Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-04 09:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In war, economic consequences often follow a logic distinct from military objectives. The unprovoked and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran that began on 28 February is a striking case study.
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[2026-04-04 07:52 UTC+10:00] [Africa] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The second crew member’s fate is unknown.
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[2026-04-04 07:08 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: A file picture of a US F-15 Strike Eagle fighter jet, the same type of aircraft claimed by Iranian state media to have been shot down. Source: Getty / Dan Kitwood
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[2026-04-04 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF destroyed a rocket launcher used in a large rocket salvo fired towards Haifa, Nahariya, and the Galilee area on Friday, the military said.
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[2026-04-04 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-04-04 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Iranian military has shot down a US F-35 fight jet over its territory, local media outlets, including the Tasnim news agency, have claimed. American officials confirmed the loss of an F-15 jet and claimed that one pilot has been rescued.
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[2026-04-04 06:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The missing US fighter pilot shot down over Iran Friday has an edge over enemies because the search-and-rescue mission is unfolding at night, military experts said.
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[2026-04-04 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJMedia.ocm,
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[2026-04-04 05:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF completed several strikes against Iranian regime targets, including air defenses and weapons facilities, on Friday, the military announced on Saturday.
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[2026-04-04 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: US military search and rescue aircraft were spotted flying low over Iran on Friday after an American fighter jet was shot down by the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-04-04 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US President Donald Trump is asking Congress to boost military spending to $1.5 trillion for 2027, the largest such request in decades, while demanding cuts to domestic spending on social programs, AP reported Friday.
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[2026-04-04 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The attack has left local residents, first responders and families of the victims in a state of shock, fear and trauma, especially amid persistent threats of further strikes and escalation. Hospitals and emergency services in and around the Tehran–Karaj corridor have faced a sudden influx of wounded people, placing additional strain on an already overstretched health‑care system.
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[2026-04-04 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: More than a month into the joint US-Israeli war on Iran, the Iranian military is still in possession of about half of its missile launchers and half of its suicide drones, a US intelligence assessment said, first reported by CNN on Thursday.
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[2026-04-04 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: In war, economic consequences often follow a logic distinct from military objectives. The unprovoked and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran that began on 28 February is a striking case study.
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[2026-04-04 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States President Donald Trump has asked for a nearly 40 percent increase in military spending over last year in his annual budget request, which totals $1.5 trillion.
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[2026-04-04 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s FSB security service said Friday that it thwarted a Ukrainian plot to assassinate a high-ranking security official in Moscow, which allegedly used “similar tactics” to the December 2024 assassination of the head of the Russian military’s chemical weapons unit.
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[2026-04-04 01:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israel’s military has threatened to destroy more bridges in southern Lebanon in what observers say is an attempt to cut the area off from the rest of the country as Israeli forces press forward with a devastating ground invasion.
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[2026-04-04 01:28 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-04 00:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Pentagon shake-up under Trump has not ended, as on Thursday Pete Hegseth has dismissed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, asking him to step down into early retirement.
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[2026-04-04 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nearly four years after seizing power, Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traoré is calling on citizens to abandon democratic ideals.
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[2026-04-03 22:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nearly four years after seizing power, Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traoré is calling on citizens to abandon democratic ideals.
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[2026-04-03 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore, says that people need to “forget” about democracy, just three months after his government dissolved all political parties in the West African nation.
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[2026-04-03 21:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 100 United States-based international law experts have signed an open letter condemning US and Israeli military strikes on Iran as a violation of the United Nations Charter and potentially amounting to “war crimes”.
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[2026-04-03 21:18 UTC+10:00] [Burkina Faso] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’
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[2026-04-03 21:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF has admitted that its goal of disarming Hezbollah in Lebanon is unrealistic, as it would require the military to launch a full-scale invasion of Lebanon, which it will not do, The Jerusalem Post learned on Friday morning.
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[2026-04-03 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo plans to introduce loitering munitions with a range of more than 1,000km, according to Japanese media reports citing official sources
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[2026-04-03 20:26 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lebanon’s health ministry said on Thursday that 1,345 people have been killed and 4,040 wounded since the war began, including 125 children
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[2026-04-03 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: NATO members are not legally required to join another member’s military operation that isn’t formally sanctioned by the alliance or aimed at protecting the membership’s homelands.
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[2026-04-03 19:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Around half of Iran’s missile launchers and kamikaze drones remain intact despite a month of US-Israeli strikes, CNN reports, citing a military intelligence assessment.
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[2026-04-03 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Medical personnel and Sri Lanka Navy sailors provide emergency treatment to an injured Iranian crew member rescued after responding to a distress call from the Iranian military ship IRIS Dena, torpedoed by a U.S. Navy submarine while in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, on March 4. © Reuters
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[2026-04-03 18:22 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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[2026-04-03 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: State media said the bridge, located near Karaj west of Tehran, was hit while people were under the structure and along the riverbank. Witness videos shared online showed smoke rising around the bridge and several explosions as people ran for cover. The attack matters because it appears to have struck a civilian infrastructure site during a public holiday, adding to concern over the widening human cost of the war.
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[2026-04-03 17:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Sky News
Snippet: The army general, who led the country since a 2021 coup against the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ms Suu Kyi, consolidated his power as head of a civilian regime.
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[2026-04-03 17:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Parliament chairman Aung Lin Dwe, center, arrives for a session of Union Parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)
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[2026-04-03 17:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Myanmar's military representatives in parliament and other lawmakers arrive for a session of the assembly in the capital, Naypyidaw, on April 3 to elect the new president. © AP
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[2026-04-03 17:13 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Iranian foreign minister criticises security council vote on military protection for shipping in the strait a ‘provocative action’
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[2026-04-03 17:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Myanmar’s coup leader has won a parliamentary vote to become the country’s president, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five years after he ousted an elected government.
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[2026-04-03 17:02 UTC+10:00] [Asia Pacific] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-03 15:38 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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[2026-04-03 14:09 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-03 13:12 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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[2026-04-03 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations, citing the Second Amendment and recent shootings at bases across the country.
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[2026-04-03 11:49 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Defense secretary signs memo letting members request permission to carry firearms on military installations
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[2026-04-03 10:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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[2026-04-03 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has given a "field guidance" at the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations under construction, honoring the North's fallen soldiers who were killed in support of Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said Friday.
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[2026-04-03 08:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthi group said it carried out a military operation using a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting what it described as “vital Israeli” sites.
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[2026-04-03 08:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A coalition of 40 nations on Thursday huddled on how to meet President Trump’s demand to reclaim the Strait of Hormuz — and opened the door to military escorts if Iran eases off ambushing commercial ships.
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[2026-04-03 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump has told the nation in a televised speech that the US military has nearly completed its goals in the Iran war.
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[2026-04-03 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The world is unsettled now. Whether it is the street protests in the United States or the strategic waterways of the Middle East, the meeting point of mass dissent, geopolitical ambition, and military brinkmanship is reshaping the global order. It may prove irreversible.
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[2026-04-03 05:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A few days ago, according to a leaked exchange, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told an Iranian military counterpart that their nation’s economy will face collapse in three more weeks without an immediate cease-fire.
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