SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 - Updated at 1240 hrs EDT
Canadian News
CBC News
Canada is running out of runway for its F-35 review
The Canadian Press
Canadian defence firm to make ballistic steel through Swedish partnership
CBC News
Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal to end strike
The Canadian Press
Inflation slowed to 1.7% in July, but food prices rose at faster pace
CBC News
Afghan women at risk of deportation due to USAID cuts look to find home at U of R
CBC News
Rideau Valley water supply under pressure from hot, dry weather
CBC News
Kingston, N.L., fire destroys 203 structures
CBC News
Cottage owners pull rentals as new licensing rules affect Ontario
CBC News
CBC projects Pierre Poilievre will win Battle River-Crowfoot byelection
Canadian Commentary
Peter MacKay | The Hub
Restoring our defence industrial base is key to revitalizing Canada's military
John Turley-Ewart | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s trade strategy suffers from delusions of friendship
Adam Zivo | National Post
Putin outplays Trump yet again
Tristin Hopper | National Post
'Ukraine agrees to not not lose': The imagined list of Russian proposals to end the war in Ukraine
Conrad Black | National Post
The end of Ukraine war is coming: Only Trump can see what is needed to end the war
Rania Massoud | Radio-Canada
Guerre en Ukraine : les sommets de Trump accoucheront-ils d’une souris?
Yves Boisvert | La Presse
Guerre en Ukraine : Le plus difficile est à venir
Canadian Commentary
Peter MacKay | The Hub
Restoring our defence industrial base is key to revitalizing Canada's military
John Turley-Ewart | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s trade strategy suffers from delusions of friendship
Adam Zivo | National Post
Putin outplays Trump yet again
Tristin Hopper | National Post
'Ukraine agrees to not not lose': The imagined list of Russian proposals to end the war in Ukraine
Conrad Black | National Post
The end of Ukraine war is coming: Only Trump can see what is needed to end the war
Rania Massoud | Radio-Canada
Guerre en Ukraine : les sommets de Trump accoucheront-ils d’une souris ?
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Yves Boisvert | La Presse
Guerre en Ukraine : Le plus difficile est à venir
Isabelle Hachey | La Presse
Guerre à Gaza : La rue israélienne gronde, enfin
International News
Defense One
U.S. Navy to cut at least a third of its civilian public-affairs staff
Observation Post
USAF veteran charged with felony assault with a deli weapon
Navy Times
Navy logbook that recounted Pearl Harbor recovered after 84 years
The Guardian
Department of Justice to begin handing over Epstein files to Capitol Hill
The Guardian
Trump claims to have ended six wars – is that true?
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NBC News
D.C. delivery driver detentions spark concern, fear among some in community
The Guardian
Raging bulls: Why MAGA is pushing cow products on to America
NBC News
Explosion rocks cargo ship carrying coal in Baltimore; no injuries reported
NBC News
Trump pushes for direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks
NBC News
Iraq and Afghanistan veteran launches Democratic campaign against Sen. Susan Collins in Maine
Hurricane Erin likely to bring "life-threatening surf and rip currents" to East Coast - More
CBS News
What to know about Monday's Trump-Zelenskyy meeting at the White House
NBC News
Emmanuel Macron says he doesn't believe Putin is 'very willing to get peace' in Ukraine
The Associated Press
Despite a flurry of meetings on Russia’s war in Ukraine, major obstacles to peace remain
NBC News
Trump says he's arranging a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin
BBC News
Trump rules out sending US troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees
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CBS News
Trump vows to try banning mail-in voting before 2026 midterm elections
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NBC News
Maine police officer arrested by ICE agrees to voluntarily leave the U.S.
CBS News
At least 5 states are deploying National Guard troops to D.C.
CBC News
Things were much worse in Washington when the National Guard was rolled out in 1968
The Associated Press
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents
NBC News
Europe's glaciers are shrinking faster than anywhere else on Earth
BBC News
Francis Gary Powers: 'The aircraft spiralled downwards, tail first'
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The Associated Press
Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after ‘positive response’ from Hamas
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The Associated Press
Today in History: 19 August
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This Day in Aviation
19 August
Le Figaro
« Mayday, mayday ! » : aux États-Unis, l’impressionnante explosion d’un cargo à Baltimore
Agence France-Presse
Des États républicains annoncent le déploiement de 200 gardes nationaux à Washington
Agence France-Presse
L’ouragan Erin progresse dans les Caraïbes, menace la côte est américaine
Agence France-Presse
L'ONU dénonce « l’expression honteuse » de l’apathie internationale face à un nouveau record de morts d'humanitaires
Agence France-Presse
Vladimir Poutine est un « ogre » qui « a besoin de continuer à manger » pour survivre, avertit Emmanuel Macron
Agence France-Presse
La Suisse offrira « l'immunité » à Vladimir Poutine s'il « vient pour une conférence de paix »
Agence France-Presse
Gaza : la proposition acceptée par le Hamas reprend « presque intégralement » un précédent plan approuvé par Israël
Agence France-Presse
Iran : un homme exécuté en public pour le meurtre de quatre membres d’une même famille
Agence France-Presse
Pakistan : près de 400 morts dans des pluies de mousson depuis jeudi dernier
Agence France-Presse
La Chine salue l’actuelle « dynamique positive » des relations bilatérales avec l’Inde
International Commentary
Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump repeated Russian talking points
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Lives Lived
CMEA News
Col. Charles R. Keple has died aged 83
Kavita Puri | BBC News
Capt. Yavar Abbas has died aged 104
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