SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Friday, 7 February 2025 - Updated at 0600 hrs EST

Canadian News

CBC News
Trudeau hosting summit today aimed at boosting economy

International News

The Guardian
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s buyout deadline for federal employees

The Associated Press
Trump attends National Prayer Breakfast

The Guardian
Democrats call for investigation into potential security breaches by Elon Musk

The Guardian
Trump calls for ‘termination’ of 60 Minutes in fresh attack on US media

The Guardian
Authoritarian regimes around the world cheer on dismantling of USAid

The Guardian
Greenland could hold referendum on independence from Denmark

The Guardian
Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved

VOA News
Russian drone attack damages Kharkiv market

The Guardian
Russia withdraws North Korean troops in Kursk after losses

The Guardian
Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs

The Guardian
Rwandan troops ‘dying in large numbers in DRC’

The Guardian
Goma hospitals plead for blood donors after M23 assault

The Guardian
State of emergency declared on Santorini after earthquakes shake island

The Guardian
Egypt and Jordan put in impossible bind by Trump Gaza plan

The Guardian
Netanyahu gives Trump ‘golden pager’ in apparent reference to Lebanon attack

The Guardian
Israel tells army to prepare plans for Palestinians to voluntarily leave Gaza

The Guardian
US cedes ground to China with ‘self-inflicted wound’ of USAid shutdown, analysts say

VOA News
Japan’s Ishiba to tread cautiously in first meeting with Trump

The Guardian
Panama accuses US of peddling ‘intolerable falsehood’ about canal

This Day in Aviation
7 February