SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Saturday, 11 October 2025 - Updated at 1320 hrs EDT

Canadian News

CBC News
Canada Post workers will return to work, hoping Canadians take up their cause

CBC News
American spirit exports to Canada 'plummeted' 85%, says U.S. trade group

CBC News
Will AI make or break Canada? Innovators, researchers call for more guardrails.

CBC News
How Canadian steelmakers are 'greening' their steel amid tariffs, global challenges

CBC News
Parts of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick experiencing once-in-50-year drought

La Presse
Postes Canada reprendra partiellement la livraison du courrier

La Presse canadienne
L’Ontario déclare la fin de l’épidémie de rougeole après plus de 2300 cas

Radio-Canada
Les prestations fédérales seront envoyées automatiquement aux citoyens à faible revenu

La Presse canadienne
Marineland : les bélugas sont encore en vie après l’expiration du délai d’euthanasie

Radio-Canada
Le passeport Canada fort de retour pour les fêtes et l’été 2026

Canadian Commentary

Aaron Wherry | CBC News
What’s missing from the deficit debate? Any plan to eliminate it.

Jenna Benchetrit | CBC News
One of the world's biggest AI companies wants a deal with Canada. Is sovereignty the trade-off? - More

Mike Crawley | CBC News
What Trump’s role in Gaza deal means for his presidency

David Frum with Sean Speer | The Hub
Trump's Gaza deal and crisis in the West

Rania Massoud | Radio-Canada
Gaza-Israël : le droit à l’espoir

International News

The Associated Press
Pentagon will build a training facility for Qatari F-15 pilots in Idaho - More

NBC News
John Bolton to be charged soon

NPR News
Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy

CNN News
Trump speaks with Nobel Peace prize winner Machado - More

The Guardian
‘Substantial’ federal layoffs begin as Congress remains deadlocked over funding to end shutdown - More

CBS News
RFK Jr. suggests circumcision is linked to autism

NPR News
Social Security workers say the shutdown has them unable to help with benefit letters

The Guardian
Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

NBC News
Memphis residents now worried about crime and the 'unleashed' federal agents sent to address it

The Guardian
US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

The Associated Press
Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves 19 people missing and feared dead

NBC News
Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

The Associated Press
Macron puts Lecornu back as France's prime minister just days after he quit

The Guardian
Militia strikes kill at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp, says El Fasher group

The Guardian
Hamas will be disarmed, Netanyahu vows after ceasefire begins

The Guardian
Hamas praises Trump but says Tony Blair not welcome in post-war Gaza role

The Guardian
Who are the 20 hostages believed alive and expected to be freed from Gaza?

CBS News
Israel awaits the release of hostages, as Palestinians return to the ruins of their homes

The Guardian
Aid groups preparing to scale up relief work in Gaza as Palestinians return to homes ‘reduced to dust'

The Guardian
Trump threatens ‘massive’ China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports - More

The Guardian
Hackers leak Qantas data containing 5 million customer records after ransom deadline passes

CNN News
Scientists discovered methane gas seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica

The Associated Press
Today in History: 11 October - More

This Day in Aviation
11 October

Le Figaro
« Je l’accepte en votre honneur » : Donald Trump affirme que la gagnante du prix Nobel de la paix l’a appelé

The Associated Press
Deux jurés de l’affaire Weinstein disent avoir été intimidés

Radio-Canada
Assassinats, sabotages ferroviaires, voitures piégées : la guerre de l’ombre en Ukraine

Agence France-Presse
Cessez-le-feu à Gaza, des milliers de déplacés sur le chemin du retour

Agence France-Presse
Le Guatemala accueille un premier groupe d’étrangers expulsés des États-Unis

International Commentary

Dave Schilling | The Guardian
Pity poor Trump, whose Nobel hopes were dashed by common sense

Ari Daniel | NPR News
This Nobel Peace Prize front-runner didn't win — but did get the 'alternative Nobel'

Eduardo Porter | The Guardian
History shows war against immigrants will backfire on all Americans

Judith Levine | The Guardian
Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration

Heather Cox Richardson | Letters from an American
Trump and his loyalists are standing with the autocrat Putin

Peter Stone | The Guardian
‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: How Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Why is this Fox News host speculating about AOC’s sex life?

Scott Simon | NPR News
'The Shipping Forecast' reminds us of the power of the human voice - More

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