Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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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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[2026-07-19 07:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey (AP) — The U.S. military said on Saturday that two additional service members were killed as part of the war with Iran, bringing the total number of deaths to 16.
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[2026-07-19 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli artillery killed a Palestinian woman and wounded several other people after shelling a group in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood, Al Jazeera reported, citing a source in the ambulance and emergency service.
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[2026-07-19 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces opened 57 criminal investigations into the deaths of multiple Palestinian and Lebanese detainees in Israeli military custody but never indicted anybody, according to Haaretz. Seven of the cases reportedly relate to captives who suffered fatal gunshot wounds.
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[2026-07-19 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces opened 57 criminal investigations into the deaths of multiple Palestinian and Lebanese detainees in Israeli military custody but never indicted anybody, according to Haaretz. Seven of the cases reportedly relate to captives who suffered fatal gunshot wounds.
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[2026-07-19 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-07-19 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A merchant vessel and military forces have been involved in an incident about 100 nautical miles east of Duqm, Oman, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).
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[2026-07-19 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military says that two service members have been killed and four medically evacuated following an Iranian missile and drone attack in Jordan.
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[2026-07-19 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Three US service members have been killed after Iranian forces struck American military facilities in Jordan with ballistic missiles and kamikaze drones, the Pentagon has reported.
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[2026-07-19 03:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hit out at US President Donald Trump after the US military and Iran continued strikes on each other on Saturday.
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[2026-07-19 02:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Mali’s army says it has launched a counterattack after fighters linked to al-Qaeda and members of a separatist group ambushed soldiers in the volatile north.
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[2026-07-19 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensified.
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[2026-07-19 01:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran said on Saturday that it had suspended all of its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), accusing the United States of violating the agreement as military exchanges between the two countries continued.
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[2026-07-19 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Canadian military is preparing to evacuate 600 people from the remote Fort Hope, an indigenous community in northern Ontario
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[2026-07-19 01:05 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Canadian military is preparing to evacuate 600 people from the remote Fort Hope, an indigenous community in northern Ontario
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[2026-07-19 01:03 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Pete Hegseth announced that soldiers aged 30 and older in the US military will be screened for low testosterone
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[2026-07-19 00:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: The United States and Iran exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets on Saturday as an Iranian negotiator said Tehran had suspended its commitments under the interim deal with the U.S. — snapping another fragile thread as the war shows no end in sight.
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[2026-07-18 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A wildfire in Spain's northern municipality of Ores has burned more than 15,400 hectares, regional media says on July 18, 2026.
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[2026-07-18 23:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 21:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for numerous attacks on US military sites in Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain on Saturday morning, according to Iranian state media outlets.
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[2026-07-18 19:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel is advancing a plan to use crocodiles at its prisons, a policy promoted by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was voted into office on a promise to dramatically worsen conditions for Palestinians in Israeli jails.
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[2026-07-18 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. military said early Saturday it ended a seventh straight night of strikes against Iran, as Kuwait and Bahrain reported attacks by Iranian projectiles and commercial shipping continued to face disruptions.
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[2026-07-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is set to use a multibillion-euro antitrust fine imposed on Google to help ease pressure on the bloc’s budget after years of increased military spending and aid for Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 18:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU is set to use a multibillion-euro antitrust fine imposed on Google to help ease pressure on the bloc’s budget after years of increased military spending and aid for Ukraine.
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[2026-07-18 16:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli authorities have ordered the confiscation of 16.577 dunums (4.09 acres) of land in the village of Dura al-Qar', northeast of Ramallah and al-Bireh, for what they described as military purposes, Wafa reported.
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[2026-07-18 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned countries hosting US military forces to prepare for a "corresponding response", Iranian media reported.
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[2026-07-18 15:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Two soldiers and three civilians were injured after two motorcycle-riding suspects hurled a grenade at a military convoy in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday morning, police said.
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[2026-07-18 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 14:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Major General Mohsen Rezaee, a senior Iranian military adviser, has warned that if the US continues bombing Iran over the coming days, Tehran will launch “full-scale offensive operations”, according to state-controlled news agency IRIB.
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[2026-07-18 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has looted and destroyed three schools in southern Lebanon, Rima Karami, the country’s education and higher education minister, said in a statement carried by Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) on Friday.
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[2026-07-18 13:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Jordanian military has said its air defences downed 10 Iranian missiles that breached the country’s airspace early on Saturday morning.
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[2026-07-18 12:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has chosen not to extend its state of emergency over what it deemed threats posed by Beijing's hardline national security law in Hong Kong, US officials confirmed Friday.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Tehran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 12:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Several US service members were injured when Iranian attacks struck military facilities in Jordan earlier this week, CBS News reported on Friday, just as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes.
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[2026-07-18 11:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had photo sessions with participants in a women's association meeting and members of a construction and engineering military unit, the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy "unequivocally announces" that the Strait of Hormuz has become "highly perilous" and is now fully sealed off due to the "crimes of the US military", state broadcaster IRIB reported.
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[2026-07-18 10:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had photo sessions with participants in a women's association meeting and members of a construction and engineering military unit, the Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.
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[2026-07-18 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF detained several Israeli civilians on Friday for illegally crossing into Syrian territory, the military said, following a search operation.
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[2026-07-18 08:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States Army has launched a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, as a military adviser to the Iranian supreme leader warns of a full-scale offensive if US attacks continue.
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[2026-07-18 08:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Five explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in Yazd, in central Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported, after the US military announced a seventh night of strikes against the country.
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[2026-07-18 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran fired several ballistic missiles and drones towards Kuwait on Friday, Kuwait's military stated in an X/Twitter post citing Kuwaiti Defense Ministry Spokesperson Maj.-Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi.
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[2026-07-18 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" has shrunk its Gaza "recovery plan" from rebuilding territory to a temporary camp of "portable cabins" under Palestinian administration, police and a small international security force.
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[2026-07-18 06:52 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Central Command says attacks were designed to ‘continue degrading Iranian military capabilities’
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[2026-07-18 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel has built one of the most sophisticated national security systems in human history.
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[2026-07-18 05:23 UTC+10:00] [Defense and Military Forces] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: An Israeli strike killed at least seven people and injured a number of others in central Gaza on Friday, according to hospital officials, the latest in a surge in attacks in the territory.
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[2026-07-18 04:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military commander responsible for the occupied West Bank has praised illegal settler outposts as security assets, laying bare the state support behind a network instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
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[2026-07-18 04:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UN Security Council is expected to begin discussing options for an international security presence in southern Lebanon after the planned withdrawal of peacekeepers, but diplomats say deliberations are on hold pending the outcome of US-brokered talks between Israel and Beirut.
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[2026-07-18 03:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-18 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The IRGC Navy Command said on Friday that the movements and military equipment of US forces are “under the surveillance” of Iran’s naval units.
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[2026-07-18 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military commander responsible for the occupied West Bank has praised illegal settler outposts as security assets, laying bare the state support behind a network instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
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