Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-03-19 00:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Andrie Yunus, from KontraS, is a promiment human rights activist in Indonesia. (Supplied)
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[2026-03-19 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, with President Donald Trump, reacts as she was speaking to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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[2026-03-18 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Turkish government has tightened controls on the transit and re-export of military equipment and defence-related items to third countries through Turkey under a new regulation introduced on Monday.
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[2026-03-18 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Turkish government has tightened controls on the transit and re-export of military equipment and defence-related items to third countries through Turkey under a new regulation introduced on Monday.
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[2026-03-18 23:22 UTC+10:00] [Anxun Information Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The PLA delegation will travel to Brussels next week, where the Ukraine war remains a major barrier to better relations with Beijing
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[2026-03-18 23:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany’s foreign minister says political change in Iran cannot be imposed through external military force.
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[2026-03-18 22:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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[2026-03-18 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: As United States President Donald Trump tries to build a coalition of navies willing to open the Strait of Hormuz, some countries are negotiating safe passage directly with Iran, underscoring a new de facto reality, analysts say: Regardless of military results, Tehran is calling the shots on who gets to use the world’s most important energy waterway.
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[2026-03-18 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: One person was killed and another injured in a shooting on Tuesday evening at a US Air Force Base in New Mexico, according to military officials cited by AP.
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[2026-03-18 21:22 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-18 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JAKARTA — The Indonesian military detained four soldiers on Wednesday suspected of links to an acid attack that maimed a rights activist critical of the growing role of the armed forces, an official said.
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[2026-03-18 20:00 UTC+10:00] [AVIC] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Yang Wei has not appeared in public for more than a year, and it comes amid an anti-corruption campaign in the defence sector
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[2026-03-18 19:25 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-03-18 19:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-18 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hamas on Wednesday condemned the “treacherous” Israeli strike on Tehran that killed Iran's national security chief Ali Larijani, his son and several others.
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[2026-03-18 16:36 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-03-18 16:35 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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[2026-03-18 16:08 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Aircraft carrier has been participating in strikes on Iran, after previously taking part in the operation to seize Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro
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[2026-03-18 14:15 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Prime minister says no Australian personnel were injured and maintains Australia is not at war with Iran
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[2026-03-18 13:58 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ali Larijhani killed in an Israeli strike; Israeli military calls for evacuations in central Beirut, warning of an imminent attack on Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah
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[2026-03-18 12:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 200 Ukrainian military experts are in the Gulf region and wider Middle East helping governments in their defence against Iran’s drone attacks, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
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[2026-03-18 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US military dropped 5,000-pound bunker buster bombs on underground Iranian missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, according to authorities.
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[2026-03-18 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A shooting at a U.S. Air Force base in New Mexico on Tuesday has left one person dead and another wounded, according to military officials.
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[2026-03-18 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian officials said Ali Larijani was killed in an Israeli attack along with his son, Morteza, and one of his aides, according to state media and the Supreme National Security Council.
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[2026-03-18 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Taipei, Taiwan – As thousands of Chinese government officials gathered in Beijing for China’s annual legislative meetings known as the “two sessions” this month, at least a dozen active and retired military officers were absent from the proceedings.
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[2026-03-18 12:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US had been informed by most of its NATO allies that they did not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a "very foolish mistake."
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[2026-03-18 11:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States no longer needs naval assistance from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, South Korea, Japan or Australia to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, citing "military success" in ongoing operations against Iran.
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[2026-03-18 11:04 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, had a reputation for being able to bridge the country’s hard-line military elements and more moderate political factions. His killing in an Israeli airstrike could open the way for Iran’s military to tighten its grip over the ruling system, analysts say.
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[2026-03-18 10:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States military said Tuesday that it targeted sites along Iran's coastline near the Strait of Hormuz with "multiple 5,000-pound deep penetrator munitions".
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[2026-03-18 09:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An unmarked airplane was spotted in Fresno this past weekend circling the city’s airport, at least the third such incident in a string of unusual appearances in the state of military-level aircraft.
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[2026-03-18 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ali Larijani, the influential head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been killed in US-Israeli strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced.
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[2026-03-18 08:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Supreme National Security Council on Tuesday confirmed the death of its chief Ali Larijani, after Israel said it had killed him in an air strike.
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[2026-03-18 08:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has sharply criticized other NATO nations’ unwillingness to join the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, denouncing the bloc as a “one-way street” that America has never really needed.
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[2026-03-18 07:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolas Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bogota, Colombia – Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that 27 charred bodies were discovered on his country’s joint border with Ecuador, just one day after suggesting the Ecuadorean military may have bombed Colombian territory.
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[2026-03-18 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's military hit ten Basij force posts across Tehran in recent hours, the military said on Tuesday.
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[2026-03-18 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In recent days, Western media coverage of the Middle East has shifted dramatically. Outlets that previously framed conflicts through a US- and UK-centric lens are now reporting more directly on Iran’s attacks on Israeli and US security positions. This change reflects not only evolving realities on the ground but also deeper dynamics in the global political economy, where military action, economic power, and media narratives are closely intertwined.
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[2026-03-18 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The entrance to Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton is seen on Sept. 22, 2015, in Oceanside, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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[2026-03-18 05:11 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Israel claims it has killed the influential Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani in overnight strikes. If confirmed, Larijani’s death would represent a devastating blow to the regime, and the most senior official to die since Ali Khamenei’s death. Lucy Hough speaks to deputy head of international news, Devika Bhat.
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[2026-03-18 05:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States military has confirmed that at least 157 people have been killed in lethal strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off Latin America, described as a campaign of extrajudicial killings by legal experts.
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[2026-03-18 04:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Tuesday said it was not realistic to expect controlled regime change in Iran and said the war could not have a military solution.
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[2026-03-18 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mozambique’s military is under scrutiny after troops reportedly opened fire on fishermen in the country’s conflict-hit north, killing at least 13 people. The incident happened over the weekend off the coast of Mocímboa da Praia in Cabo Delgado province, an area where security forces are battling an Islamic State-linked insurgency.
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[2026-03-18 03:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that US forces "no longer need" military help in the Iran war, after his calls for assistance from allies to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic were largely rebuffed.
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[2026-03-18 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has lashed out at Israel after it claimed to have killed Iran’s powerful national security chief Ali Larijani, denouncing its targeting of Tehran’s leaders as “illegal”.
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[2026-03-18 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MOJTABA Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, has given three conditions for Tehran’s war with the United States and Israel to end: first, the dismantlement of all US military bases in the Gulf; second, the assurance that there will be no more US aggression against Iran; and third, a payment of $500 billion by the US to Iran as war reparations.
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[2026-03-18 03:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TOKYO — Since returning to office last year, United States President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader Nicolás Maduro. And he has joined Israel in a large-scale assault on Iran that amounts to a major escalation from last year’s strikes, which supposedly “obliterated” the country’s nuclear facilities.
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[2026-03-18 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nations human rights office says as the Israeli military pummels its northern neighbour as part of the wider war engulfing the Middle East.
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[2026-03-18 01:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, the country's military is reporting.
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[2026-03-18 01:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s army has said its air defences are working to intercept incoming missiles fired from Iran.
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[2026-03-18 00:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: S.H. Kim of South Korea walks to the 17th tee during the first round of The Players Championship golf tournament Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Ponte Bedra Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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