Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2025-12-06 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Europe is facing potential “civilizational erasure” as the continent’s policymakers encourage censorship, crack down on political opponents, and turn a blind eye to mass immigration, the new National Security Strategy released by the administration of US President Donald Trump warns.
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[2025-12-06 01:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: State television report showing operation in war-torn city airs soon after Taiwanese leader proposed extra US$40 billion in defence spending
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[2025-12-05 22:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Type 075 amphibious attack ship triggers concern in Canberra after Chinese navy’s unprecedented circumnavigation of Australia this year
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[2025-12-05 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts said an alleged plot by retired generals to oust President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr appears inspired by 2001’s EDSA Dos uprising
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[2025-12-05 20:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-05 19:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While Indo-Pacific features prominently in the document, the western hemisphere and domestic security are top White House concerns
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[2025-12-05 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The United States military said it killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, part of a campaign that has killed at least 87 people.
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[2025-12-05 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: At Aero Asia in Zhuhai, developer says it put high-altitude drone with missiles through live-fire target tests above 4,000 metres
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[2025-12-05 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The election is an opportunity for the city to display maturity in the face of loss and prove civic participation can coexist with national security and solidarity
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[2025-12-05 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Transport, Highways, and Urban Development Minister Bimal Rathnayake held discussions at the Army Headquarters on Wednesday to secure military assistance to restore railway lines destroyed by the recent disaster conditions.
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[2025-12-05 01:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Lawsuit alleges the new policy violates free speech and limits access to vital military information. Dozens of outlets have rejected the terms
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[2025-12-04 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Spat began when Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi suggested potential military intervention in Taiwan Strait, leading Beijing to issue a travel warning
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[2025-12-04 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Phone call occurred amid a massive US military build-up in the region and deadly strikes on alleged drug vessels
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[2025-12-04 10:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US, Mexico and Canada encouraged at US trade hearing to oversee ‘pragmatic and specific plan’ to strengthen economic rules against China
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[2025-12-04 07:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Lebanon and Israel, for the first time, sent civilian representatives to a meeting of a previously military-only ceasefire monitoring mechanism.
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[2025-12-04 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Office for Safeguarding National Security condemns ‘small clique of external hostile forces’ for ‘stirring up trouble and taking advantage of the chaos’
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[2025-12-04 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After decades within the confines of the first island chain, the PLA Navy is unveiling a succession of game-changing advances
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[2025-12-03 23:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Tensions are running high in Hong Kong over last week's massive apartment fire in the city's Tai Po district. The blaze killed at least 156 people, with the death toll expected to grow as authorities continue to comb through the burned-out buildings.
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[2025-12-03 20:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has nominated the country's former top general, who he forced out in October, as the new minister of defense.
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[2025-12-03 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: In the first AI in Practice report: Complete rethink of business models needed to realise benefits; Robots promise to take the grunt work out of lab experiments; Professional services firms in search of competitive edge and military chiefs aim to reshape the battlefield
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[2025-12-03 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Financial Times
Snippet: PublishedDecember 3 2025
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[2025-12-03 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Effective in January, latest revisions come amid Beijing’s anti-corruption campaign that has led to recent downfall of several top generals
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[2025-12-03 02:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te last week outlined a plan to invest an additional $40 billion (around €34.4 billion) in a special defense budget for the next eight years to develop an advanced defense system to counter China.
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[2025-12-02 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Chinese and foreign military cadets test bomb disposal robot using voice commands and discuss ethical boundaries of AI in war: state media
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[2025-12-02 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The incident comes at a time of heightened tension after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi angered Beijing with her comments on Taiwan
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[2025-12-02 16:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2025-12-02 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: US military operation on September 2 killed 11 people, including those who survived the initial strike, raising accusations of a possible war crime
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[2025-12-02 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A vessel believed to be the Sichuan, a key asset for potential amphibious operations against Taiwan, departs Shanghai shipyard
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[2025-12-02 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Japan’s possible sale of Type 03 missiles to Manila comes as Tokyo moves to loosen arms-export rules, raising fresh concerns in China
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[2025-12-01 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: د رويټرز خبري آژانس په حواله په افغانستان کې دغو بریتانوي ځواکونو د خپلې قوماندانۍ د سلسله مراتب علم او پوهاوي باوجود د تورنو کسانو له محاکمې پرته یا خپلسري وژنې کړي دي.
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[2025-12-01 20:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The Badulla–Passara main road has been reopened to traffic to allow essential services to reach communities affected by recent landslides. Several sections of the road had been blocked, preventing government officials, the military, and police from accessing displaced residents.
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[2025-12-01 17:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A special aircraft of the Indian Air Force carrying two makeshift field hospital systems, along with essential medicines, medical equipment, and a team of Indian military doctors, arrived at Katunayake Airport last night (30).
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[2025-12-01 15:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Indonesia sent three warships carrying aid while Sri Lanka used military helicopters to reach people stranded by flooding
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[2025-12-01 10:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Arms manufacturers have never earned as much as they did in 2024. This is according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on the 100 most important arms manufacturers worldwide. Their revenues from the sale of weapons and military services amounted to $679 billion (€582 billion) last year.
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[2025-12-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: د ملګرو ملتونو سازمان د بشري حقونو مشر د پاکستاني پوځ ځواکمن مشر فیل مارشل عاصم منیر ته د دایمي قضايي مصؤنیت ورکولو په موضوع کې د قانون پر حاکمیت د هغې د احتمالي «پراخو پایلو» له کبله خبرداری ورکړی و. پاکستان د یکشنبې (د نومبر میاشتې ۲۹ نیټه) په ورځ دغه خبرداری رد کړی دی.
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[2025-11-30 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: The Sri Lankan government deployed police and military personnel to aid rescue and search efforts as strong rain and damaging winds crossed Sri Lanka on Friday, with the death toll having risen to 69 by the evening.
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[2025-11-29 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Duran
Snippet: Zaluzhny blames Zelensky. German Media Nord Stream report claims CIA and Zaluzhny knew
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[2025-11-29 06:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced the creation of a new voluntary military service for young adults, set to begin by mid-2026.
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[2025-11-29 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Guinea-Bissau’s deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has arrived in neighbouring Senegal following his release by military forces that toppled his government this week, Senegal’s authorities have announced.
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[2025-11-29 02:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: In Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, Russia's proximity shapes everyday life. While NATO is increasing its troop numbers, people are trying to maintain normality — with family celebrations, running businesses, and a belief in peace. Farmers like Andzejs Petkevics are harvesting their last potatoes under the shadow of increased border controls and military presence.
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[2025-11-28 13:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Guinea-Bissau's military installed General Horta Nta Na Man as transitional president on Thursday, an army statement said.
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[2025-11-28 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The fact that even after 16 years since the military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, Tamil diasporas in Europe and North America have remained politically active. Last week there were recurring signs of renewed public visibility of so-called Eelam lobbies in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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[2025-11-28 05:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday announced the creation of a new voluntary military service for young adults, set to begin by mid-2026.
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[2025-11-27 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: West African regional bloc ECOWAS on Thursday condemned a military takeover in Guinea-Bissau. The bloc called for the release of President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and other arrested officials.
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[2025-11-27 22:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Israel's military on Wednesday announced that it had launched "a broad counterterrorism operation" in the northern area of the occupied West Bank.
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[2025-11-26 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Deutsche Welle
Snippet: Poland's President Karol Nawrocki was welcomed to Prague Castle with full military honors on Monday ahead of talks with his Czech counterpart, Petr Pavel.
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[2025-11-26 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Russia likely used shadow ships to launch drones over Europe that repeatedly disrupted civilian aviation, as it monitored military sites and tested the air defenses of NATO nations, according to a report published Thursday by the International Institute of Strategic Studies think tank.
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[2025-11-18 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
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[2025-11-17 19:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US Marines guarding the embassy in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, engaged in a shootout with suspected gang members last week, a military spokesman has said.
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[2025-11-01 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) top military lawyer has quit after admitting she approved the leak of a video allegedly showing Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian prisoner at a military base.
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