SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs

Saturday, 28 January 2017 - Updated at 1035 hrs EST

Canadian News

Global News
CT-156 Harvard II crashes near Moose Jaw, pilots eject safely - More

Cold Lake Sun
Pilots and aircrew practise survival skills on Exercise Frosted Flier

CBC News
Belgian woman makes last-ditch effort to find her father

Cornwall Standard-Freeholder
Afghanistan veteran wants inquiry

The Toronto Star
Canada considers paying into UN fund for victims of peacekeeper abuse

The Canadian Press
Former military medic takes stand, denies conducting breast exams on recruits

CBC News
The Fighting Season reveals sacrifices of medical professionals in war zones

The Canadian Press
RCN lieutenant in Kingston charged with sexual assault, criminal harassment - More - More

CBC News
RCMP launches national awareness campaign about sexual misconduct at work

The Canadian Press
Canadian universities pull ads from alt-right news outlet in United States

The Ottawa Citizen
Defence Watch

Directorate of History and Heritage
Significant Dates in Canadian Military History

RCAF News
F/L Ernie Glover awarded DFC for his actions in Korea - More

Ottawa Researchers
Today in Canadian History: January 28

Canadian Commentary

International Commentary

Ruth Marcus | The Washington Post
Trump’s erratic first week was among the most alarming in history

Michael Grunwald | Politico
Trump’s Yuge Week One

Editorial Board | The Washington Post
Trump’s evidence-free attack on the vote could cause serious harm

Burlington Free Press | Charles Krauthammer
Trump’s foreign policy revolution

Catherine Rampell | The Washington Post
Trump’s government looks an awful lot like a badly run business

Holger Stark | Der Spiegel
Megalomania and Small-Mindedness: How America Lost Its Identity - More

Norman Dombey | London Review of Books
North Korea’s Bomb

Karl Vick | Time Magazine
Perhaps the Largest Protest in U.S. History Was Brought to You by Trump

Hugh Eakin | The New York Review of Books
The Swedish Kings of Cyberwar

International News

Business Insider
The F-35 and the F-18 will face off - More

Business Insider
US Navy plans to fire ship-borne laser weapons within a year

Reuters News Agency
Boeing wins $2.1 billion Pentagon contract for 15 KC-46 refueling aircraft

Time Magazine
Rare Propaganda Posters of World War II

The Virginian-Pilot
Russia, U.S. pay tribute in Portsmouth to Russian sailors who died in Norfolk in 1877

The Virginian-Pilot
Norfolk is home to the world’s largest naval base

The Washington Post
Trump’s Holocaust remembrance statement leaves out mention of Jews

Chicago Tribune
Trump promises ‘great rebuilding of the Armed Forces’

The Washington Post
What is an executive order? - More

Politico
Trump’s making his own rules as a diplomat, too

The Associated Press
What’s Next for Guantánamo Bay?

The Toronto Star
Safe, Humane, Legal, Transparent: The motto for JTF Guantánamo - More

The New York Times
Stephen Bannon: News media should ‘keep its mouth shut’ - More

The Associated Press
Trump labels media ‘the opposition’

The Associated Press
Trump Called Park Official to Dispute Crowd Photos

The Associated Press
Trump orders strict new refugee screening, citing terrorists - More - More

The Associated Press
GOP warns Trump about lifting sanctions on Russia - More

Politico
Trump talks tough on China’s hacking

ABC News
Army Veteran, Double-Amputee Finds New Battlefield in DC

Reuters News Agency
New U.S. U.N. envoy warns allies: back us or we’ll take names

USNI News
U.K., U.S. Sign P-8A Poseidon Agreement

The Associated Press
Documents from King George III go online

The Guardian
Theresa May wins ‘100% backing’ for NATO from Donald Trump - More

The Sydney Morning Herald
Donald Trump could ‘do something mad’ and provoke war, says General Sir Richard Barrons

Der Spiegel
Trump's Attack on Germany and the Global Economy

Reuters News Agency
German officials condemn sexual abuses at special operations training center

ABC News
Putin Consults His Security Council

The Associated Press
Al-Shabab, Kenya Claim Dozens of Deaths in Somalia Attack

The Associated Press
Theresa May In Turkey For Talks With Erdogan - More

CBC Radio
Oscar-nominated documentary goes to the frontline of the Syrian crisis

The Associated Press
Syrian Troops Take Control of Water Facility From Rebels - More

The Associated Press
Trump’s immigration curbs no surprise, those affected say

Reuters News Agency
Trump refugee order dashes hopes of Iraqis who helped the U.S.

Reuters News Agency
UAE says it destroyed Iranian-built drone in Yemen

United Press International
Duterte OK with U.S. expansion plans at Philippine military bases

United Press International
China displays new version of bomber

United Press International
North Korea seeking negotiations with the United States

United Press International
North Korea celebrates Lunar New Year

United Press International
South Korea completes deployment of 36 Apache helicopters

The Sydney Morning Herald
‘The US has no better friend than Australia’: Trump’s Australia Day message

The Associated Press
More Than 100 Fast-Spreading Wildfires Rage in Chile

Reuters News Agency
Peru and Colombia vow to stand with Mexico

The Associated Press
Mexicans Begin to Unite in Fight Against Trump’s Plans

Time Magazine
The Internet Is Freaking Out Over the Price of Guacamole

Time Magazine
What the U.S.-Mexico Border Actually Looks Like

The New York Times
On This Day: January 28

Reuters News Agency
Le Pentagone va revoir les budgets du F-35 et d’Air Force One

Agence France-Presse
Trump prend un décret pour stopper l’entrée aux USA de « terroristes islamiques radicaux » - Plus

Agence France-Presse
Trump laissera son ministre de la Défense trancher sur la torture

Agence France-Presse
Face à nos frontières closes, ces réfugiés contraints de changer de cap

Agence France-Presse
Hollande : l’Europe doit « répondre » avec « fermeté » à Trump

Reuters News Agency
Ayrault et Gabriel inquiets des mesures de Trump sur les réfugiés

Reuters News Agency
France et Allemagne peaufinent la réponse européenne à Trump

Agence France-Presse
« Penelopegate » : ce que l’on sait de l’affaire qui embarrasse Fillon

Agence France-Presse
Un millier de migrants secourus vendredi en Méditerranée, un mort

Belga News
RDC : Quatre disparus et trois blessés après le crash de deux hélicoptères de combat

Belga News
Burundi : manifestations à l’appel du pouvoir contre le Parlement européen

Agence France-Presse
La Turquie doit maintenir un état de droit et respecter les droits de l’homme, dit May

Reuters News Agency
Ayrault en Iran dans le climat d’incertitude post-Trump

Agence de Presse Reuters
La Corée du Nord semble avoir relancé un réacteur à plutonium

The Associated Press
Donald Trump et le président mexicain se sont entretenus au téléphone

Books

Danuta Kean | The Guardian
Recommended reading for President Trump

Jack Holmes | Esquire
President Trump’s Literary Tastes

Jessica T. Mathews | The New York Review of Books
What Trump Is Throwing Out the Window

CTV News
Espionage, romance and betrayal: The true story of a Russian spy in Canada

Bill McKibben | The New York Review of Books
Pause! We Can Go Back!

Charlie Savage | The New York Review of Books
Was Snowden a Russian Agent?

Timothy Garton Ash | The New York Review of Books
Is Europe Disintegrating?

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