SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

The Daily Beast
RFK Jr. Awkwardly Hauls Dr. Oz Up a Cliff in Bonkers MAHA Stunt

ABC News
RFK Jr. says he won't run for president in 2028

Yahoo News
Hurricane Erin forecast to strengthen to Category 3 over the weekend

The Guardian
Washington DC and White House agree to scale back Trump ‘takeover’ of city police

NBC News
Putin gets warm welcome from Trump at Alaska summit

The Guardian
No deal, and no answers, after brief Trump-Putin talks - More

The Daily Beast
Trump, 79, Veers From Left to Right in Walk Across Red Carpet

CNN News
Trump and Putin hold joint news conference

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The Guardian
Zelenskyy to meet US president in Washington on Monday

BBC News
Rare footage of the 1937 Hindenburg zeppelin crash

The Guardian
Secret Service and US military engineers face scrutiny over raising river water level for Vance’s birthday

The Guardian
Trump’s cold brew: New York coffee shops warn of higher prices amid steep tariffs

CNN News
New blood pressure guidelines recommend an earlier start to treatment

The Guardian
Cyber-attack on MoD-linked contractor exposes data of Afghans in resettlement scheme

The Guardian
Wildfires leave their mark across Spain

The Guardian
Ukraine says it has bombed Russian ship carrying drone parts at Caspian port

The Guardian
Eastern Ukraine faces onslaught of Russian glide bombs, rockets and kamikaze drones

The Guardian
Russia ‘cannot have veto’ on Ukraine’s EU and Nato membership, say European leaders

The Guardian
African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size

The Guardian
25 reported killed in Gaza

The Guardian
‘Hellish’ heatwave brings hottest nights on record to the Middle East

BBC News
Afghans resettled in UK hit by new data breach

The Guardian
Women banned from celebrations as Taliban marks fourth anniversary of Afghanistan takeover

BBC News
Flash floods kill more than 300 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

The Associated Press
Today in History: 16 August - More

This Day in Aviation
16 August

Agence France-Presse
La Ville de Washington s’accorde avec Trump sur le contrôle de sa police

France 24
La chaleureuse poignée de main entre Donald Trump et Vladimir Poutine

Agence France-Presse
Demandes russes, attentes américaines, craintes ukrainiennes : les enjeux du sommet Trump-Poutine

Agence France-Presse
Trump et Poutine se séparent sans conclure d’accord pour l’Ukraine

International Commentary

David Smith | The Guardian
Love in a cold climate: Putin romances Trump in Alaska with talk of rigged elections and a trip to Moscow

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The U.S.-Russia Summit Is Already a Win for Putin

Jonathan Lemire | The Atlantic
Well, What Did You Think Would Happen?

Michael Powell | The Atlantic
Trump Gains When Elites Downplay D.C. Crime

Christina Lu | Foreign Policy
‘There’s No Deal Until There’s a Deal’

Alexander Wooley | Foreign Policy
When Will World War II End in Japan?