Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-07 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF struck Iranian regime terror infrastructure in Tehran and other areas across Iran, the military announced early on Tuesday.
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[2026-04-07 11:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: When the Ukraine war began over four years ago, North Korea only deepened its relations and defense cooperation with Moscow. Later into the conflict, it even sent thousands of troops to assist Russian military and security forces - and an undisclosed number of DPRK troops died or suffered wounds while fighting Ukraine.
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[2026-04-07 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.
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[2026-04-07 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian television reported the launch of a new wave of missiles toward southern Israel, as the Israeli military said it had detected the attack and was working to intercept incoming projectiles.
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[2026-04-07 10:08 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 92]
Source: 9News
Snippet: An Australian Army reservist accused of fighting for the Ukrainian military will face court in Adelaide today.He is the first person ever to be charged with breaching defence legislation, after he allegedly worked for a foreign military without authorisation.Federal police began investigating after the Department of Defence referred the 25-year-old man's case to the AFP.LIVE UPDATES: Trump says the Iranian people are pleading for him to 'please keep bombing'An army reservist will face court in Adelaide after he was charged
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[2026-04-07 08:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: This photo provided by Jen Rickling shows U.S. Army staff sergeant, Matthew Blank, left, and his wife, Annie Ramos, posing for a photo while celebrating their wedding, in March, 2026, in Houston. (Jen Rickling via AP)
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[2026-04-07 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump has set a Tuesday evening deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran facing severe consequences if it refuses. Trump’s messaging suggests the next phase of the conflict could shift toward strikes on power plants, bridges, and other critical infrastructure nationwide.
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[2026-04-07 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: A South Australian army reservist was arrested after he allegedly working for Ukrainian military without authorisation. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
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[2026-04-07 08:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: WASHINGTON — Lefty Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner, a Marine veteran who has positioned himself as a staunch anti-war candidate and critic of the US military campaign in Iran, once defended a Marine who urinated on a dead Taliban fighter, newly unearthed Reddit posts show.
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[2026-04-07 07:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Issue: The US military’s rescue of a missing crewman from a downed fighter jet in Iran.
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[2026-04-07 07:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: President Donald Trump has suggested the United States may be looking to charge a toll in the Strait of Hormuz after the war, a move that would likely require direct US military control over the strategic waterway.
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[2026-04-07 05:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: U.S. defense stocks showed signs of stabilizing in April after tumbling since Operation Epic Fury began in late February and sustaining a Mach bloodbath. The improvement followed Friday's White House proposal to lift military spending sharply, to roughly $1.5 trillion in 2027.
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[2026-04-07 05:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: America and Israel have dragged other nations into a war, against Iran. The ripple effects are strongly felt across the world. Energy security is affected to alarming levels. The entire annual operating budget of the United Nations stands at $3.45 billion for 2026- covering diplomacy, political missions, human rights monitoring and the institutional machinery designed to prevent conflict.In the first six days of the United States military campaign against Iran, Washington spent $11 billion, according to a Pentagon briefing.In less
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[2026-04-07 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: German males aged between 17 and 45 may need to seek approval for lengthy stays abroad, under changes introduced as part of a new law which introduced voluntary military service.
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[2026-04-07 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened an unspecified media outlet with jail time if it does not reveal the person who leaked information about a US military pilot who was missing in Iran.
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[2026-04-07 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sydney’s Victoria Barracks would be thrown open for homes, leisure, sporting and cultural events under concept plans intended to stir debate around a divisive proposal to sell off historic military sites.
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[2026-04-07 04:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: US intelligence believes China's military has been tasked to be prepared to invade Taiwan from 2027. (ABC News)
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[2026-04-07 04:33 UTC+10:00] [Cold War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — Germany is scrambling to clarify a controversial rule requiring that men aged 17 to 45 seek permission before leaving the country for more than three months, after the measure triggered a political backlash over the weekend.
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[2026-04-07 04:06 UTC+10:00] [War crimes] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beginning at noon on Tuesday, the IDF's Home Front Command will extend the time civilians have to reach shelter from the moment a siren sounds for rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon toward Israel, the military announced on Monday.
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[2026-04-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel's F-15s were the aircraft which assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's top military leaders. They, along with the F-16s and F-35s, also were part of the key thrust on February 28 which broke the Islamic regime's ability to launch what would have been devastating large-scale ballistic missile salvos at Israel, and have continued hunting the missile teams down ever since.
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[2026-04-07 03:51 UTC+10:00] [Hungary] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Claims explosives found near pipeline come before election in which PM Viktor Orbán is trailing in most polls
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[2026-04-07 02:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A high-ranking Sudanese military delegation met Libya's army chief in Tripoli on Sunday to enhance intelligence sharing and security co-ordination.
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[2026-04-07 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The newly passed death penalty for terrorists law will help prevent another attack like the October 7 massacre, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, defending the measure amid international condemnation and saying it would align Israel with US capital punishment policies.
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[2026-04-07 01:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli drones and fire from a military vehicle killed at least 10 people in an area close to the Maghazi camp in Gaza, according to reports by Al Jazeera from a source in Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
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[2026-04-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Over the long weekend, we reported that with traffic across the Hormuz strait continuing to rise, and reaching the highest since the war began, one particularly favorable development was Iran's permission for Iraqi ships to use the Strait. We also noted that this declaration had the potential to unleash as much as 3 million barrels a day of Iraqi oil cargoes.
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[2026-04-07 01:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli Air Force conducted a large-scale wave of strikes overnight on Sunday, targeting three airports across Tehran and aimed at wearing down the Iranian Air Force and the IRGC Air Force capabilities, the military said on Monday.
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[2026-04-07 01:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military reported that Israel’s southern city of Eilat was hit by drones coming from Yemen in a “coordinated attack” from Iran, Lebanon and Yemen, according to Israel’s Arutz Sheva media.
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[2026-04-07 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Ukrainian military reported that it has struck a Russian warship and a drilling rig in the Black Sea.
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[2026-04-07 00:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A new wave of Israeli strikes have hit three airports in Iran’s capital of Tehran, according to the Israeli military.
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[2026-04-06 23:39 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US congressman decried bets on when two crew members on the F-15 jet shot down by Iranian forces would be rescued
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[2026-04-06 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed two senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF) in separate strikes over the past day, the military confirmed on Monday.
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[2026-04-06 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday said it can confirm recent impacts of military strikes close to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, but said that the plant itself was not damaged.
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[2026-04-06 22:39 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-06 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military spokesperson Nadav Shoshani has claimed that the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard undercover unit in the Quds Force, Asghar Barkeri, has been assassinated by Israel.
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[2026-04-06 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: British police on Sunday arrested seven people at a protest near a military base in eastern England that the US military is believed to be using to attack Iran.
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[2026-04-06 22:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump on Sunday warned Tehran to "Open the Strait" and make a deal by the end of Tuesday, or the U.S. military would "blow everything up" and "take over the oil." Meanwhile, Iran rejected Trump's ultimatum to reopen the Hormuz chokepoint, saying it would only reopen the critical waterway once damage from the war is compensated.
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[2026-04-06 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon began his annual shareholder letter on Monday by tying the bank's legacy to the nation's history: "In 2026, America is celebrating its 250th anniversary. This year, we are also celebrating the 227th anniversary of JPMorgan Chase, which was founded in April 1799."
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[2026-04-06 20:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigerian troops have rescued 31 worshippers abducted during Easter services in Kaduna state, the military said, following an attack that left several people dead.
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[2026-04-06 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel has launched a series of deadly air strikes across Lebanon, as its military chief vowed to the intensify campaign against Hezbollah.
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[2026-04-06 20:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former PLA personnel say Iranian success in shooting down military aircraft boosts morale and shows it remains a threat to US and Israel
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[2026-04-06 20:13 UTC+10:00] [Gulf] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former PLA personnel say Iranian success in shooting down military aircraft boosts morale and shows it remains a threat to US and Israel
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[2026-04-06 20:10 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-06 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Explosives found at the weekend near the Serbian extension of the TurkStream pipeline, which delivers Russian gas to Hungary, were US-made, the head of Belgrade’s Military Security Agency (VBA), Duro Jovanic, has said.
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[2026-04-06 19:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Explosives found at the weekend near the Serbian extension of the TurkStream pipeline, which delivers Russian gas to Hungary, were US-made, the head of Belgrade’s Military Security Agency (VBA), Duro Jovanic, has said.
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[2026-04-06 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 26 people have been killed in three separate Easter attacks in northern Nigeria, according to the Nigerian military and local officials.
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[2026-04-06 19:17 UTC+10:00] [Elections] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Serbia’s top military brass said Ukraine was not behind an incident involving explosives near a gas pipeline with Hungary, in a rebuke to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who heavily implied Kyiv was involved.
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[2026-04-06 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US forces on Kuwait's Bubiyan island were targeted by Iran, the spokesperson of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a video statement shared by state media on Monday.
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[2026-04-06 16:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran executed a man named Ali Fahim convicted over an attempt to storm a military facility and access an armoury during unrest in January, state media said on Monday, after the Supreme Court upheld his sentence.
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[2026-04-06 15:46 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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