Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-09-03 23:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir will unveil a plan on Thursday to "encourage voluntary emigration from Gaza", making it a central plank of his election campaign and a key demand for joining any future coalition.
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[2026-09-03 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: VENICE, Italy — Martin McDonagh had written a few versions of his new film “Wild Horse Nine,” which receives its world premiere on Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, before he homed in on the CIA and the 1973 military coup in Chile.
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[2026-09-03 22:36 UTC+10:00] [Cities] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Police and military patrols arrested a man at Brussels’ Gare du Midi after customs officers found a Kalashnikov rifle in his bag during a security check, according to Belgian media.
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[2026-09-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA focuses largely on support functions while offensive combat uses are exploratory, says paper that drew heavily on US military analysis
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[2026-09-03 22:00 UTC+10:00] [State Council] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PLA focuses largely on support functions while offensive combat uses are exploratory, says paper that drew heavily on US military analysis
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[2026-09-03 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s security forces killed 15 militants attempting to cross into the country from neighboring Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, a sign of continuing tensions along the border.
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[2026-09-03 19:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran will decide whether vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Ebrahim Azizi, chairman of parliament’s National Security Commission.
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[2026-09-03 19:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: King Abdullah II of Jordan has appointed a new head of the military, bringing in a younger officer as the kingdom remains under Iranian aerial attack.
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[2026-09-03 18:19 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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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Foreign weapons, military technology, fighters and logistical networks are helping sustain Sudan's conflict and expanding the warring parties' ability to strike deep into civilian areas, a United Nations fact-finding mission said in a report published on Thursday, warning that some attacks may amount to war crimes.
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[2026-09-03 18:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has warned the United States that it would respond forcefully to an Israeli offensive on a mountainous ridge in southern Lebanon where Iranian military personnel are holed up alongside Hezbollah terrorists, three officials briefed on the message told Reuters.
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[2026-09-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say
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[2026-09-03 18:00 UTC+10:00] [Korean peninsula] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A proposed dispatch of specialist troops signals Washington’s focus is expanding beyond the Korean peninsula, experts say
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[2026-09-03 17:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-09-03 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Norway’s, left, and NATO’s flags are seen during a military exercise ‘Iron Wolf 2025-I’ at the Gaiziunai Training Area, Lithuania, on May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
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[2026-09-03 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by US military analysts released a small satellite hundreds of miles above Earth in an orbital region crowded with commercial and military satellites. The object then looped around another Chinese satellite before returning towards the spaceplane, according to US space-tracking firm LeoLabs.
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[2026-09-03 16:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Officials in the Trump administration have once again begun speaking openly in recent days about the possibility that military and economic pressure on Iran could ultimately lead to an internal uprising or even the fall of the regime.
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[2026-09-03 16:12 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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[2026-09-03 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military is extending deployments across the Middle East as the Trump administration prepares for the possibility that its conflict with Iran could continue well into 2027, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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[2026-09-03 15:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: In today's episode of Trending Middle East, Kuwait says its air defences are repelling what its military called a “heinous Iranian aggression”, involving hostile missile and drone attacks. It comes as Tehran escalates its attacks on other countries across the region.
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[2026-09-03 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- A top South Korean military official has underscored the need for deeper cooperation in joint operational readiness among Indo-Pacific nations, highlighting Seoul's role as a key security partner in the region.
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[2026-09-03 14:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-09-03 13:49 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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[2026-09-03 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Pentagon has restricted access to decades of classified military documents on an internal computer system, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, days after the newspaper reported that senior US commanders had raised concerns about sustaining large-scale military operations against Iran.
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[2026-09-03 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold a ceremony to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the founding of its armed forces at the runway of the military headquarters of Gyeryongdae next month, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will introduce new accident and indemnity health insurance for active-duty and discharged conscripts, in an effort to expand state support for young men serving mandatory military service, the defense ministry said Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 11:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with comments on military academies in paras 7-9)By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-09-03 10:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: White House envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with the UAE's national security adviser to discuss the next steps on Iran, according to Axios.
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[2026-09-03 09:55 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: Australia and the US flagged further acceleration of America’s military presence in Australia following a meeting between the countries’ defence ministers – though they stopped short of saying it could mean more US troops stationed in Australia.
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[2026-09-03 07:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: United States Senator Thom Tillis has called on President Donald Trump to fire Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth for creating a “leadership void” within the military amid the ongoing war with Iran.
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[2026-09-03 07:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army have announced on Wednesday that troops will take part in a military exercise in the northern occupied West Bank area on Thursday.
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[2026-09-03 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Nearly half of Americans believe their country's military operations and surveillance infrastructure that followed the 11 September 2001 attacks have been "worth it", according to a YouGov poll published on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 06:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Earlier this week, Daniel Driscoll, the secretary of the United States Army, resigned from his post after he reportedly tried to directly appeal to US President Donald Trump about how changes in the military’s leadership were having an impact on the institution’s readiness for war.
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[2026-09-03 05:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Gadi Eisenkot presents himself as one of the most serious and honest figures in Israeli politics. His record of military and public service gives him credibility on the questions that will determine Israel’s future: security, the Palestinians, and the character of the State of Israel.
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[2026-09-03 05:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has deleted an AI-generated video showing Palestinian prisoners being systematically starved, after it sparked outrage and comparisons to Nazi concentration camps.
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[2026-09-03 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The recent purges of Zhong Shaojun, Xi Jinping's "spy" within the military, and Gen. Zhang Youxia, pictured, are the latest examples of Xi's determination to take full control of the PLA ahead of the Communist Party's national congress in 2027. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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[2026-09-03 03:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) commander in an elite IDF unit left the military after senior Shas party rabbi Rabbi Avraham Salim ordered him to do so, according to a KAN News report on Tuesday.
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[2026-09-03 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: New reports emerged late Tuesday during the US cash session that the US military had struck targets inside Iran. If confirmed, the operation would mark a rare instance of US strikes occurring during regular market hours. Market(ing) tactics aside, the now six-month military campaign against Iran has also exposed a critical operational vulnerability: the US military is facing an alarming shortage of advanced missiles and interceptors.
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[2026-09-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF destroyed a terror tunnel in the Gaza Strip, the military said on Wednesday, noting that Israeli soldiers have demolished 26 kilometers of such tunnels east of the Yellow Line since the ceasefire with Hamas began.
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[2026-09-03 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IRGC’s decision to target American bases, assets and allies, barring Israel, is part of a strategy to see the US knocked out of the region before any renewed war with Israel, military historian and analyst Tom Cooper told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.
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[2026-09-03 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HONG KONG — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty to foreign collusion on Wednesday in a second national security trial against him that could see him jailed for life, Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalists in court heard.
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[2026-09-03 01:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A federal judge had no authority to overturn former US Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces captured him and held him for nearly five years, an appeals court has ruled.
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[2026-09-03 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The clearest picture of what China is offering Egypt during Xi Jinping's state visit this week is visible not at the meetings in central Cairo but at Egyptian airbases, where Chinese jet fighters, aerial tankers, radar planes and helicopters have been operating for the past 10 days.
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[2026-09-03 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Egypt for the first time in a decade, as Cairo looks to foster deeper economic and military ties with Beijing while maintaining its long-standing relationship with Washington.
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[2026-09-03 00:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A group of peers is calling for the British government to be able to deactivate powerful AI systems and switch off the country's data centres in the event of the tech posing a threat to national security.
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[2026-09-03 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to continue efforts to disarm Hamas during a visit to a military outpost in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday alongside IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir.
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[2026-09-02 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge had no authority to overturn former U.S. Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl’s military conviction for deserting his post in Afghanistan before Taliban-allied forces abducted him and held him captive for nearly five years, an appeals court has ruled.
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[2026-09-02 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo plans to send retired destroyers to Manila and Jakarta, but it may not demand alignment against China as part of deal
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[2026-09-02 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Tokyo plans to send retired destroyers to Manila and Jakarta, but it may not demand alignment against China as part of deal
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[2026-09-02 21:48 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Shore leave comes after reports of deterioriating living conditions on board the vessel during record stint
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