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 ? - Plus

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? - More

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

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NBC News
Iraq and Afghanistan veteran launches Democratic campaign against Sen. Susan Collins in Maine

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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 - More

CBS News
Trump vows to try banning mail-in voting before 2026 midterm elections - More

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' - More - More

The Associated Press
Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after ‘positive response’ from Hamas - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 19 August - More

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 - More

Lives Lived

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