SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Vox
A new Supreme Court case could turn the National Guard into Trump’s personal army

The New York Times
Trump Said to Demand DOJ Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases - More - More

NBC News
Plane makes emergency landing after cabin crew bang on cockpit door over comms problem

Reuters News Agency
Wide-ranging group of US officials pursues Trump's fight against ‘Deep State’ - More

CBS News
Pardoned Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Hakeem Jeffries

ABC News
Trump administration can deploy National Guard to Portland, court rules

CBS News
Trump hosts Senate Republicans for lunch at White House

CBS News
Trump receives Architect of Peace Award from Nixon Foundation

CBS News
Georgia man brought rifle to Atlanta airport after threatening to open fire on terminal, police say

The Hill
Democrats block funding bill for 11th time

The Guardian
Trump Reacts to ‘No Kings’ Protests With AI Videos - More

Business Insider
A DNS error appeared to have caused a major AWS outage

CNN News
James Comey launches major efforts to have case thrown out

The Guardian
Construction begins on $250m White House ballroom

BBC News
Who is paying for the White House ballroom?

ABC News
Coast Guard launches ‘Operation River Wall’ on Rio Grande along southern border

The Guardian
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country

The Guardian
Impact of Brexit on UK economy even worse than critics predicted, says chancellor

The Independent
Prince Andrew told to leave public life for ever after embarrassing royal family

The Guardian
Nicolas Sarkozy enters prison to begin five-year sentence - More

The Guardian
Poland threatens Putin with arrest if he flies through its airspace on way to Hungary

SlashGear
German government has ordered 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets

The Independent
Another European country bans e-scooters

The Independent
Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns British Field Marshal

CNN News
Swarms of Russian drones plunge parts of Ukraine into darkness

The Associated Press
Russia’s new energy assault pushes Ukrainians into another winter of blackouts - More

BBC News
Plans for Trump-Putin meeting shelved days after Budapest talks proposed

The Associated Press
Trump says he’s doubtful Ukraine can win the war with Russia

NBC News
Hamas, diminished but not destroyed, reasserts itself in Gaza

NBC News
Trump says Hamas will be 'eradicated' if they don't adhere to ceasefire

The Guardian
Gaza officials say level of aid delivered is far below what was promised - More

The Associated Press
JD Vance is in Israel to shore up the fragile ceasefire in Gaza

The Associated Press
Houthis release five Yemeni UN staffers in Sana'a

The Independent
A mysterious airstrip has appeared in the Red Sea

The Associated Press
Myanmar military shuts down a major cybercrime center and detains over 2,000 people

The Associated Press
Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female PM

The Associated Press
US and Australia sign critical-minerals agreement

Politico News
Trump has awkward exchange with Australian ambassador during meeting - More

The Associated Press
Today in History: 21 October - More

This Day in Aviation
21 October

Radio-Canada
Trump peut déployer la Garde nationale à Portland, statue une cour d’appel

Agence France-Presse
Pressions pour maintenir le cessez-le-feu à Gaza - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Le Japon dirigé par une femme pour la première fois, par la conservatrice Sanae Takaichi

Agence France-Presse
La Colombie dénonce une « menace d’invasion » américaine et rappelle son ambassadeur

International Commentary

Devi Sridhar | The Guardian
Beef, pork, chicken: the world loves cheap meat. If people knew what really goes in it, that love affair would be over.

Barry Strauss | Time Magazine
To Understand Trump, Look to the Roman Empire

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Under Trump, the law is under attack

Rebecca Schneid | Time Magazine
Trump’s Caribbean Bombing Campaign Brings War on Terror to the Americas

Books

France 24
Affaire Epstein : le prince Andrew cité dans les mémoires de Virginia Giuffre