SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 - Updated at 0910 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Ottawa businesses seeing a bump in sales as federal office workers return

CBC News
Trudeau accuses India of supporting violent crimes in Canada

The Associated Press
How a Sikh leader's murder in Canada led to a diplomatic crisis with India

CBC News
Retreat from the coast: Nova Scotia prepares to move iconic road to adapt to climate change

The Canadian Press
Twenty years after fatal Halifax cargo jet crash, safety improvements lag

Calgary Herald
Calgary Public Library locations to reopen Wednesday without technology in wake of cyber breach - More

CBC News
Come back from away: A cache of rare photos of rural Newfoundland was found in rural Ontario

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

The Maple Leaf
Defence Team News

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

La Feuille d’érable
Nouvelles de l’Équipe de la Défense

Direction - Histoire et patrimoine
Dates significatives dans l’histoire militaire canadienne

Canadian Commentary

David J. Bercuson | National Post
Gord Todd: The Canadian farmboy ready to unleash nuclear hell during the Cold War - Photo

Allen French with Ian J. Sanders | Cold War Conversations
Nuclear Missions: A Canadian CF-104 Starfighter Pilot's Story - More - More

Christian Leuprecht and Joe Adam George | National Post
Liberal MPs promote Air India bombing conspiracy theory

John Ibbitson | The Globe and Mail
India’s response to Canada about allegations of grave criminal acts is the ultimate in gaslighting

John Ivison | National Post
Canada and India need to call a swift end to their diplomatic war

Kelly McParland | National Post
Canada's in a standoff between the prime minister and the people

Michael Higgins | National Post
Liberal rebels will need steel spines to oust Justin Trudeau

Raymond J. de Souza | National Post
Trudeau and Joly have made Canada into Hamas's greatest G7 ally

J.D. Tuccille | National Post
Power-hungry legislators are exactly who the U.S. Constitution was intended to thwart

Conrad Black | National Post
The Giller Prize must not cave to terror-supporting elites

Tristin Hopper | National Post
The Supreme Court’s troubling habit of making stuff up

Mouaad El Yaakabi | Radio-Canada
Crise du logement ou crise climatique, faudra-t-il choisir ?

Nouemsi Njiké | Radio-Canada
Caricaturistes de presse : une espèce en danger d’extinction ?

International News

The Guardian
Google to buy nuclear power for AI datacentres in ‘world first’ deal

The Associated Press
Sending a THAAD air defense system to Israel adds to strain on US Army forces

The Guardian
Pelosi says she still hasn’t spoken to Biden since pressuring him to drop out

The Guardian
Why vote buying in the US is illegal

Agence France-Presse
Harris ramps up efforts to win back Black male voters

CBC News
Trump uses increasingly aggressive language as Harris courts Black voters

The Associated Press
Trump’s Pennsylvania town hall turns into impromptu concert after medical incidents - More - More

France 24
Trump fans fear for Second Amendment at festival of ‘God, guns and motorcycles’

The Guardian
What happens to the world if forests stop absorbing carbon? Ask Finland.

The Guardian
Human rights groups urge Polish PM to shelve plan to suspend right to asylum - More

The Guardian
Daughter of Wiltshire novichok victim says she ‘never got to say goodbye’

The Associated Press
France's plan to tackle deficit sparks outcry from left-wing lawmakers, unions

The Guardian
Europe’s medical schools to give more training on diseases linked to climate crisis

The Guardian
Italy sends first asylum seekers to Albania under controversial pact - More

Deutsche Presse-Agentur
German Navy to lead new NATO naval headquarters for Baltic Sea

BBC News
The female unit gunning down Russian drones

The Guardian
Russian drone kills civilian women in car, say Kherson officials

The Guardian
Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González.

France 24
At least 23 killed in air strike on Khartoum market

BBC News
Ukraine denies supplying drones to Mali rebels

The Associated Press
With roads often blocked by rebels in Congo, boats — the only alternative — have become death traps

The Associated Press
Hezbollah’s drones are a fierce and evasive threat to Israel

The Guardian
UN peacekeepers in Lebanon defy warning to withdraw

Agence France-Presse
Iran's Quds Force chief Qaani attends general's funeral - More

The Guardian
Brazen shooting of politician revives fears Mumbai’s gangster past is returning

Reuters News Agency
Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader

France 24
For Beijing, Russia 'challenged Western power', but Chinese military sees difficulty of Ukraine war

France 24
China stages war games around Taiwan in warning against 'separatist acts' - More

The Guardian
China cracks down on Communist party officials for reading banned books

The Guardian
North Korea blows up roads linking it with South, prompting warning shots at border

Agence France-Presse
Supporters of Bolivia ex-leader Morales block key roads to protest against his possible arrest

The New York Times
On This Day: October 15 - BBC - This Day in Aviation

TVA Nouvelles
Le nombre de migrants clandestins interceptés aux États-Unis en provenance du Canada explose

TVA Nouvelles
Après l’ouragan « Milton » en Floride, une nouvelle tempête se pointe dans l’océan Atlantique

TVA Nouvelles
La Corée du Nord pourrait rejoindre la guerre en Ukraine, avertit Volodymyr Zelensky

Agence France-Presse
Liban : l'ONU veut une enquête « indépendante » sur une frappe israélienne qui a fait 22 morts

International Commentary

Tom Clonan | The Guardian
Ireland’s peacekeepers in Lebanon are putting their lives on the line

Sidney Blumenthal | The Guardian
What does JD Vance really believe?

Tom Nichols | The Atlantic
Donald Trump’s Fascist Romp