SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Friday, 11 July 2025 - Updated at 0835 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Defence minister calls extremist plot charges 'disturbing'

The Globe and Mail
Tactical gear company cuts ties with soldier accused in alleged Quebec extremist plot

CBC News
Canada aims for new U.S. trade deal by Aug. 1

NBC News
Trump says he will hit Canadian imports with a 35% tariff - More

CBC News
Manitoba premier shoots back at U.S. lawmakers over smoke complaint

CBC News
Canadian travel to the U.S. plummets

National Post
New Hampshire resident and Canadian citizen stuck in Canada after U.S. border patrol refuses reentry

CBC News
No, David Suzuki hasn't given up on the climate fight

CBC News
Manitoba again declares provincewide state of emergency

CBC News
Patuanak, Sask., airlifting residents out after wildfire cuts off only road

Canadian Commentary

Philippe Lagassé and Patrick Lennox | The Globe and Mail
More money for Canada’s military should mean more transparency and accountability

Andrew Coyne | The Globe and Mail
New leader, or new system? The Conservatives ponder life under two-party politics.

Robyn Urback | The Globe and Mail
Danielle Smith isn’t trying to be a MAGA leader. She’s trying to be the Wildrose one she once was.

Maryam Shafipour | The Globe and Mail
Iran’s new law aims to crush dissent – at home and abroad

International News

The Guardian
Trump heads to Texas a week after devastating floods

NBC News
Trump readies blanket tariffs as he brushes off inflation worries

CNN News
The White House just took its most aggressive stance yet against Jerome Powell

The Guardian
Threats, delays and confusion: 10 key points to understand another week of Trump tariff turmoil

ABC News
Federal agents clash with protesters during ICE raid at Southern California farm

ABC News
Search continues for 12th suspect in ambush at Alvarado ICE detention facility

The Guardian
US state department announces plan to lay off nearly 15% of its domestic staff

ABC News
Secret Service details changes since Trump assassination attempt

CNN Business
Grok’s antisemitic outbursts reflect a problem with AI chatbots

BBC News
Musk says Grok chatbot was 'manipulated' into praising Hitler

UPI News
Judge bars Trump's birthright citizenship order, OKs class-action suit

Intelligencer
Kristi Noem Laughs Off Criticism of Her Texas Flood Response

The Guardian
Keir Starmer accepts invitation to visit Donald Trump in Scotland

BBC News
Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world

France 24
Europe looks to Arctic spaceports in bid for independence from US

The Guardian
How Europe’s dirtiest river was brought back to life

France 24
Recurrent wildfires across the Mediterranean region are changing its landscape

BBC News
Sea snot: The noxious plague troubling Istanbul's coast

BBC News
Ukraine to receive US air defence systems, says Trump

Agence France-Presse
Kurdish PKK fighters to begin disarming at key ceremony

The Guardian
Almost 800 people killed in Gaza while trying to get food aid since end of May

Agence France-Presse
Israel ready to negotiate permanent Gaza ceasefire during 60-day truce, Netanyahu says

Agence France-Presse
Sara Netanyahu: The ever-present wife of Israel's prime minister

NBC News
Iran could recover some uranium, but Israel is watching - More

The Guardian
Rubio in bind as he seeks to reassure Asia, even as region faces punishing Trump tariffs

CNN News
Sergey Lavrov to visit North Korea as Pyongyang gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war on Ukraine

The Guardian
North Korean defector to sue Kim Jong-un alleging torture and sexual violence

The Guardian
Lula threatens 50% tariff on US goods - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 11 July - More

This Day in Aviation
11 July

Agence de presse Reuters
Starmer et Macron annoncent des partenariats "forts" sur l'immigration, la défense

Agence de presse Reuters
Accord Royaume-Uni/France sur un programme pilote de retour des migrants

Agence France-Presse
Une centaine de membres d'un gang tués dans une embuscade de l'armée au Nigéria

International Commentary

Allison Quinn | Intelligencer
Trump Has No Idea What Hegseth Is Doing

Allison Detzel | MSNBC News
Trump has ‘no idea’ what’s going on inside his own government

Haiyun Jiang | The New York Times
Trump’s Seesawing on Tariffs Gives the World Whiplash

Zeeshan Aleem | MSNBC News
DOJ's criminal investigation of Comey and Brennan is a warning

Casey Michel | The Atlantic
America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This

Ed Kilgore | Intelligencer
When We’ll See the Full Damage From Trump’s Megabill

Ed Kilgore | Intelligencer
Why the GOP’s Recycled Midterms Strategy Won’t Work

Nick Miroff | The Atlantic
Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.

Dunja Mijatovic and Kenneth Roth | The New York Times
The Law Is Not Enough to Stop War Crimes

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
A nation and an administration in turmoil

Susan B. Glasser | The New Yorker
Did Trump Really Just Break Up with Putin?

Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman and Natan Odenheimer | The New York Times
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power

Stéphanie TROUILLARD | France 24
Génocide de Srebrenica : "Il faut agir pour empêcher que des crimes similaires ne se reproduisent"

Bahar MAKOOI | France 24
La France manque-t-elle de Canadair pour lutter contre la multiplication des incendies ?

Books

Simon Garfield | The Globe and Mail
How Wikipedia became one of the greatest achievements of the modern age

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