Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-08 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says its air defences have intercepted all Iranian ballistic missiles fired towards Israel so far tonight.
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[2026-06-08 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has announced that schools across Israel will be closed and public gatherings restricted amid fears of incoming missile attacks from Iran.
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[2026-06-08 05:18 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Iran fired ballistic missiles at northern Israel on Sunday, the Israeli military said, in the first such attack since a cease-fire paused the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran two months ago.
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[2026-06-08 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Leaders of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties - Shas and United Torah Judaism - visited arrested haredi draft evaders held in military prison on Sunday, expressing support for them and calling for their release amid the IDF’s severe manpower shortage.
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[2026-06-08 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF has opened an investigation into the West Bank operation during which a seven-month-old Palestinian baby was killed, the military confirmed on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bolivia’s legislature has passed a law granting President Rodrigo Paz the authority to use the military to clear roadblocks set up by antigovernment protesters.
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[2026-06-08 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nigeria's security forces have freed 360 men, women, and children from a mountain hideout where they were being held by kidnappers in Borno state in the northeast, after an intelligence-led operation, the military said on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 01:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF will not give up on its mission to fully disarm Hamas, IDF Chief of the Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir announced during a visit to the Gaza Strip on Sunday.
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[2026-06-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A potential gap that China’s carrier strike groups ‘need to address is the limited number of stealth fighters’, former PLA Navy officer says
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[2026-06-08 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Shandong] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A potential gap that China’s carrier strike groups ‘need to address is the limited number of stealth fighters’, former PLA Navy officer says
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[2026-06-07 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahieh, on Sunday.
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[2026-06-07 23:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aggressive schedule for nuclear-powered vessel may strain US shipyards and maritime industrial base, congressional budget amendment warns
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[2026-06-07 23:31 UTC+10:00] [China] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Aggressive schedule for nuclear-powered vessel may strain US shipyards and maritime industrial base, congressional budget amendment warns
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[2026-06-07 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two Lebanese citizens were sentenced to 15 years in absentia over allegations they incited the Israeli military to attack Hezbollah targets, according to one of the individuals charged and comments made by a judicial source to Agence France-Presse.
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[2026-06-07 22:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Sujita Sinha via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-06-07 21:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pakistan’s interior minister visited Tehran to restart US-Iran negotiations as the US military said it shot down two Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-06-07 21:52 UTC+10:00] [Pakistan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Pakistan’s interior minister visited Tehran to restart US-Iran negotiations as the US military said it shot down two Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-06-07 21:42 UTC+10:00] [Israel-Hezbollah war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Both Israel and Lebanon are mourning military casualties amid another weekend of violence, despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire between the two countries.
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[2026-06-07 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel will enforce the death penalty if the terrorists who committed the deadly Sharon terror attack are caught alive, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a Sunday post to X/Twitter.
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[2026-06-07 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The government unanimously approved Shmuel Ben Ezra’s appointment as head of the National Security Council and national security adviser to the prime minister, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed on Sunday.
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[2026-06-07 18:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for the execution of the suspects in a deadly shooting attack in central Israel on Sunday.
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[2026-06-07 18:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Riot police fire tear gas into crowds protesting Hong Kong's national security law on the 23rd anniversary of Britain's handover of the city to China on July 1, 2020. Scholars worry that attendees to the Law and Society Association's annual meeting in Hong Kong could fall foul of the wide-ranging law.
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[2026-06-07 16:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Starbucks’ US headquarters on Sunday officially apologized to victims of the Gwangju Democratic Uprising and their families for a Starbucks Korea promotional event that evoked memories of the military crackdown on the 1980 pro-democracy movement.
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[2026-06-07 15:42 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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[2026-06-07 15:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said four reserve soldiers were moderately wounded in a drone attack in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
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[2026-06-07 15:31 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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[2026-06-07 15:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said negotiations with the United States are currently at a standstill and ruled out the possibility of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Mojtaba Khamenei, according to an interview with CNN.
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[2026-06-07 14:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs called for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and described the deadly strike on a Lebanese military convoy as “a blatant violation of the sovereignty, security, and stability” of the country.
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[2026-06-07 13:58 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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[2026-06-07 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Senator Bernie Sanders said he would oppose legislation under consideration in Congress that he argues would further integrate Israel into the US military-industrial system through defence co-production arrangements.
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[2026-06-07 12:25 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers, Beirut's military said Saturday, as its chief traveled to Pakistan to meet with a key mediator in efforts to end the Middle East war.
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[2026-06-07 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Gaza's civil defence service reported that Israeli strikes killed 10 people on Saturday, with Israel's military saying one of the dead was a Hamas "terrorist cell commander".
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[2026-06-07 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Gaza's civil defence service reported that Israeli strikes killed 10 people on Saturday, with Israel's military saying one of the dead was a Hamas "terrorist cell commander".
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[2026-06-07 11:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed three soldiers, Beirut's military said Saturday, as its chief travelled to Pakistan to meet with a key mediator in efforts to end the Middle East war.
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[2026-06-07 10:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Trump administration is seeking to redirect frozen Iranian assets toward rebuilding energy and other infrastructure damaged by Tehran’s retaliatory strikes in Gulf Arab states hosting US military bases, Bloomberg and CBS News have reported.
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[2026-06-07 10:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian interior minister Eskandar Momeni said that his Pakistani counterpart, Mohsin Naqvi, met him in Tehran and discussions covered border security, counterterrorism efforts and combating drug trafficking.
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[2026-06-07 10:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it carried out 22 attacks against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Saturday, targeting soldiers, tanks and military positions with attack drones, rocket barrages and artillery fire.
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[2026-06-07 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF struck and successfully killed a Hamas terrorist cell commander in the southern Gaza Strip overnight on Saturday, the military announced.
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[2026-06-07 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-06-07 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanon’s army commander is travelling to Pakistan, the Lebanese military says, as Islamabad continues its push to help end the US-Israel war on Iran.
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[2026-06-07 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEN. Panfilo Lacson warned over the weekend that people who participated in what he described as a “bogus” Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing Thursday, including former military personnel who provided testimonies and lawmakers who took part in the proceedings, could face legal consequences.
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[2026-06-07 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: 2026 is both a historic and record year for the province of Batangas and for the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).
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[2026-06-07 01:01 UTC+10:00] [Hebron (West Bank)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: A Palestinian infant was killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday when Israeli forces opened fire on a car in which the boy and several relatives were traveling, according to members of his family and local health officials.
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[2026-06-06 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A French national accused by Mali's military-led government of involvement in a plot to destabilize the country last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, in a case that has strained ties between Bamako and Paris.
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[2026-06-06 22:26 UTC+10:00] [Airports] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The U.S. said its forces intercepted several Iranian ballistic missiles aimed at Kuwait and Bahrein, which were fired after the American military shot down drones and targeted Iranian radar sites, in another escalation that threatens a shaky ceasefire in the region.
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[2026-06-06 21:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Three Lebanese soldiers, including two officers, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on their military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on the country's armed forces since the war began.
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[2026-06-06 21:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State broadcaster CCTV showed troops from the Fujian-based 73rd Army Group testing the new missiles in the Gobi Desert
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[2026-06-06 21:12 UTC+10:00] [HQ-16F] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State broadcaster CCTV showed troops from the Fujian-based 73rd Army Group testing the new missiles in the Gobi Desert
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[2026-06-06 20:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF said it is investigating an incident on Saturday in which the military struck a vehicle in the Tebnit area of southern Lebanon, which may have been carrying Lebanese military personnel.
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[2026-06-06 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Lebanese officers and one soldier were killed on Saturday in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road in south Lebanon, the Lebanese army said.
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