SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Tuesday, 24 June 2025 - Updated at 1615 hrs EDT

Canadian News

The Guardian
Canada and EU sign defence pact

CBC News
NATO's 5% benchmark would cost Canada $150B a year, Carney says

Global News
Canada deploys ‘crisis emergency response’ as Iran-Israel strikes continue

CBC News
Extreme heat has schools in Ontario, Quebec straining to keep kids cool

CBC News
How to help your body cope in hot weather

CBC News
Gimli flight school now barred from training pilots

Canadian Commentary

Verity Stevenson | CBC News
Here's what happened the last time the U.S. forced regime change on Iran

International News

BBC News
Millions swelter as heatwave descends on North America

The Associated Press
NTSB set to meet on door plug investigation of terrifying Alaska Airlines flight

The Guardian
Militarized LA: troops here to stay as Trump doubles down on deployments

CBC News
Murkowski says she never voted for Trump and that he 'isn't that smart'

Reuters News Agency
Trump administration can resume deporting migrants to third countries, U.S. Supreme Court rules

NBC News
Democrats struggle to come up with a unified response to Trump's Iran strikes

France 24
Tracking down the pianos looted by the Nazis from Jewish families in France

BBC News
Leaders arrive at Hague summit NATO in The Hague

BBC News
Could this be the most significant NATO summit since the Cold War?

Politico
Trump floats regime change in Iran - More - More

The Guardian
Trump announces ‘complete and total ceasefire’ between Israel and Iran - More - More

NBC News
Trump says he expects the Israel-Iran ceasefire will last 'forever'

MSNBC News
Trump says both sides violated ceasefire - More

The Associated Press
Trump lashes out at Israel, Iran - More

BBC News
Israel-Iran ceasefire appears to hold

BBC News
Scottish wingsuit flyer Liam Byrne dies during Swiss Alps jump

BBC News
Wildfires rage on Greek island of Chios

BBC News
Russian missile strikes kill 17 in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region

BBC News
Children killed in 'appalling' Sudan hospital attack

Reuters News Agency
Iran says it fires missiles at US airbase in Qatar, explosions heard over Doha - More

Reuters News Agency
Explosions heard over Qatar capital Doha after Iran threat to retaliate for US strikes

Reuters News Agency
Qatar closes airspace, US and UK tell citizens to shelter in place

CBC News
Inside the U.S.'s bunker-busting strike on Iran’s nuclear program

Politico
White House tries to find messaging balance on Trump’s regime change comment

NBC News
Iran may still be able to build a nuclear weapon - More

France 24
Iran is using the war with Israel to ramp up repression by arresting ‘spies’

BBC News
US marine jailed for seven years for sexual assault in Japan

The Guardian
Giant asteroid could crash into moon in 2032

The Associated Press
Today in History: 24 June - More

This Day in Aviation
24 June

International Commentary

Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
Was Iran on the brink of producing nuclear weapons?

James Risen| The Guardian
Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program

Sina Toossi | The Guardian
Trump and Netanyahu aim to remake the Middle East with bombs. Iran shows why that will always fail

Sally Rooney | The Guardian
Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism.

Lives Lived

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