SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Monday, 29 September 2025 - Updated at 2055 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Canadian Press
Patty Hajdu urges Canada Post to send new offer to striking union

CBC News
Canada Post denies Ottawa's reforms give it leverage over striking union in negotiations

CBC News
Passport kiosk outage impacting some airports, border agency says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bishnoi-gang-listed-as-terrorist-entity-1.7646153

CBC News
As unemployment climbs, the promise of a grocery store job lures hundreds

Radio-Canada
La grève de Postes Canada pourrait compromettre les élections municipales au Québec

La Presse canadienne
La ministre de l’Emploi exhorte Postes Canada à déposer une nouvelle offre

Radio-Canada
La panne des bornes d’inspection dans les aéroports canadiens est résolue

International News

NBC News
YouTube to pay $24 million to settle Trump lawsuit

NBC News
JD Vance says shutdown is likely

The Washington Post
NPR challenges CPB’s authority to redirect millions in funding

CBC News
Under Trump 2.0, this looming U.S. government shutdown looks different - More

CBS News
A history of government shutdowns: The 14 times funding has lapsed since 1980

Business Insider
Trump is kicking off his major overhaul of student-loan repayment

The Guardian
Ex-Trump lawyer Ty Cobb says president using Comey indictment to conceal being ‘criminal’

NBC News
Trump says he 'would think' DOJ is investigating former FBI Director Christopher Wray

CNN News
Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies - More

BBC News
Oregon sues Trump administration over plans to deploy troops - More

ABC News
Gunman in Michigan LDS church shooting was a veteran of the Iraq War

ABC News
Stowaway found dead inside landing gear of an American Airlines flight

CBS News
Maps show Tropical Storm Imelda's path as it is forecast to become hurricane

NBC News
Royal vibes are bad again

The Guardian
Britain may already be at war with Russia, former head of MI5 says

The Guardian
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report

Reuters News Agency
Denmark bans drone flights after fresh drone sightings at military bases

Reuters News Agency
French military to help counter drones over Denmark - More

The Independent
Trump considers supplying Kyiv long-range Tomahawk missiles, says JD Vance

The Guardian
Putin ‘does not want a ceasefire and does not want peace for Ukraine’, says German defence minister

BBC News
Pro-EU party in Moldova set to win vote mired in claims of Russian interference

The Guardian
Zelenskyy urges west to cut off Russia’s energy revenues, saying decisive action ‘long overdue’

The Washington Post
New antiaircraft weapons propel Sudan’s war, imperil global security

BBC News
Army sent to battle fire in Namibia tourist hotspot

RFI News
Erdoğan’s Washington visit exposes limits of his rapport with Trump

The Guardian
Israel presses on with Gaza assault as Trump again claims ceasefire is close

NBC News
Trump holds crucial talks with Netanyahu - More

Reuters News Agency
Netanyahu agrees to U.S. plan to end war in Gaza, no agreement yet from Hamas

ABC News
Rubio announces release of US citizen held by Afghanistan - More

Agence France-Presse
Cable car crash kills eight monks on way to mountain meditation in Sri Lanka

The Associated Press
At least 12 dead in Vietnam from Typhoon Bualoi

ABC News
Soybean farmers caught in looming crisis as US trade war with China cripples sales

The Guardian
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

The Associated Press
Today in History: 29 September - More

This Day in Aviation
29 September

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis se dirigent vers une paralysie budgétaire, selon le vice-président JD Vance

Agence France-Presse
Le meurtrier présumé de Charlie Kirk a comparu devant la justice

Agence France-Presse
L'État de l’Oregon intente un procès pour empêcher Trump de déployer l'armée à Portland

Agence France-Presse
Réchauffement climatique : l'Europe doit augmenter ses efforts pour sauver sa nature

Radio-Canada
Incursion de drones au Danemark : la France, la Suède et l’Allemagne envoient des renforts

Agence France-Presse
Législatives en Moldavie : le parti pro-européen l'emporte avec plus de 50 % des voix

Agence France-Presse
Burkina Faso : arrestation de six fonctionnaires ivoiriens

France 24
Guerre à Gaza : ce que contient le plan de paix en 21 points de Donald Trump

Agence France-Presse
« Plan Trump » pour Gaza : Tony Blair salue « le plan audacieux et intelligent » du président américain

Radio-Canada
Aux côtés de Nétanyahou, Trump somme le Hamas d’accepter son plan de paix pour Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Équateur : un mort et 17 soldats pris en otage lors de violentes manifestations

Agence France-Presse
Crash du Rio-Paris : 16 ans après, Air France et Airbus jugées en appel ce lundi

International Commentary

Garry Kasparov | The Atlantic
The Race to Save America’s Democracy

Jonathan Chait | The Atlantic
Stephen Miller’s Hypocrisy Is Right There in His Speech

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump's MedBeds

Michael Luo | The New York Times
The Politics of Faith After Charlie Kirk

Tom Tugendhat | The Washington Post
How Elon Musk could turn national governments into Potemkin powers

Michael A. Cohen | MSNBC News
Trump is lobbying for a Nobel Peace Prize. The facts point in a different direction.

Ryan Teague Beckwith | MSNBC News
Acetaminophen: Donald Trump wants you to go to the pediatrician more, for no good reason.

Books

Nesrine Malik | The Guardian
Kamala Harris’s election memoir shows just how deluded the Democrats still are

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