stranded in Iran and Israel - More

CBC News
Carney, Trump to sit down Monday ahead of G7 start as work continues on tariff deal

BBC News
Trump and Carney meet as world leaders gather in Canada for G7 - More - More

The Associated Press
Trump muses about turning the G7 back into the G8 — or even the G9 with China

The Canadian Press
Protests at G7 summit expected to be largely peaceful - More - More

CBC News
Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next?

CBC News
Who owns an EV in Canada?

The Canadian Press
Carney says he has no plans to tackle 24 Sussex question during his mandate

Canadian Commentary

The Editorial Board | The Globe and Mail
The Liberals are finally on the march

Campbell Clark | The Globe and Mail
Can Carney be the Trump whisperer for a while?

Richard Shimooka | The Hub
Should Canada be all in on the ‘Golden Dome’ defence system?

Trevor Tombe | The Hub
What a higher NATO military spending target means for Canada

Anessa L. Kimball | The Conversation
Canadian international relations experts share their views on global politics and Canada’s role

Shannon Proudfoot | The Globe and Mail
Mark Carney wants to help Canada lose those stubborn 10 pounds we can never seem to drop

Jesse Kline | National Post
Did Anita Anand get ChatGPT to write her Israel-Iran tweet?

Arsen Ostrovsky | National Post
Israel did the West a favour by attacking Iran's nuclear program

Murray Brewster | CBC News
Where the G7 came from — and where it might go

International News

The Guardian
Suspect in shootings of Minnesota lawmakers charged with two counts of murder - More

Agence France-Presse
Tourist reportedly suspected of murdering her family in Iceland is arrested - More

BBC News
MI6 appoints first female chief in 116-year history - More

Defense One
Paris Air Show opens amid uncertainty

The Associated Press
Ukraine says Russia’s military losses have topped 1 million in three years of war

The Guardian
Iran and Israel trade attacks as conflict enters fourth day - More

NBC News
Israeli airstrikes rock Tehran; Trump said there will be peace soon

Defense One
Four scenarios for the Middle East, from a former IDF intel chief

The Daily Beast
Pentagon Pizza Tracker Betrayed Israeli Strike Plans Against Iran - More

The Guardian
‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

BBC News
Israel says it has full control over Tehran's skies

The Guardian
Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

The Associated Press
Today in History: 16 June - More

This Day in Aviation
16 June

International Commentary

Simon Tisdall | The Guardian
Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

Jacob Ware | Defense One
Is gun violence depressing military recruiting?

Michael Scherer | The Atlantic
Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means

Alberto Alemanno | The Guardian
Europe should be standing up to Trump and Putin – instead it is mirroring them

Esraa Abo Qamar | The Guardian
Starving, then shot. There is no longer hope for us Palestinians.

Arthur C. Brooks | The Atlantic
Jung’s Five Pillars of a Good Life

Lives Lived

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