Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-03-17 20:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-17 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military has claimed in a post on X Tuesday that it has killed the commander of the Basij unit, the internal security paramilitary militia of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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[2026-03-17 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military has targeted Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, four Israeli officials said, adding that it was not immediately clear whether he was killed or injured. Larijani was one of the targets of strikes carried out by the Israeli military last night across Iran, the officials told Reuters.
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[2026-03-17 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-03-17 18:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army has ordered the forced evacuation of residents south of Lebanon’s Zahrani River ahead of what it called as a new military operation against Hezbollah.
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[2026-03-17 18:21 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 18:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military on Tuesday said that Division 36 of the army has joined "expanded ground operations” in southern Lebanon, as fighting with Hezbollah intensifies along the border.
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[2026-03-17 17:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-17 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Israeli military said early Monday it struck more Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut. Moments before the announcement, a powerful strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. (AP video by Zakaria Khatib)
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[2026-03-17 16:23 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-17 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Afghanistan has accused Pakistan’s military of launching an air strike on a hospital treating drug users in the capital, Kabul, killing at least 400 people.
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[2026-03-17 15:30 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: “Hundreds of American soldiers have been captured across the Gulf. US military bases throughout the region lie in ruins. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead or gravely wounded.
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[2026-03-17 15:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-03-17 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said its air defences intercepted and destroyed three drones in the eastern region of the country.
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[2026-03-17 13:41 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea’s Army has suspended rifle shooting drills to conduct safety checks across all units, after an elementary school girl was injured at a playground in Daegu on Monday by what is believed to be a stray bullet.
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[2026-03-17 13:14 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Israel on Monday warned that displaced Lebanese driven from their homes by its military campaign would not be able to return until the safety of Israelis living near the border was ensured, as Israeli troops pushed into new parts of southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-17 12:30 UTC+10:00] [white paper] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing’s latest white paper on Hong Kong clears up misconceptions by chronicling the progress made on protecting national security
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[2026-03-17 12:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iraqi militia group, Islamic Resistance in Iraq, said it carried out 21 operations targeting US military bases in Iraq and the wider region over the past 24 hours.
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[2026-03-17 11:36 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for China to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz will almost certainly be rejected out of hand. But it unwittingly touches a sensitive debate simmering among foreign policy thinkers in Beijing: Should President Xi Jinping start using his military to shape geopolitical outcomes?
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[2026-03-17 11:09 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Monday the United States has requested that a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping be delayed for "a month or so," as the US conducts its military campaign against Iran.
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[2026-03-17 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says it has detected missiles launched from Iran heading towards Israeli territory and has urged residents in affected areas to seek shelter immediately.
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[2026-03-17 09:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israeli military has taken out more than 60% of Iran’s rocket launchers in the first three weeks of the war, with at least another three weeks of fighting expected.
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[2026-03-17 08:13 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The Israeli military has stepped up its presence in southern Lebanon. Source: AAP / EPA / Atef Safadi
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[2026-03-17 07:27 UTC+10:00] [Afghanistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pakistani military had ‘once again violated Afghan territory’, said the Taliban, calling the strikes a crime and an ‘act of inhumanity’
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[2026-03-17 07:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Tasnim News Agency has published a six-point message from Ali Larijani, Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, addressed to Muslims worldwide and the governments of Islamic countries.
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[2026-03-17 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government on Monday accused Pakistan of killing civilians in fresh airstrikes on Kabul, but Islamabad said it had conducted precision strikes on military and "terrorist" targets.
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[2026-03-17 05:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on their way” following his appeal for an international naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-03-17 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-03-17 05:41 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The US has overwhelming military power. Yet the battle has moved to oil routes, alliances and domestic politics – where Tehran is testing western unity
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[2026-03-17 05:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HOUSTON — An Afghan immigrant whose family said had worked with U.S. forces in his home country died at a Texas hospital after having been detained by immigration authorities, according to officials.
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[2026-03-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: To date, the US remains the most capable military power in the world. But the distribution of economic and technological influence has shifted significantly. (Reuters: Kevin Lamarque)
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[2026-03-17 03:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: TOKYO — Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said.
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[2026-03-17 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Myanmar's parliament convened on Monday for the first time since a 2021 military coup, AFP journalists saw, packed with pro-junta lawmakers elected in a poll choreographed by the top brass.
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[2026-03-17 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Suspected jihadists launched an overnight attack on a Nigerian military post on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a key northeastern city that had not seen such violence in years, police, emergency services and residents said Monday.
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[2026-03-17 01:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Kenya says Russia has agreed to stop accepting Kenyan nationals into its military after concerns that hundreds of citizens had been drawn into the war in Ukraine.
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[2026-03-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: European leaders have rejected demands by United States President Donald Trump to help ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz as foreign ministers from the European Union gathered in Brussels to discuss skyrocketing oil prices during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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[2026-03-17 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An attack on Sunday by the Israeli military has led to the deaths of police officers and governorate personnel in the centre of Gaza.
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[2026-03-17 00:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Residents and Taliban police gather the remains of a projectile at the site of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Barackatullah Popal)
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[2026-03-17 00:30 UTC+10:00] [Wang Ting-yu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Expensive missiles cannot stop large waves of rockets and drones in an armed conflict, officials on the self-ruled island warn
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[2026-03-16 23:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Israeli Air Force said Monday that it had destroyed a plane belonging to Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that the Jewish state claimed was used to convey messages and coordinate with the Islamic Republic’s terror proxies.
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[2026-03-16 23:34 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Cousin of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, whose military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, says: ‘We didn’t need to be in this war’
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[2026-03-16 23:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: German defence minister Boris Pistorius on Monday rejected demands by US President Donald Trump for military support in the war against Iran and downplayed threats that such a stance by allies would hurt Nato.
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[2026-03-16 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is a military strategy with vast consequences for the global economy, not just in the form of higher oil prices, but with disruptions in supply chains involving metals and manufacturing, and farming and food prices. And at some point in the future, supply chain experts say, Iran's attempt to choke of the strait will also hit American medicine cabinets.
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[2026-03-16 22:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Somalia has warned against alleged Israeli plans to build a military base in the breakaway region of Somaliland, whose independence Somalia does not recognise. The base would be a strategic point for Israel to conduct airstrikes against adversaries in the region as part of its ongoing war.
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[2026-03-16 22:19 UTC+10:00] [William Lai Ching-te] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing sends 26 sorties over the weekend, coinciding with comments by Taiwanese leader claiming the island is ‘sovereign’
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[2026-03-16 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Myanmar’s parliament has convened for the first time since the 2021 coup after recent elections saw the pro-military party winning most of the seats as major opposition parties were barred from running.
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[2026-03-16 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Greece will not engage in any military operations in the Strait of Hormuz, Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Monday.
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[2026-03-16 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Israeli military says its troops have begun ground operations in southern Lebanon as fighting against Hezbollah intensifies around the strategic southern town of Khiam.
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