SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Thursday, 2 October 2025 - Updated at 1045 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Defence Investment Agency established to manage purchase, delivery of military equipment

CBC News
U.S. State Department greenlights potential sale of $2.4B HIMARS to Canada

CTV News
Government limits provided Remembrance Day wreaths for MPs

CBC News
Canada issues warning for citizens with gender-neutral passports travelling to U.S.

Global News
Trump’s 51st state jibe ‘not funny anymore,’ MPs say

La Presse canadienne
Les États-Unis approuvent la vente de roquettes au Canada

La Presse canadienne
Le PDG de Postes Canada appuie la réforme d’Ottawa

La Presse
Postes Canada est « essentiel », dit Mark Carney

La Presse canadienne
Élections municipales : un nouveau plan pour composer avec la grève à Postes Canada

Agence France-Presse
Ottawa met en garde les Canadiens qui voyagent aux É.-U. avec un passeport de genre « X »

Canadian Commentary

Murray Brewster | CBC News
Defence procurement vs. defence production: What's best for Canada?

Michael Byers | The Globe and Mail
RCN’s new warships could be obsolete by delivery time

John Ivison | National Post
Taiwan is our defence, too, against China’s authoritarian ascendancy

Alex Shephard | Front Burner
U.S. politics! Government shutdown, military pep talk

André Pratte | National Post
The Trudeau-Carney era’s catastrophic mismanagement

Konrad Yakabuski | The Globe and Mail
Carney’s foreign policy should focus less on pontificating and more on partnering with allies

Tristin Hopper | National Post
Why Canadian terror designations don't really do anything

Jesse Kline | National Post
Trump's Gaza peace plan finally leaves Hamas isolated

Vivian Bercovici | National Post
Trump's Gaza plan should embarrass Carney

International News

Defense One
Trump administration knocks out at least 15 oversight websites, saying IGs 'lied to the public'

NBC News
Trump and Democrats dig in as federal workers face furloughs

The Associated Press
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment

USNI News
Report to Congress on Armed Forces Compensation During a Lapse in Appropriations

The Associated Press
The US military has long been an engine of social change. Hegseth’s approach runs counter to that.

USNI News
Pentagon Issues New Guidance on Physical Fitness, Grooming Standards

Reuters News Agency
What are US military physical fitness requirements? - More - More

NBC News
Police chiefs sound alarm over 'disturbing rise in rhetoric,' cite rising political threats

CBC News
Trump says troops are ‘in place’ in Oregon as local leaders resist

NBC News
JD Vance on Jeffries sombrero meme: 'I think it's funny' - More - More

BBC News
Musk becomes world's first demi-trillionaire - More

NBC News
White House freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure funding

Mother Jones
Trump’s Deportation Machine Has Diverted Some 42,000 Crime Fighters From Other Tasks

The Associated Press
Six homes collapse into the Outer Banks surf as Atlantic hurricanes swirl far offshore

The Associated Press
Car and knife attack at UK synagogue on Yom Kippur kills two and wounds three - More

Reuters News Agency
France arrests captain, first officer of detained tanker thought to be part of Russia's 'shadow fleet'

Reuters News Agency
Germany arrests suspected Hamas members believed to be targeting Jewish institutions

Deutsche Welle
Oktoberfest extension proposed after scare

Deutsche Welle
How Germany plans to fix its drone problem

Deutsche Welle
Zelenskyy, Merz attend Denmark summit

BBC Verify
Surge in Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries sparks Russian fuel shortages

Agence France-Presse
Kim, kimchi and machine guns: Russia exhibits North Korean art

The Associated Press
A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes

Agence France-Presse
Morocco set for fresh protests after demonstrators killed

The Associated Press
Veteran Turkish columnist perseveres through 'prison journalism'

NBC News
U.S. medical workers who volunteered in Gaza urge Trump to end support for Israel's assault

Deutsche Welle
Israel says will deport aid flotilla activists - More

The Associated Press
Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City

Reuters News Agency
Trump signs order pledging to defend Qatar against any armed attack

NBC News
Afghanistan regains internet access amid confusion over who was responsible for blackout

NBC News
H-1B visa shake-up crushes the American dream for Indian students

The Associated Press
Rohingya Muslims plead for help at the U.N. to stop the killings in Myanmar

Agence France-Presse
More than 50 trapped under collapsed school building in Indonesia

NBC News
Cruise ship rescues group 'in distress' aboard raft at sea off the coast of Mexico

The Associated Press
Today in History: 2 October - More

This Day in Aviation
2 October

Agence France-Presse
Les États-Unis en paralysie budgétaire, sans issue visible à court terme

France 24
Zelensky accuse la Russie d'être une « menace mondiale » après la coupure d'électricité à Tchernobyl

Agence France-Presse
Deux morts dans un contexte de violences inédites au Maroc

Radio-Canada
La flottille pour Gaza est interceptée par la marine israélienne

Agence France-Presse
Les Palestiniens fuient la ville de Gaza après un dernier avertissement d’Israël

International Commentary

Katherine Stewart | The New Republic
Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion

Roy Schwartz | The Guardian
Trump’s peace plan is everything Israelis dreamed of. But it’s a fantasy.

Robin Wright | The New Yorker
Is Donald Trump’s Sweeping Gaza Peace Plan Really Viable?

Lawrence O’Donnell | MSNBC News
Trump was 'on the verge of outright insanity' in deranged speech to military commanders - Video - Video

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
The president does not appear to be taking the government shutdown very seriously

Andrew Egger | The Bulwark
A Gun to the Head of the Economy

Tyler Foggatt | The New Yorker
Will the Supreme Court Hand Trump Another Slate of Victories?

David Corn | Mother Jones
The End of the FBI -- in One Act

Editorial | The Guardian
Trump’s Argentina bailout: It’s a political ploy, not an economic plan

Ja'han Jones | MSNBC News
With potential Argentina bailout, Trump tries to stop a MAGA role model from imploding

Books

Kyle Chayka | The New Yorker
Cory Doctorow's new book: The Age of Enshittification

Lives Lived

Matty Edwards | The Guardian
Jane Goodall has died aged 91 - More - More

Éric-Pierre Champagne | La Presse
Jane Goodall s’est éteinte à l’âge de 91 ans

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