Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-02-26 00:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Heavy battlefield losses are likely to prevent Russia from launching a major new offensive in Ukraine in the coming months, Western officials and military analysts told Bloomberg as the war entered its fifth year.
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[2026-02-26 00:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
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[2026-02-26 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Guinea's military has confirmed the detention of 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers after accusing them of crossing the border and raising their flag on Guinean soil, while Freetown maintains its troops were on its own territory constructing a border post, the latest flare-up in a decades-old territorial dispute.
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[2026-02-25 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Moscow, Russia — What was meant to be a swift military operation to topple the Ukrainian government and take control of the country has now dragged on for four devastating years.
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[2026-02-25 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A military air strike by the Myanmar military in Rakhine state has killed at least 17 people and injured 14 others, local media reported, in the latest civil war carnage weeks after a military-backed governing party election win was dismissed as a “sham” by international observers.
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[2026-02-25 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LIMA — The only survivor of a military helicopter crash in southern Peru that killed 15 people was a small dog belonging to a colonel who was among the passengers, an air force source told AFP Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS, UPDATES throughout with briefing details) By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-02-25 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Guinea’s junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya watches over an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
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[2026-02-25 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran’s political and military structures are unique globally, with power concentrated in the supreme leader, who sits at the top of a multi-layered system of elected institutions, unelected bodies and parallel military forces.
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[2026-02-25 21:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Starmer is in zugzwang. Mandelson arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
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[2026-02-25 20:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military’s EC-130H Compass Call aircraft has entered the Middle East, aviation experts reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-02-25 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A story of a mole inside a state security team in China, Scare Out is slickly executed but narratively muddled, and far from Zhang’s best
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[2026-02-25 20:14 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 20:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [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 South Korea–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-02-25 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: As I write these sentences, a massive military buildup - instigated by Israel and its American agents, and mobilised by US President Donald Trump - is encircling Iran for a decisive operation.
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[2026-02-25 19:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout)By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-02-25 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Poland saw crowds gather in Warsaw’s Castle Square to mark four years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Protesters waved Ukrainian flags and held signs reading “Fight 4 Freedom” and “Putin always lies. Support Ukraine.” The rally framed the war as a struggle for sovereignty and basic rights. Speakers stressed that Crimea is Ukraine and rejected Russia’s annexation.
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[2026-02-25 18:24 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Col. Jang Do-young, left, public affairs director of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Col. Ryan Donald, public affairs director of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea, pose for a photo during a media briefing on the 2026 ROK-US Freedom Shield Military Exercise at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb.
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[2026-02-25 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: As the United States continues to threaten military action against Iran, Iranians are anxiously awaiting a new round of talks set to take place in Geneva this week.
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[2026-02-25 17:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A United States military plane hit a concrete barrier while attempting to take off from a road during contingency training in the Philippines, injuring all five American personnel aboard, Philippine officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 16:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:National Security
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[2026-02-25 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will stage their annual joint springtime military exercise next month to strengthen their combined defense posture as they are preparing for the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington to Seoul, the allies' militaries said Wednesday.
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[2026-02-25 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (URGENT) S. Korea to seek reinstatement of no-fly zone under suspended 2018 inter-Korean military pact: unification minister
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[2026-02-25 13:03 UTC+10:00] [Trump administration] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Court itself to search devices for documents related to national security inquiry as newspaper calls ruling ‘victory’
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[2026-02-25 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-02-25 11:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (URGENT) S. Korea to seek reinstatement of no-fly zone under suspended 2018 inter-Korean military pact: unification minister
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[2026-02-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: There has been a large US military build-up in the Middle East in recent months, including the deployment of two carrier strike groups. Source: Getty / US Navy
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[2026-02-25 09:50 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-02-25 09:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has voted in favor of a draft resolution reasserting support for "lasting peace" in Ukraine Tuesday, which marks four years since the 2022 Russian military entry into Ukraine.
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[2026-02-25 08:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US military says it tracked the vessel from the Caribbean Sea, as it sought to escape pursuit
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[2026-02-25 08:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Anthropic has until Friday to accept the Pentagon's demands that it loosen restrictions on how the Defence Department uses its AI tools, it has been reported.
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[2026-02-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-02-25 07:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pedestrians walk past a billboard depicting a U.S. aircraft carrier with damaged fighter jets on its deck and a sign in Farsi and English reading, “If you sow the wind, you’ll reap the whirlwind,” at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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[2026-02-25 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine is President Donald Trump’s dominant adviser on Iran, and this dates back to June 2025, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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[2026-02-25 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Air Vice Marshal Padman De Costa President Volleyball and Beach Volleyball Committee of World Military Sports Council (CISM)
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[2026-02-25 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-02-25 04:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: A few days ago, amidst heightened US-Iran tensions, a military helicopter landed at the Erbil airport in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Although Western troops are rarely seen on the city’s streets, Erbil Air Base is heavily staffed with soldiers, and military helicopters fly overhead every day. Now, this airport could potentially become a target for Iran if the situation escalates.
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[2026-02-25 04:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara told the High Court of Justice on Tuesday that the government has yet to formulate a plan to revoke personal economic benefits from ultra-Orthodox (haredi) draft dodgers, despite evidence that such sanctions are effective. She warned that the omission ran contrary to previous court rulings and harmed both the IDF’s manpower needs and the principle of equality in military service.
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[2026-02-25 04:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US military forces seized a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from Caribbean waters, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, adding that it was the third such interdiction in that region.
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[2026-02-25 04:18 UTC+10:00] [Mexico] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Mexico’s president says there is ‘no risk’ for those visiting for Fifa games after military killed drug lord ‘El Mencho’
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[2026-02-25 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukraine marked four years since Russia’s invasion with a church service in Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelensky stood beside European leaders and ministers to honour those killed. Candles were lit as prayers were read for soldiers and civilians lost since February 2022. Zelensky said Vladimir Putin had not broken Ukraine and promised to seek a just peace accepted by Ukrainians.
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[2026-02-25 04:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Soldiers stand guard in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Nov. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Tommy Trenchard, File)
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[2026-02-25 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Upcoming talks on Tehran’s nuclear program will decide whether US soldiers “go to hell or return to America,” Ebrahim Rezaei, an Iranian MP and spokesman for parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has warned.
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[2026-02-25 03:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with the limits of US military leverage against Iran, according to CBS News, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-02-25 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier is traversing the Mediterranean, reportedly set to dock in Israel's port of Haifa next, following a prior stop in Crete early this week, after having been ordered from the Caribbean to the Middle East area as the US threatens Iran.
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[2026-02-25 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DURING an event at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio over the weekend, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said the Senate was still “considering possible actions” to take in the case of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who disappeared in November after rumors began circulating that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against him.
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[2026-02-25 03:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DURING an event at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio over the weekend, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said the Senate was still “considering possible actions” to take in the case of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who disappeared in November after rumors began circulating that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against him.
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[2026-02-25 03:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIJING — China imposed export restrictions on 40 Japanese companies on Tuesday, citing national security concerns, as Beijing escalated a months-long row that has seen Chinese tourism to Japan plummet.
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[2026-02-25 03:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KUALA LUMPUR — Previously we discussed Iran’s latest internal dynamics in this column. It is now perhaps worth turning to the longstanding and intensifying tension between the United States and Iran. For decades, relations between Washington and Tehran have been marked by sanctions, hostile rhetoric, proxy confrontations and periodic crises.
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