Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-20 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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[2026-07-20 15:02 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-20 14:58 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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[2026-07-20 14:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Russia launched one of its largest ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv, while Ukrainian drones carried out their deadliest strikes inside Russia in more than two years — stoking fears of wider escalation and further strains on oil supplies.
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[2026-07-20 14:13 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) -- Farnborough Airshow opens Monday with Boeing and Airbus pursuing aircraft deals and defense firms vying for a share of booming military budgets fuelled by wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
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[2026-07-20 13:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran targeted US allies Bahrain and Kuwait on Monday as the US military carried out a ninth consecutive night of strikes against the Islamic republic, including reported attacks on military sites linked to missile launches that killed two American servicemen.
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[2026-07-20 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The headlines of recent days have been filled with airstrikes, missile interceptions, and military communiqués. The United States has continued its campaign against Iranian military targets, Israel remains engaged on multiple fronts, and Hezbollah’s infrastructure in southern Lebanon is still being dismantled.
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[2026-07-20 12:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Central Command said it completed its ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran, claiming attacks on Iranian military coastal surveillance and air defence facilities.
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[2026-07-20 12:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Israel is preparing to receive more US refueling aircraft, an Israeli military official said Sunday, as attacks launched by the US and Iran have escalated over the past week.
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[2026-07-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Former US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has called on Washington to withdraw its forces and abandon its bases in the Middle East, arguing that months of military confrontation have demonstrated Iran’s strengthened regional position and warning that further escalation would damage both the US and the global economy.
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[2026-07-20 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Former US counterterrorism chief Joe Kent has called on Washington to withdraw its forces from the Middle East and abandon its bases, arguing that months of military confrontation have demonstrated Iran’s strengthened regional position and warning that further escalation would damage both the US and global economy.
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[2026-07-20 11:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Oil prices rose Monday after as continued conflict between the United States and Iran heightened concerns over disruptions to energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, following another round of U.S. strikes and American military casualties.
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[2026-07-20 10:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military began a ninth consecutive night of strikes against Iran on Sunday, extending a campaign aimed at destroying Tehran's ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-20 10:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 20 Jul 2026 at 10:40am
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[2026-07-20 07:36 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The military has placed its troops in Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur on heightened alert following two separate grenade attacks as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) classified 27 areas in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under the red category ahead of the region’s first parliamentary elections on Sept.
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[2026-07-20 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has brushed aside Democratic lawmakers’ calls to end the war with Iran after two US service members were killed in a missile strike on a military base in the Middle East. The Republican appeared to downplay the extent of the casualties in the conflict, suggesting that the death tolls suffered by the US military during the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars were far higher.
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[2026-07-20 06:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has brushed aside Democratic lawmakers’ calls to end the war with Iran after four US service members were killed in a missile strike on a military base in the Middle East. The Republican appeared to downplay the extent of the casualties in the conflict, suggesting that the death tolls suffered by the US military during the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars were far higher.
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[2026-07-20 06:16 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: US military says service member was killed in Iraq during ‘controlled detonation’ as it launches more airstrikes at Iran
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[2026-07-20 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iranian attacks damaged a power generation and water desalination complex in Kuwait and triggered air defences in Jordan and Bahrain on Sunday, hours after the US carried out an eighth consecutive night of military strikes on Iran.
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[2026-07-20 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia overnight and into early Sunday morning unleashed what Ukrainian officials have described as its largest barrage of ballistic missiles focused on Kiev of the war.
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[2026-07-20 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States launched new airstrikes Saturday to "punish" Iran after reporting the first US military deaths since renewing its hostilities with the Islamic republic.
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[2026-07-20 01:17 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Iran has been increasingly targeting Jordan with attacks like the one on Friday that killed two U.S. servicemen. The reason, analysts said, is because Jordan has been playing a more central role in U.S. military operations against Iran.
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[2026-07-20 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is concerned that the Iranian military is growing increasingly effective at penetrating its air defenses in the Middle East, several media outlets have reported, citing anonymous officials. It comes off the back of a deadly missile and drone strike on a military base in Jordan on Friday, which left two American service members killed and another one missing, according to the Pentagon.
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[2026-07-20 00:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US is concerned that the Iranian military is growing increasingly effective at penetrating its air defenses in the Middle East, several media outlets have reported, citing anonymous officials. It comes off the back of a deadly missile and drone strike on a military base in Jordan on Friday, which left two American service members killed and another one missing, according to the Pentagon.
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[2026-07-20 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Social activist and IDF reservist Omri Ronen will not be allowed to return to service in the military, Defense Minister Israel Katz said in an X/Twitter post on Sunday.
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[2026-07-20 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-19 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Critical infrastructure in Kuwait was a “relatively attractive target” for Iran as it sought to escalate without risking a larger response from its Gulf neighbors, international relations expert Dr. Arman Mahmoudian, a research fellow at the University of South Florida’s Global and National Security Institute, explained to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
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[2026-07-19 22:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As the hours pass and more American forces arrive in the Middle East, coordination between the IDF and US military will naturally tighten, “with the goal of shortening the time it takes to move from routine to emergency readiness,” a senior security official said on Sunday.
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[2026-07-19 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Italy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Almost all of the sandy stretches on the country’s 8,000km of coastline are run for profit. Now ‘free beach’ campaigners are fighting back against the mafia, the military and those profiteering from sun loungers and cocktails
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[2026-07-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: France is the only nuclear power in the 27-member EU, while Germany plans to build Europe’s strongest conventional military by 2039
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[2026-07-19 20:32 UTC+10:00] [Friedrich Merz] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: France is the only nuclear power in the 27-member EU, while Germany plans to build Europe’s strongest conventional military by 2039
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[2026-07-19 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States completed an eighth consecutive night of attacks against Iran on Sunday, targeting military buildings and civilian infrastructure across the country's south.
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Nationally leading resource reserves’ make the province indispensable to Beijing’s push for ‘defence industry mobilisation’, report says
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[2026-07-19 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘Nationally leading resource reserves’ make the province indispensable to Beijing’s push for ‘defence industry mobilisation’, report says
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[2026-07-19 18:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Sirens blare in Kuwait as military says air defences intercept Iranian missiles, drones
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[2026-07-19 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: A Malian army convoy leaving the strategic northern town of Anefis was attacked on Saturday morning by Tuareg separatists, military and security officials said.
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[2026-07-19 16:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF closed the area surrounding the Gaza Strip to all non-residents on Sunday morning, ahead of a planned march into Gaza by the Nahala movement at 5:00 p.m.
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[2026-07-19 15:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military has declared the entire Gaza periphery region a closed military zone, ahead of a march planned by a right-wing group that seeks to reestablish Israeli settlements inside the territory, Israeli media reported.
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[2026-07-19 15:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trip marks first time entire legislature has travelled to capital for study trip, with itinerary including seminars on national security and other topics
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[2026-07-19 15:05 UTC+10:00] [scmp] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Trip marks first time entire legislature has travelled to capital for study trip, with itinerary including seminars on national security and other topics
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[2026-07-19 14:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A top Iranian military commander, Major-General Ali Abdullahi, warned that “any aggression or barbarism will be met with a decisive and devastating response” from the country’s armed forces, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-07-19 14:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military said Sunday that it launched new strikes on Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for an attack that killed two American service members and left one missing and four requiring hospitalisation.
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[2026-07-19 14:14 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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[2026-07-19 13:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified. The U.S. Central Command said early Saturday that its seventh straight night of strikes had hit “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities.”
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[2026-07-19 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a leading pro-Israel lobbying group in the United States, has stopped accepting campaign contributions for 15 House Democrats it had previously endorsed, after they voted this week for an amendment to cut off all US military aid to Israel, media reports said.
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[2026-07-19 12:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Likud minister Yuli Edelstein issued his criticism of Israel’s ruling party over legislation that would exempt many ultra-Orthodox men from military service in an interview with 103FM on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-19 12:16 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI-generated and may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Report issues here.
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[2026-07-19 10:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — The United States launched new airstrikes Saturday to "punish" Iran after reporting the first US military deaths since renewing its hostilities with the Islamic republic.
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[2026-07-19 10:06 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The United States launched new strikes against Iran, Central Command said, after it earlier announced that two US military personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing following an Iranian attack.
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[2026-07-19 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Brent crude futures jumped a little more than 4% to nearly $88 a barrel, putting the crude oil benchmark on track for its biggest weekly gain since April. That move followed an Axios report that said the Trump administration had notified Israel it was deploying additional aerial assets to the region, signaling the US military could expand strikes on Iran as soon as this weekend.
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