Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-24 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Defence Secretary John Healey claimed on Monday that Iran fired two missiles at the joint UK-US Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean on Friday.
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[2026-03-24 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A military cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Monday in southwestern Colombia, causing an undetermined number of casualties, the country’s defense minister said.
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[2026-03-24 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States deployed drones to Nigeria to provide training and intelligence, a U.S. defense official said Monday, as the West African country’s military fights a multifaceted security crisis.
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[2026-03-24 01:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Israeli military on Monday struck a bridge linking southern Lebanon with the eastern Bekaa region, state media reported, after warning it would hit the crossing.
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[2026-03-24 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has said the military alliance "cannot confirm" Israel's claim that missiles allegedly targeting the UK-US base on Diego Garcia last week were fired by Iran.
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[2026-03-24 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iran has denied targeting a joint military base of the United States and the United Kingdom on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia with missiles, dismissing the claim as an “Israeli false flag” attack.
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[2026-03-23 23:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Pope Leo sharply criticised aerial bombardments on Monday, saying they are indiscriminate and should be banned, in his latest anti-war comments as the US-Israeli war on Iran enters its fourth week.
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[2026-03-23 23:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States and Iran had "productive" talks over a "complete" and "total" resolution of their war over the weekend, noting he ordered the postponement of threatened military strikes on Iranian power plants for five days.
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[2026-03-23 23:00 UTC+10:00] [AI] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Focus is on building sustained and scalable combat capability, defence minister tells legislature as procurement report is tabled
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[2026-03-23 22:38 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had given instructions to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants for five days, just hours ahead of a deadline that threatened further escalation in the conflict now in its fourth week.
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[2026-03-23 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would order the military to postpone strikes on Iran's power plants and energy infrastructure for five days following "productive" dialogue regarding "total resolution" of hostilities in the Middle East.
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[2026-03-23 22:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US Department of War has been ordered to temporarily suspend plans for military strikes on Iranian energy facilities, President Donald Trump announced on Monday following negotiations with Tehran.
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[2026-03-23 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.
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[2026-03-23 22:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US president says he has instructed the Pentagon to “postpone any and all” strikes on energy infrastructure, ‘subject to success’ of talks
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[2026-03-23 20:16 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-23 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has reportedly informed the family of an Israeli man who was killed yesterday in the northern community, Misgav Am, that he was hit by Israeli fire, and not by a Hezbollah attack.
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[2026-03-23 17:57 UTC+10:00] [National Security Law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Hong Kong must maintain high degree of vigilance given ‘complex and volatile geopolitical situation’, authorities say
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[2026-03-23 17:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nine in ten Israeli Jews support the war on Iran, a survey by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) has found.
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[2026-03-23 17:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's military threatened on Sunday to completely shut down the strategic Strait of Hormuz if US President Donald Trump acts on threats to target the country's power plants.
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[2026-03-23 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US military announced it has targeted a turbine engine production site in north-central Iran’s Qom province, saying that it was used for drone and aircraft components linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
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[2026-03-23 17:13 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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[2026-03-23 16:59 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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[2026-03-23 16:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Nearly 50 years after the Argentina’s 1976 coup that led to a repressive dictatorship, families are still searching for and burying the disappeared. Recently, relatives in northern Argentina laid to rest a young couple identified from a clandestine mass grave, showing both progress and limits in the search. (AP video shot by: Victor R.
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[2026-03-23 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Housing] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan plans to simplify the housebuilding process to tackle shortage of 400,000 homes
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[2026-03-23 14:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Diplomats and experts in Seoul warned that war in Ukraine is reshaping the global security landscape and raising new risks for the Korean Peninsula, as military ties deepen between Russia and North Korea, at a panel discussion Friday.
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[2026-03-23 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Libya’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Sadiq al-Ghariani called on Muslims to support Iran amid the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, warning that foreign military presence in Arab countries brings instability.
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[2026-03-23 13:04 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The US may need to "escalate" its attacks against Iran to be able to wind down the war, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump gave seemingly contradictory trajectories for the US military campaign.
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[2026-03-23 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s military said it is investigating whether its own fire may have killed an Israeli civilian near the Lebanese border, in an area where Hezbollah had claimed an attack.
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[2026-03-23 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall on Monday as investors weighed escalating tensions in the Middle East after the U.S. and Iran threatened to intensify military hostilities as the war entered its fourth week.
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[2026-03-23 10:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Tearful farewells played out across Southern California last week as thousands of Marines shipped out to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran.
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[2026-03-23 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said interceptors were launched in both cases of Iranian missile fire on Saturday but failed to stop the incoming attack.
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[2026-03-23 08:13 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
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[2026-03-23 06:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: President Donald Trump suggested he was mulling “winding down” military operations in the Middle East, even as the United States dispatched three extra amphibious assault ships and roughly 2,500 additional Marines to the area.
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[2026-03-23 06:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah says it launched a series of rocket, missile and drone attacks on northern Israel, including several targeting Israeli military facilities.
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[2026-03-23 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-03-23 04:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military said it was investigating whether its own fire killed an Israeli civilian near the Lebanese border on Sunday, after Hezbollah claimed an attack in the same area.
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[2026-03-23 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Iranian missiles have struck the towns of Arad and Dimona near an Israeli nuclear research centre in what Iran says was a response to an Israeli attack on its Natanz nuclear facility in Isfahan province.
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[2026-03-23 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air strike destroyed the Qasmiyeh Bridge over Lebanon's Litani River. The strike followed a warning issued by the Israeli military that it would destroy the bridge, along with other crossings spanning the Litani River in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/i6JK4kxgnq
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[2026-03-23 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Sunday.
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[2026-03-23 02:26 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-23 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – Military and political authorities in Iran are projecting a message that “victory” is near as war with the United States and Israel continues to escalate, and air strikes and assassination attempts are reported across the country.
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[2026-03-23 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: University polling and focus groups found sharpest increase in those worried about national security was cohort aged 18 to 24
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[2026-03-23 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: In a conflict over Taiwan or western Pacific, Beijing may overwhelm air defences through sheer numbers in a war of economic attrition
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[2026-03-23 00:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United Kingdom has slammed “reckless Iranian threats” after missiles targeted a joint United States-UK military base located on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
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[2026-03-22 23:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has claimed it killed a commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, along with two other group members in a strike in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-03-22 22:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Iran fired two missiles at the joint British-American Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean but they failed to reach their target, a U.K. minister said Sunday, confirming earlier reports of the number of projectiles.
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[2026-03-22 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that the military has been instructed to accelerate the demolition of Lebanese homes in "frontline villages".
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[2026-03-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: March 22, 2026 — 8:00pm
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[2026-03-22 20:00 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: China’s ambassador to Australia says the country’s military activity in the South China and Tasman Sea showed it could no longer be easily bullied by other big powers.
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[2026-03-22 19:33 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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