SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Saturday, 13 September 2025 - Updated at 0920 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Ottawa is counting on copper to be a nation builder — and Canada has to play catch-up

CBC News
Much of Atlantic region officially suffering 'extreme drought,' Agriculture Canada confirms

CBC News
Southern Manitoba communities flooded by as much as 135 mm of rain overnight

CBC News
U of T professor placed on leave after commenting on Charlie Kirk's shooting death

CBC News
Poilievre says he worries for his family as political violence concerns grow

International Commentary

Lauren Aratani | The Guardian
As US edges closer to stagflation, economists blame Trump policies

Leader | The Economist
Israel’s Qatarstrophic error

Jen Psaki | MSNBC News
Trump and his MAGA allies are pushing an outlandish theory to explain his Epstein letter

Bob Woodward with Ari Melber | MSNBC News
Trump’s 'appalling' sexist old boys club, bankers

Charlie Warzel | The Atlantic
Something Is Very Wrong Online

International News

CBS News
ICE agent shoots, kills man in Franklin Park, Illinois, after suspect tries to drive into agents

CBC News
How ICE enforcement tactics have changed under Trump

The Guardian
Judge cuts off opening statement of man defending himself in court over Trump assassination attempt

NBC News
FDA to present data it claims ties Covid shots to child deaths at CDC meeting

CBS News
U.S. Secret Service puts agent on leave who wrote negative Facebook post about Charlie Kirk

NBC News
Pete Hegseth tells Pentagon staff to hunt for negative Charlie Kirk posts by service members

MSNBC News
Kash Patel’s difficulties and embarrassments at the FBI do not go unnoticed

NBC News
Toxic rhetoric, including calls for 'civil war' and retribution from the right, proliferates

NBC News
Trump says he's sending the National Guard into Memphis to 'fix' crime like D.C.

The Guardian
After years living quietly in Florida, Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ must face accusations in court

The Guardian
Thousands gather in London for far-right ‘unite the kingdom’ rally and counter-protest

The Guardian
British woman among crew training for Mars simulation mission

The Guardian
Tracking Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers

NBC News
U.S. says it will defend 'every inch' of NATO territory

The Guardian
NATO announces more air support to defend Poland against future Russian incursions

Deutsche Welle
Fact check: Russian drone downings in Poland spark disinfo

The Guardian
Prince Harry lays wreath to Ukrainian war dead on surprise visit to Kyiv

The Associated Press
Boat accident in Congo kills more than 100 people in second deadly capsizing this week

The Guardian
Former IDF Chief of Staff confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000

NBC News
China condemns sailing of U.S. and British warships through Taiwan Strait

NBC News
North Korea is executing people for sharing foreign films and TV - More

The Guardian
Strongest tornado ever recorded in Japan hits Shizuoka prefecture

The Associated Press
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region

The Guardian
$12bn ‘downpayment’ on WA shipyard to help prepare it for AUKUS submarine era

The Guardian
Brazilians take to the streets to celebrate Bolsonaro conviction

The Guardian
Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members

The Associated Press
Today in History: 13 September - More

This Day in Aviation
13 September

Agence France-Presse
Après l’intrusion de drones russes en Pologne, l'Otan va renforcer la défense de son flanc est

International Commentary

Elie Honig | Intelligencer
Trump and His Many, Many Emergencies

Ed Kilgore | Intelligencer
If Only Donald Trump Sounded Like the Governor of Utah

Lauren Aratani | The Guardian
As US edges closer to stagflation, economists blame Trump policies

Leader | The Economist
Israel’s Qatarstrophic error

Jen Psaki | MSNBC News
Trump and his MAGA allies are pushing an outlandish theory to explain his Epstein letter

Bob Woodward with Ari Melber | MSNBC News
Trump’s 'appalling' sexist old boys club, bankers

Charlie Warzel | The Atlantic
Something Is Very Wrong Online

Jonathan V. Last | The Bulwark
A History of Violence

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