[2025-12-29 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: PLA deploys fighters in live-fire drill around Taiwan in wake of US arms deal

Snippet: Military says it is conducting exercise across five areas near the self-governed island

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337963/pla-holds-drill-near-taiwan-warning-independence-forces

[2025-12-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Polls close in Myanmar as military holds first election since 2021 coup - DailyNews

Snippet: Polls have closed in Myanmar’s first general election since the country’s military toppled Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in a 2021 coup.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/29/world/923140/polls-close-in-myanmar-as-military-holds-first-election-since-2021-coup/

[2025-12-29 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: A look at China’s ‘Flying Shark’ J-15 jet that made waves near Japan

Snippet: Fighter in service for more than a decade often patrols potential conflict hotspots including the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337930/closer-look-chinas-flying-shark-j-15-jet-made-waves-near-japan

[2025-12-29 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Myanmar's military junta holds controversial election

Snippet: Myanmar on Sunday saw early voters queuing up outside polling stations to cast their ballot in the military-ruled nation's first general election in five years.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/myanmars-military-junta-holds-controversial-election/a-75318714

[2025-12-28 19:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s anti-corruption campaign claims 3 more top military officers

Snippet: Two generals and an admiral have been expelled from the national legislature after noticeable absences in recent months

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337937/chinas-anti-corruption-campaign-claims-3-more-top-military-officers

[2025-12-28 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: म्यांमार में हो रहे चुनाव सिर्फ सियासी तमाशा हैं?

Snippet: सैन्य शासित म्यांमार में बीते पाच साल में ये पहले आम चुनाव हैं. रविवार को मतदान केंद्रों के बाहर मतदाताओं की लंबी कतारें देखी गईं. बेहद कड़े नियमों के तहत देश की सैन्य सरकार इन चुनावों को करा रही है और वह इन्हें देश में मेलमिलाप और लोकतंत्र की वापसी का रास्ता बताती है.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/hi/myanmars-military-junta-stages-controversial-election/a-75320047

[2025-12-28 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: What next for Taiwan’s Lai as US$37 billion defence boost blocked by KMT, allies?

Snippet: Procedural blockade for eight-year military spending package has also stalled 2026 general budget review, piling up pressure on ruling DPP

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3337851/what-next-taiwans-lai-us37-billion-defence-boost-frozen-kmt-allies

[2025-12-28 11:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Military has destroyed our lives’: Myanmar votes in election amid civil war

Snippet: The multiphase election, which the junta insists is ‘free and fair’, comes nearly four years after it took power in a coup

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3337919/myanmar-polls-open-amid-civil-war-junta-seeks-prolong-power

[2025-12-28 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China-Pakistan jet deal with Libyan group ‘may help expand Beijing’s influence’

Snippet: The agreement will supply the Libyan National Army with 16 fourth-generation JF-17 fighters

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337888/china-pakistan-warplane-deal-libyan-faction-may-help-expand-beijings-influence

[2025-12-28 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Italy arrests 9 suspected of funding Hamas via charities

Snippet: Among those arrested was the president of the Palestinian Association in Italy, who reportedly funnelled funds to Hamas’ military wing

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337902/9-held-italy-over-us82-million-charity-scam-linked-hamas

[2025-12-27 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Asia Times

Title: Myanmar election: military seeks legitimacy amid war, exclusion - Asia Times

Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive

Read full article: https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/myanmar-election-military-seeks-legitimacy-amid-war-exclusion/

[2025-12-27 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China warns of foreign forces using AI deepfakes to stir panic and steal data

Snippet: Top intelligence agency raises alarm over fake videos, audio and images aimed at undermining social stability and national security

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3337838/china-warns-foreign-forces-deploy-ai-deepfakes-stir-panic-and-steal-data

[2025-12-27 02:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: US strikes 'terrorist targets' in Nigeria

Snippet: President Donald Trump said he had ordered the US military to launch "powerful and deadly" strikes against targets of the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS) group in northwestern Nigeria.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/us-strikes-terrorist-targets-in-nigeria/a-75307055

[2025-12-27 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Trump’s Venezuela gambit: power play with eye on China or weakness?

Snippet: Hesitation does not equal lack of courage, observers caution, citing legal and domestic constraints and a likely pivot to ‘risk avoidance’

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3337845/trumps-military-restraint-venezuela-power-play-eye-china-or-weakness

[2025-12-27 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Is China quietly preparing cargo ships to transform into military vessels?

Snippet: Containers bear the words ‘plan for the maritime revival of the Chinese nation and the community of shared future for mankind in the ocean’

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337842/china-quietly-preparing-cargo-ships-transform-military-vessels-case-war

[2025-12-26 21:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Israel says operative of Iran's Quds Force killed in Lebanon

Snippet: The Israeli military said on Thursday that it had killed a member of Iran’s elite Quds Force in a strike in southern Lebanon, accusing him of planning attacks against Israel from Lebanon and Syria.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/israel-says-irans-quds-force-operative-killed-in-lebanon-strike/a-75305394

[2025-12-26 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China aircraft carrier allows use of naked flames for TCM therapy popular with troops

Snippet: Military chiefs describe flames used in cupping treatment as ‘necessary fire’; say strict fire prevention code enforced on ship

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3337781/china-aircraft-carrier-allows-use-naked-flames-tcm-therapy-which-popular-among-troops

[2025-12-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Japan’s US$782 billion budget to boost military firepower, tame inflation

Snippet: The budget comes as the market worries about Prime Minister Takaichi’s big spending policies adding to Japan’s public debt

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337764/japans-record-us782-billion-budget-boost-military-firepower-tame-inflation

[2025-12-26 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Will Trump’s battleship plan deter China or is it just a pipe dream?

Snippet: Donald Trump unveils new class of ship meant to ‘inspire fear in America’s enemies’, but analysts say the initiative faces huge hurdles

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337739/golden-fleet-will-trumps-battleship-plan-deter-china-or-it-just-pipe-dream

[2025-12-26 06:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: New clashes as Cambodia, Thailand hold first talks to end latest violence - DailyNews

Snippet: Thailand and Cambodia have reported new fighting in their ongoing border conflict, as the first talks between the sides since the latest outbreak of violence get under way. Thailand’s military said on Wednesday that there had been clashes in the border provinces of Sisaket and Surin, Thai media reported, with Thai Forces responding to Cambodian BM-21 rocket attacks with artillery, tank fire and drones.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/26/world/922237/new-clashes-as-cambodia-thailand-hold-first-talks-to-end-latest-violence/

[2025-12-26 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s military maglev achieves 0-700km/h acceleration in less than 2 seconds

Snippet: Feat seen to catapult China into global top tier of ultra-high-speed maglev technology and unlock new possibilities for hyperloop transport

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3337735/chinas-record-smashing-maglev-achieves-0-700km/h-acceleration-less-2-seconds

[2025-12-26 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Libya's military chief dies in plane crash in Turkey

Snippet: Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah on Tuesday confirmed the death of Libyan military chief Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad in a plane crash in Turkey.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/libyas-military-chief-dies-in-plane-crash-in-turkey/a-75290406

[2025-12-25 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Fujian enters service, J-10C impresses: 10 China military developments in 2025

Snippet: From hardware on show at China’s military parade to anti-drone systems, here are some of the year’s most notable People’s Liberation Army stories

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3336745/fujian-enters-service-j-10cs-combat-action-10-china-military-developments-2025

[2025-12-25 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: How Beijing’s strategy shift explains decreased PLA activity in the Taiwan Strait

Snippet: PLA warplanes and ships have been less active around the island in the second half of the year, Taiwanese data shows

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337616/why-has-beijing-turned-down-heat-taiwan-strait-second-half-2025

[2025-12-25 08:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Opinion | Seoul holds the key to US-North Korea denuclearisation talks

Snippet: South Korea is taking steps to cool tensions – from moving to opening joint military drills to consultations to easing up on immediate denuclearisation demands

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3336536/seoul-holds-key-us-north-korea-denuclearisation-talks

[2025-12-25 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Libya says Military Chief, four others killed in airplane crash in Turkiye - DailyNews

Snippet: Libya’s Prime Minister said the country’s Chief of Staff was killed in an airplane accident in Turkiye, after he visited Ankara.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/25/world/921488/libya-says-military-chief-four-others-killed-in-airplane-crash-in-turkiye/

[2025-12-24 23:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s PLA simulated battles near Mexico, Cuba and Taiwan, CCTV report shows

Snippet: Rare insight revealed on state television in footage from a PLA wargaming event in central China where dozens of systems were demonstrated

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337652/chinese-military-simulated-battles-near-mexico-cuba-and-taiwan-cctv-report-shows

[2025-12-24 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Top PLA Air Force duo miss key military event led by Xi as graft fight rolls on

Snippet: Generals Chang Dingqiu and Guo Puxiao were not present at PLA promotions ceremony on Monday, footage broadcast by CCTV shows

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337636/top-pla-air-force-duo-miss-key-military-event-led-xi-corruption-fight-rolls

[2025-12-24 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: د لیبیا د پوځ مشر د الوتکې لویدو پيښه کې مړ شوی

Snippet: ترکي او لیبیایي چارواکو تایید کړې ده چې پيښه هغه وخت رامنځته شوې چې نوموړی له څو نورو پوځي چارواکو سره د ترکیې له رسمي سفر څخه په خپله اختصاصي الوتکه کې د بیرته ستنیدو په حال کې و.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/ps/libyas-military-chief-dies-in-plane-crash-in-turkey/a-75292422

[2025-12-24 13:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Pentagon says Chinese aircraft carriers, 6th-gen fighters make US ‘vulnerable’

Snippet: Report adds that Americans’ security is threatened by Beijing’s development of its ‘historic military build-up’, including nuclear arsenal

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337559/pentagon-says-chinas-historic-military-build-has-made-us-increasingly-vulnerable

[2025-12-24 07:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Libya military chief and 7 others killed in jet crash in Turkey

Snippet: Investigators are looking into a technical failure that brought down the delegation’s Falcon 50 jet shortly after take-off from Ankara

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3337550/libya-army-chief-killed-turkey-plane-crash

[2025-12-24 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: ‘NATO involved in cyberattacks against Russia’ - DailyNews

Snippet: Russia has accused NATO of involvement in the preparation of cyberattacks carried out by Ukraine against Russia. NATO held in December major joint exercises Cyber Coalition 2025 in Estonian city of Tallinn, during which they worked out promising ways to launch cyber strikes against critical infrastructure, communications networks and space systems of a potential rival, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova drew attention to the work of the NATO Cyber Security Centre in Tallinn, which “over the past decades has

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/24/world/921129/nato-involved-in-cyberattacks-against-russia/

[2025-12-23 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s Xiaomi rejects claims of military ties after appeal by US lawmakers

Snippet: Smartphone-to-vehicle giant says it ‘has always been and continues to be a consumer product company’

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3337523/chinas-xiaomi-rejects-claims-military-ties-after-us-lawmakers-appeal-pentagon

[2025-12-23 21:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Saturation attacks’: drone swarms key for wartime victory, PLA Daily says

Snippet: Concentrated UAV swarms seen to allow ‘optimal combat effectiveness with minimal battlefield expenditure’

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337513/saturation-attacks-drone-swarms-key-wartime-victory-chinese-military-outlet-says

[2025-12-23 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: F-16V fighter jet tested as Taiwan presses US and Lockheed Martin for delivery

Snippet: Taiwan’s air force says it is pushing US side on production speed and quality control amid mounting scrutiny from lawmakers over delays

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337372/f-16v-fighter-jet-ground-test-taiwan-presses-us-and-lockheed-martin-delivery

[2025-12-23 09:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: ‘Urgent’: has mainland China changed tone for Taiwan peaceful reunification?

Snippet: Analysts examine Taiwan-related policy announcements, a new commemoration day and military posturing for clues to Beijing’s intent

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3337342/has-mainland-chinas-taiwan-policy-entered-new-phase

[2025-12-23 06:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Lawmakers want US to disclose any approvals of Nvidia H200 China licences

Snippet: Democrats ‌Elizabeth Warren and Gregory Meeks also asked for an assessment of the military potential of the AI chips approved for export

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3337395/lawmakers-want-us-disclose-any-approvals-nvidia-h200-china-licences

[2025-12-23 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Israel: Netanyahu to shut down respected army radio station

Snippet: The Israeli government on Monday approved plans to shut down one of the country's respected military radio stations, claiming it broadcasts "divisive content" which is not in line with military values.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/israel-netanyahu-to-shut-down-respected-army-radio-station/a-75272453

[2025-12-23 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Xi promotes PLA commanders overseeing Taiwan Strait, Beijing to full general

Snippet: Announcements suggest the dust has begun to settle following a massive purge in the military over corruption concerns

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337383/xi-jinping-promotes-pla-commanders-overseeing-taiwan-strait-beijing-full-general

[2025-12-22 20:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China’s PLA Daily accuses Japan of showing ‘no respect for history’

Snippet: Japanese right-wing forces are whitewashing past atrocities as the world celebrates win over fascism, commentary in military paper says

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3337336/chinas-military-newspaper-pla-daily-accuses-japan-showing-no-respect-history

[2025-12-22 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Daily News

Title: Threat before it strikes - DailyNews

Snippet: Intelligence is processed, evaluated, and contextualised information that enables decision-makers to anticipate, prevent, influence, or respond to events that may affect national security, public safety, stability, or strategic interests. Information becomes intelligence only when it answers a purpose.

Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/22/general-opinion/919171/threat-before-it-strikes/

[2025-12-21 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: J-16s vs Rafales: Chinese air force puts jets to the war-game test

Snippet: State broadcaster offers a look at a PLA exercise simulating an air combat scenario between Chinese and foreign forces

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337228/j-16s-vs-rafales-chinese-air-force-puts-jets-war-game-test

[2025-12-21 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Financial Times

Title: Indonesia calls in military to help clear forests at rapid pace

Snippet: A. Anantha Lakshmi and Diana Mariska in Jakarta and Steven Bernard in London

Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/27a6bd42-aa95-449f-97b7-7a086da42bac

[2025-12-21 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: China speeds up armour steel production by 30%, US Conshohocken plant folds

Snippet: Chinese military supplier solves tech snag to boost manufacturing levels, while American counterpart ceases operations due to financial loss

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3336866/china-speeds-armour-steel-production-30-us-conshohocken-plant-folds

[2025-12-21 06:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: Lula, Milei clash over US-Venezuela tensions

Snippet: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvo on Saturday warned against US military action in Venezuela, saying such a move would spark a "humanitarian catastrophe."

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/mercosur-summit-lula-milei-clash-over-us-venezuela-tensions/a-75254977

[2025-12-21 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Taiwan’s missile shield plan has ‘critical flaws’, mainland Chinese report says

Snippet: Military magazine claims the island’s proposed air defence system would be unreliable against an attack by the PLA

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337059/taiwans-t-dome-missile-shield-plan-has-critical-flaws-mainland-chinese-report-says

[2025-12-21 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Is China’s Fujian gearing up for a dual aircraft carrier exercise?

Snippet: Satellite images indicate the vessel has docked with the Liaoning at a naval base in the country’s east

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3337173/chinas-fujian-gearing-dual-aircraft-carrier-exercise

[2025-12-20 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Title: شمالي وزیرستان: ځانوژونکي برید کې څلور عسکر وژل شوي

Snippet: د پاکستان پوځ او ځايي پولیسو ویلي برید د جمعې په ورځ د خیبر پښتونخوا ایالت د شمالي وزیرستان یوه کلي ته نژدې د پوځ پر یوه پوسته وشو چې د دواړو لورو ترمنځ شدیده نښته رامنځ ته او پکې څلور عسکر ووژل شول.

Read full article: https://www.dw.com/ps/suicide-car-bomber-militants-attack-military-post-in-northwest-pakistan-killing-4-soldiers/a-75251688

[2025-12-20 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Explainer | China Santa Claus: Qing dynasty military figure ‘cutified’ into ‘Father Christmas’

Snippet: Oboi has become a new pop culture icon in China, with related videos exceeding 1 billion views on Douyin

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3337021/china-santa-claus-how-qing-dynasty-military-figure-cutified-father-christmas

[2025-12-20 17:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]

Source: South China Morning Post

Title: Man executed in Iran for spying for Israel tortured to confess: rights group

Snippet: The 27-year-old, arrested while taking pictures of a military headquarters, was accused of executing over 200 similar assignments for Mossad

Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3337168/iran-executes-man-israeli-spy-rights-group-says-confession-extracted-under-torture