Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-21 11:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: It appeared in the early hours of April 29 in Waterloo Place. This area of central London, populated by military monuments and monitored by CCTV, was the spot Banksy chose to unveil his latest artwork.
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[2026-05-21 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After the joint exercises, the systems will move to a US military base in Japan for storage
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[2026-05-21 11:23 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After the joint exercises, the systems will move to a US military base in Japan for storage
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[2026-05-21 11:01 UTC+10:00] [United States Defense and Military Forces] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The aircraft carrier Nimitz and its escort warships entered the southern Caribbean Sea on Wednesday and will remain in the region for at least a few days as part of the Trump administration’s campaign to pressure the Cuban government, according to the military’s Southern Command and a U.S. official.
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[2026-05-21 09:39 UTC+10:00] [Gaza flotilla] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Foreign affairs minister joins condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after the Israeli national security minister shared video mocking detainees
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[2026-05-21 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 08:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-05-21 08:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Washington, DC – US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has become the first official from the administration of President Donald Trump to join global criticism of Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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[2026-05-21 07:48 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Jerusalem: Israel’s national security minister has been rebuked by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and triggered an international backlash after releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists who tried to breach Israel’s blockade of Gaza and telling them they should be imprisoned for a long time.
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[2026-05-21 07:42 UTC+10:00] [Australia news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australia’s foreign minister condemns video posted by Israel’s national security minister taunting detained activists. Follow today’s news live
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[2026-05-21 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the IDF continues to face a severe shortage of combat fighters and the government has avoided pressuring the haredi sector to join the military in larger numbers, an ongoing increase in female combat fighters has been one of the few bright spots.
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[2026-05-21 06:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JERUSALEM — Israel's national security minister drew a sharp rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and triggered a backlash abroad Wednesday, after releasing videos taunting detained flotilla activists who tried to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza, telling them they should be imprisoned for a long time.
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[2026-05-21 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A video posted by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing detained Gaza flotilla activists kneeling in front of Israeli law enforcement officers with their hands restrained has triggered international condemnation and a wave of outrage online.
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[2026-05-21 04:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir “betrayed dignity of his nation” by publishing footage showing human rights campaigners bound, abused and humiliated.
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[2026-05-21 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three regional sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that progress has been made in recent efforts to formulate a “memorandum of understanding and principles” between the US and Iran, though significant gaps remain.
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[2026-05-21 03:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former prime minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday during his first public visit to the Knesset in years since leaving politics, saying that Netanyahu’s coalition was harming the IDF by encouraging draft evasion and not providing the military with more soldiers amid its manpower crisis.
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[2026-05-21 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cargo ships are seen at sea in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, as viewed from a rocky shoreline near Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
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[2026-05-21 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-21 03:10 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Gaza War (2023- )] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A video released on Wednesday shows Israel’s far-right national security minister taunting detained pro-Palestinian activists while they are handcuffed and bent over on the deck of a ship. The images drew outrage both at home and abroad.
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[2026-05-21 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: LONDON — Google's AI lab DeepMind said Wednesday it had declined to recognize unions established by UK employees concerned about the military uses of its technology, but offered to enter into negotiations instead.
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[2026-05-21 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The nominee for the top U.S. envoy to South Korea on Wednesday highlighted her commitment to enhancing America's national security and economic prosperity by strengthening the Seoul-Washington alliance.
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[2026-05-21 01:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US military has been publicly broadcasting the location of military surveillance flights near Cuba on plane-tracking websites, as Washington continues to exert pressure on the island's communist leadership.
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[2026-05-21 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said two officers and one soldier were wounded in a drone strike in southern Lebanon that it blamed on Hezbollah.
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[2026-05-21 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that far-right National Security minister Itamar Ben Gvir's treatment of detained flotilla activists is "not in line with Israel's values and norms", but claimed that Israel has "every right" to intercept Gaza-bound flotillas.
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[2026-05-21 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Police use a water cannon to disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocking a street during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-05-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Days after Xi-Trump talks, Beijing and Moscow slam Washington’s military provocations and its plans for missile defence system
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[2026-05-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Days after Xi-Trump talks, Beijing and Moscow slam Washington’s military provocations and its plans for missile defence system
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[2026-05-20 23:21 UTC+10:00] [EU-US military ties] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NATO chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday played down Donald Trump's sudden moves to pull troops and capabilities out of Europe, vowing any reductions would take place in a "structured way."
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[2026-05-20 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday shared videos of him harassing detained flotilla activists in Ashdod after Israeli forces intercepted their ships on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-20 22:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, and Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, visit troops who patrol Poland’s border with Belarus, in Dubicze Cerkiewna, eastern Poland on May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
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[2026-05-20 21:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Cheering children - check. Military honour guard – check. Cannon fire and marching band - check.
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[2026-05-20 21:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has posted a video showing activists with the Global Sumud Flotilla being abused after being abducted by Israeli authorities.
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[2026-05-20 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. Marines conduct a live-fire training of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, short for HIMARS, at Camp Fuji, in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
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[2026-05-20 21:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israeli politicians have voted unanimously to dissolve the Knesset, which could lead to early elections, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition continues to fracture over legislation to exempt ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service.
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[2026-05-20 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The measure aims to strengthen national security and prevent illegal activities by foreign visitors.
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[2026-05-20 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s military is preparing an “appropriate” response to Ukraine’s alleged use of Baltic territory to launch drone attacks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 20:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s military is preparing an “appropriate” response to Ukraine’s alleged use of Baltic territory to launch drone attacks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-20 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Workers operate a 3D printer that makes drone parts at the headquarters of Masssivit in Lod, Israel, March 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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[2026-05-20 19:48 UTC+10:00] [Services] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — The U.K. deputy ambassador to Washington, James Roscoe, has left his post abruptly amid an investigation into a leak from the National Security Council.
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[2026-05-20 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Four years of war in Ukraine have rewritten how warfare is fought, accelerating the urgent need for low-cost aerial unmanned systems and ground robots. It has also prompted Taiwan to emerge as a supplier of low-cost suicide drones.
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[2026-05-20 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The phone shows the received message “The Lithuanian military reports: “AIR DANGER. Hurry to cover or a safe place without delay, take care of your loved ones, wait for further recommendations. We will inform you about the end of the danger in a separate message”, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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[2026-05-20 18:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-20 18:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-20 18:26 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-20 16:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US and Nigerian forces carried out joint military strikes that eliminated a senior ISIS official in Nigeria, according to statements from Nigerian and US officials, in a “strategic” blow to the organization.
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[2026-05-20 16:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts in diplomacy, military policy and North Korea’s evolving posture.
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[2026-05-20 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Trump administration is planning to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities that the US would have available to assist the alliance's European nations in a major crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said.
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[2026-05-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: South Korea's population decline and shrinking pool of military-age men are forcing Seoul to rethink its military force structure, with officials now exploring robots and AI-powered drones to offset future manpower shortages.
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[2026-05-20 12:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS — NATO’s top military officer said Tuesday that he does not expect any more drawdowns of American troops from Europe — at least not anytime soon — beyond the 5,000 that U.S. President Donald Trump announced would leave the continent.
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[2026-05-20 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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