Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-18 13:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ali Larijhani killed in an Israeli strike; Israeli military calls for evacuations in central Beirut, warning of an imminent attack on Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah
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[2026-03-18 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping governments in their defence against Iran’s drone attacks, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
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[2026-03-18 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US military dropped 5,000-pound bunker buster bombs on underground Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, according to authorities.
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[2026-03-18 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico on Tuesday has left one person dead and another wounded, according to military officials.
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[2026-03-18 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian officials said Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli attack along with his son, Morteza, and one of his aides, according to state media and the Supreme National Security Council.
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[2026-03-18 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Taipei, Taiwan – As thousands of Chinese government officials gathered in Beijing for China’s annual legislative meetings known as the “two sessions” this month, at least a dozen active and retired military officers were absent from the proceedings.
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[2026-03-18 12:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a "very foolish mistake."
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[2026-03-18 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States no longer needs naval assistance from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, South Korea, Japan or Australia to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing "military success" in ongoing operations against Iran.
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[2026-03-18 11:04 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, had a reputation for being able to bridge the country’s hard-line military elements and more moderate political factions. His killing in an Israeli airstrike could open the way for Iran’s military to tighten its grip over the ruling system, analysts say.
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[2026-03-18 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States military said Tuesday that it targeted sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz with "multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions".
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[2026-03-18 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An unmarked airplane was spotted in Fresno this past weekend circling the city’s airport, at least the third such incident in a string of unusual appearances in the state of military-level aircraft.
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[2026-03-18 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ali Larijani, the influential head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been killed in US-Israeli strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced.
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[2026-03-18 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme National Security Council on Tuesday confirmed the death of its chief Ali Larijani, after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike.
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[2026-03-18 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized other NATO nations’ unwillingness to join the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, denouncing the bloc as a “one-way street” that America has never really needed.
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[2026-03-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolas Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bogota, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 27 charred bodies were discovered on his country’s joint border with Ecuador, just one day after suggesting the Ecuadorean military may have bombed Colombian territory.
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[2026-03-18 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military hit ten Basij force posts across Tehran in recent hours, the military said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In recent days, Western media coverage of the Middle East has shifted dramatically. Outlets that previously framed conflicts through a US- and UK-centric lens are now reporting more directly on Iran’s attacks on Israeli and US security positions. This change reflects not only evolving realities on the ground but also deeper dynamics in the global political economy, where military action, economic power, and media narratives are closely intertwined.
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[2026-03-18 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The entrance to Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton is seen on Sept. 22, 2015, in Oceanside, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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[2026-03-18 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel claims it has killed the influential Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would represent a devastating blow to the regime, and the most senior official to die since Ali Khamenei’s death. Lucy Hough speaks to deputy head of international news, Devika Bhat.
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[2026-03-18 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has confirmed that at least 157 people have been killed in lethal strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off Latin America, described as a campaign of extrajudicial killings by legal experts.
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[2026-03-18 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday said it was not realistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran and said the war could not have a military solution.
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[2026-03-18 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mozambique’s military is under scrutiny after troops reportedly opened fire on fishermen in the country’s conflict-hit north, killing at least 13 people. The incident happened over the weekend off the coast of Mocímboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province, an area where security forces are battling an Islamic State-linked insurgency.
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[2026-03-18 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US forces "no longer need" military help in the Iran war, after his calls for assistance from allies to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic were largely rebuffed.
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[2026-03-18 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has lashed out at Israel after it claimed to have killed Iran’s powerful national security chief Ali Larijani, denouncing its targeting of Tehran’s leaders as “illegal”.
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[2026-03-18 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOJTABA Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, has given three conditions for Tehran’s war with the United States and Israel to end: first, the dismantlement of all US military bases in the Gulf; second, the assurance that there will be no more US aggression against Iran; and third, a payment of $500 billion by the US to Iran as war reparations.
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[2026-03-18 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Since returning to office last year, United States President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader Nicolás Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nations human rights office says as the Israeli military pummels its northern neighbour as part of the wider war engulfing the Middle East.
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[2026-03-18 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, the country's military is reporting.
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[2026-03-18 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s army has said its air defences are working to intercept incoming missiles fired from Iran.
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[2026-03-18 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: S.H. Kim of South Korea walks to the 17th tee during the first round of The Players Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Ponte Bedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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[2026-03-18 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City — Two members of the New People's Army (NPA) surrendered to the military in Bukidnon, Lt. Col. Jorge Jallorina, commanding officer of the army's 8th Infantry Battalion (IB), said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-17 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, greets journalists upon his arrival to meet with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
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[2026-03-17 23:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has launched new waves of air raids across southern Lebanon after announcing “limited and targeted ground operations” on Monday against Hezbollah positions.
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[2026-03-17 23:07 UTC+10:00] [World Baseball Classic] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: USA and Venezuela play for title on Tuesday night
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[2026-03-17 22:55 UTC+10:00] [Thailand] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The military plans to add permanent walls and electronic fences equipped with sensors and CCTV cameras to the 1.3km barrier
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[2026-03-17 22:34 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Korean Air Co. said Tuesday it will extend the suspension of its Incheon-Dubai flights through April 19 due to ongoing military conflict in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-17 22:24 UTC+10:00] [Gulf of Tonkin] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Agreement between naval commanders ahead of 40th joint exercise comes as Vietnamese leader To Lam hails ties with China as ‘top priority’
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[2026-03-17 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s national security chief Ali Larijani, whom Israel claims was killed in strikes on Tehran, appeared publicly just days earlier at the annual al-Quds Day rally in the Iranian capital.
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[2026-03-17 21:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Last week Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, accused figures linked to Epstein’s network of plotting to provoke a global crisis and blame Tehran.
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[2026-03-17 21:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: This is the second part in Al Jazeera’s Blood Tech series, looking at how governments around the world – including those who have criticised Israel – are still using the technology it has tested on Palestinians. You can read the first part, which looks at how the UK has utilised Israeli military spyware, here.
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[2026-03-17 21:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Iran's powerful national security chief Ali Larijani was "eliminated last night," along with the commander of Tehran's Basij paramilitary force.
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[2026-03-17 20:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Monday urged allied nations to join U.S. efforts to secure the strategic Strait of Hormuz, calling it a "test of loyalty"—but key partners including Britain, Germany, Japan and Australia swiftly distanced themselves from any military role.
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[2026-03-17 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says it has detected missiles launched from Iran towards its territory. Air defence systems are operating to intercept the incoming projectiles, according to a statement from the army
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[2026-03-17 20:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Israeli defense minister said Tuesday that the Israeli military killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in an overnight strike.
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[2026-03-17 20:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Tasnim News Agency says a message from Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, will be published shortly.
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[2026-03-17 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed that Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani was killed in Israeli strikes on Tehran overnight. There has been no official confirmation from Iran.
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[2026-03-17 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been according to Israel’s Defence Minister Katz. Iran has not commented on the claim.
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[2026-03-17 20:17 UTC+10:00] [Sweden] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The UN organisation head said an international naval operation, as suggested by Trump, would not be sustainable
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[2026-03-17 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Civilians covered in dust. Blood-stained school bags. Hospitals turned into military targets.
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