Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-27 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: In the wake of this month's Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, and as a 'paused' but still looming major US-approved weapons deal and transfer to Taipei is set to go forward, China is stepping up military patrols near and around the self-ruled island of Taiwan.
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[2026-05-27 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE starting June 12 2026
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[2026-05-27 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as investors assessed recent U.S. military action in Iran, the fragile state of the Washington-Tehran ceasefire and optimism that a deal could still be reached.
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[2026-05-27 07:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former Pentagon official says Washington is debating ways to deny Beijing use of space amid fears over military miscalculation
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[2026-05-27 07:44 UTC+10:00] [Moscow] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Former Pentagon official says Washington is debating ways to deny Beijing use of space amid fears over military miscalculation
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[2026-05-27 06:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 26 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on Tuesday reaffirmed America's defense commitment to regional allies, hours after North Korea fired multiple close-range ballistic missiles and artillery rockets toward the Yellow Sea.
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[2026-05-27 06:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has issued forced displacement orders for residents of five towns and villages in southern Lebanon: Majdel, Mahrouna, Jouaiya, al-Shahabiya and Deir Antar.
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[2026-05-27 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel carried out an attack against Mohammed Odeh, who media reports say was appointed commander of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza in May.
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[2026-05-27 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: There is a high chance that the IDF succeeded on Tuesday night in assassinating Hamas’s brand new military chief, Mohammed Ouda.
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[2026-05-27 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Marian is a reporter at Four Corners. She has covered politics, national security, terrorism and most recently worked on the international Panama Papers investigation. She has also served as a foreign correspondent in Washington DC for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She is a multi-award winning journalist who has also worked as Deputy Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and Executive Producer of Four Corners.
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[2026-05-27 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israel Defense Forces is marking the 78th anniversary of its establishment on May 26, 1948, it announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF located and dismantled approximately 11 km. of underground tunnel routes in the Beit Hanun area, east of Gaza's Yellow Line, over the last several months, the military announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Writer Eyal Megged, a former friend of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told Benny Ziffer, editor of Haaretz’s literary supplement and an associate of the Netanyahu family, on 103FM on Tuesday morning that he would prefer if his cat were in charge over Netanyahu, and that he would be happy for a military coup.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two weeks ago, I went up to the Lebanese border in northern Israel. It was a beautiful spring day as Israel moved into summer, and the heat was beginning to rise. I knew there was an increased threat from Hezbollah FPV fiber optic drones, but I also knew that the northern border had been changed from a closed military zone back in 2023-2024 to an area people could return to.
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[2026-05-27 04:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is “fortifying” its so-called “security zone” inside Lebanese territory as Israeli forces expand operations in the country.
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[2026-05-27 03:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Israeli air raid struck the town of Mashghara in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa region after the Israeli military issued forced evacuation orders for Mashghara and Sahma, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency.
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[2026-05-27 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — North Korea launched several projectiles, including a ballistic missile, into the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a flurry of tests this year.
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[2026-05-27 02:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-27 01:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Forces belonging to Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar have arrested a number of members of a Gaza aid convoy in the city of Sirte.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia has urged all nations with embassies in Kyiv to evacuate personnel after announcing that it planned to launch systematic strikes on “decision-making centers” and Ukrainian military command posts in the Ukrainian capital on Monday.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, arrived on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his annual physical, following a year of public attention on apparently minor health issues.
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[2026-05-27 01:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: In response to ongoing Hezbollah drone attacks, which have harmed an increasing number of IDF soldiers, the military has invaded deeper into Lebanon beyond the April 17 ceasefire Yellow Line.
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[2026-05-27 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Earlier this month, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, celebrated his 50th birthday – with a noose-themed cake, and a message written in icing: ‘Sometimes dreams come true.’
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[2026-05-27 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has told NATO’s European members that it will reduce its military contributions to the bloc as Washington’s military planners set their sights on China, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US has told NATO’s European members that it will reduce its military contributions to the bloc as Washington’s military planners set their sights on China, Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-27 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Colombian mercenaries were recruited by a United Arab Emirates-based company and transited through Emirati military bases to support paramilitary troops who committed atrocities in Sudan, a leading rights organisation alleges.
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[2026-05-27 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Georgian court has jailed two Ukrainian nationals for smuggling military-grade explosives into the country.
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[2026-05-27 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A Georgian court has jailed two Ukrainian nationals for smuggling military-grade explosives into the country.
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[2026-05-26 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa receives military honors during a welcome ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, prior to a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia, Brazil, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Nova, File)
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[2026-05-26 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Moscow has stepped up its threats to Ukraine, warning of "consistent, systematic strikes on Kyiv targeting its military industrial complex".
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[2026-05-26 23:29 UTC+10:00] [US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: Israel intensified its military campaign against Hezbollah on Tuesday, striking targets across Lebanon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to “increase the blows” against the Iran-backed militant group.
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[2026-05-26 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Since October 7, 2023, Israeli military control maps in its surrounding areas are no longer merely lines announced in official statements or drawn on military maps.
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[2026-05-26 23:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: President Donald Trump speaks during the 158th National Memorial Day Observance coinciding with the nation’s 250th anniversary, at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 25, 2026, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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[2026-05-26 22:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Israel has launched an intensive wave of strikes across swathes of southern and eastern Lebanon, after vowing to step up its military action against Hezbollah.
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[2026-05-26 22:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir officially dismissed former military advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the military announced on Tuesday.
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[2026-05-26 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: "Unite against the terrorist junta." That rare French-language appeal, attributed to Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) following its April 2026 offensive across Mali, was more than propaganda. It was an operational communique: a call to see Mali's military regime not as the "shield" of the republic, but as the target of the "revolution".
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[2026-05-26 22:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US futures are higher again, led by tech and small caps. As of 7:30am, S&P 500 futures rose 0.7%, signaling US stocks are set for another record high when the market reopens after Memorial Day weekend. Nasdaq 100 contracts, supercharged by the artificial intelligence trade, gained more than 1% as Magnificent Seven big tech shares rallied in premarket trading.
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[2026-05-26 22:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Israel has drastically ramped up its military campaign across Lebanon, hitting many dozens of 'Hezbollah sites' - and seriously escalating the long-running conflict, despite there officially being a US-mediated ceasefire in place.
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[2026-05-26 21:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE's efforts to drive down obesity rates could deliver a $51 billion boost to productivity, keep the military fighting fit and raise educational standards, a report has found.
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[2026-05-26 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The military governor of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, has likened the struggle to contain the spread of the virus to a "war" for which they are lacking resources to fight.
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[2026-05-26 20:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Effigies of US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and what appeared to be National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir were paraded through Montreal on Sunday at an anti Israel rally, according to videos published on social media by Montreal for Palestine.
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[2026-05-26 20:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Moscow and New Delhi are in negotiations for additional deliveries of Russian S-400 long-range air defense systems, Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) said Tuesday.
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[2026-05-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Indonesia turns Kertajati Airport into a Hercules repair hub, it risks being seen as siding with the US in times of war, analysts say
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[2026-05-26 20:00 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: If Indonesia turns Kertajati Airport into a Hercules repair hub, it risks being seen as siding with the US in times of war, analysts say
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[2026-05-26 19:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Tuesday that countries in the region will no longer be a "safe haven" for the US and its military bases.
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[2026-05-26 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has a track record of taunting blindfolded detainees. In the past, he has been accompanied by camera crews as he toured Israeli prisons holding Palestinian detainees.
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[2026-05-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to intensify strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon to deliver what he described as a decisive blow to the armed group.
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[2026-05-26 19:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to intensify strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon to deliver what he described as a decisive blow to the armed group.
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[2026-05-26 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Treasury yields fell on Tuesday as bond markets returned from a Memorial Day break to bolstered hopes of a Middle East peace deal, even as the U.S. military conducted fresh strikes on Iran.
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[2026-05-26 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Countries in the Middle East will no longer be able to host US military bases, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's official Farsi-language X/Twitter account posted on Tuesday.
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