Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-29 15:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF will be forced to take severe, immediate measures beginning in early September because of the Finance Ministry’s “foot-dragging” in transferring the funds, despite instructions from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, senior military officials said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-29 15:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.
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[2026-08-29 15:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Sustained gunfire and explosions were heard in several parts of Niger's capital Niamey early on Saturday after attacks on the city's international airport and a major military base, security sources said.
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[2026-08-29 14:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — A US military judge ruled Friday that confessions made by alleged 9/11 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to FBI agents are inadmissible and cannot be used against him at trial, The New York Times reported.
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Social media clips show naval combat drone over Liaoning province while Beijing’s catapult-equipped drone carrier prepares for deployment
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[2026-08-29 14:00 UTC+10:00] [CCTV] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Social media clips show naval combat drone over Liaoning province while Beijing’s catapult-equipped drone carrier prepares for deployment
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[2026-08-29 13:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Defense officials of South Korea and France have agreed to bolster strategic coordination in the face of deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday.
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[2026-08-29 13:30 UTC+10:00] [national security law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Readers discuss the security of the city, a China-Nepal early-warning mechanism, and AI boot camps
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[2026-08-29 13:15 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Beijing – China removed two high-ranking officers from the country’s main military body on Friday, state media reported, seven months after it was announced that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were being investigated for “serious violations of the law.”
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[2026-08-29 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- Defense officials of South Korea and France have agreed to bolster strategic coordination in the face of deepening military ties between North Korea and Russia, Seoul's defense ministry said Saturday.
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[2026-08-29 12:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-29 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The number of Arab citizens, particularly Muslims and excluding Druze, joining the Israel Police has declined sharply during National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s four years in the position, according to police recruitment data obtained by Walla on Monday.
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[2026-08-29 12:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court temporarily froze the legal proceedings against the former Military Advocate General Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, regarding her role in leaking a video alleging abuse of Palestinian prisoners at Sde Teman prison, after Likud MK Avichai Boaron and the right-wing Lavi organization requested an additional hearing on the matter.
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[2026-08-29 11:46 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump could put on the table the "tacit" acceptance of North Korea's nuclear program, a peace treaty and an end to South Korea-U.S. military exercises should a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take place, a former U.S. official has said.
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[2026-08-29 11:26 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Kyiv to ramp up attacks; Russian gasoline production drops after drone strikes; Fedorov joins Italy’s defence ministry. What we know on day 1,648
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[2026-08-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US military redirected has 82 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two others to "ensure compliance" with its naval blockade of Iran, US Central Command (Centcom) said.
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[2026-08-29 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Stavroula Pabst via Responsible Statecraft,
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[2026-08-29 10:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Colombia’s President Abelardo De la Espriella announces a joint effort with Bogota’s Mayor Carlos Fernando Galan to strengthen security in the Colombian capital through increased police presence, intelligence, technology, and urban capabilities in Bogota, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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[2026-08-29 09:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military operations across Lebanon since 2 March have killed 4,352 people and injured 12,318, the Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement.
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[2026-08-29 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-08-29 06:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump could put on the table the "tacit" acceptance of North Korea's nuclear program, a peace treaty and an end to South Korea-U.S. military exercises should a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un take place, a former U.S. official has said.
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[2026-08-29 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: President Donald Trump on Friday announced the creation of a "Space Academy" to train future civilian and military recruits for an arena where the United States faces rivalry with China.
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[2026-08-29 05:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The institution, which will train civilian and military recruits, will be modelled on the famous military school at West Point
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[2026-08-29 05:07 UTC+10:00] [Nasa] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The institution, which will train civilian and military recruits, will be modelled on the famous military school at West Point
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[2026-08-29 05:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to avoid a direct military confrontation with Nato, despite increasingly hostile rhetoric aimed at the UK and other allies over their support for Ukraine, Western officials believe.
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[2026-08-29 05:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on his military to increase its long-range drone strikes against Russia as Moscow continues to carry out deadly attacks across Ukraine.
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[2026-08-29 04:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has said the Israeli military evacuated the residents and occupied the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-08-29 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Mohammed Shamlakh and his siblings are reviving their 1.2-hectare plot with grapevines and fig trees, after it was destroyed by Israeli military bulldozers in the Sheikh Ajlin neighbourhood in Gaza city.
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[2026-08-29 03:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For some time, I have argued that the cognitive war being waged against Israel must be recognized for what it has become: A national-security threat.
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[2026-08-29 03:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A transgender Israeli woman who served in Israel’s military intelligence directorate is facing deportation from the US after being convicted of imprisonment.
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[2026-08-29 02:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A transgender Israeli woman who served in Israel’s military intelligence directorate is facing deportation from the US after being convicted of imprisonment.
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[2026-08-29 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korea said on Friday it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in September, after Washington scaled back annual drills with Seoul in an apparent bid to encourage dialogue with North Korea.
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[2026-08-29 02:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: APPARENTLY, in today’s Philippines, a steel bar no longer needs to only pass tensile strength, elongation and quality tests. It may also need geopolitical clearance.
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[2026-08-29 01:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Around a dozen Israeli activists gathered outside European Union representative offices in east Jerusalem on 28 August, calling on the bloc to take a stronger position on the war in Gaza. Holding placards and chanting through a megaphone, the protesters accused the EU of remaining silent over what they described as war crimes and apartheid.
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[2026-08-29 01:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: At least four people were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to local health officials. Three men died in separate strikes in Gaza City, with their bodies taken to Shifa Hospital, while another person was killed when a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians was hit in southern Gaza.
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[2026-08-29 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Sweden's military will participate in the surveillance and protection of Finland's territory with Gripen fighter jets and a corvette warship, at least until the end of 2026, Finland's defense forces said on Friday.
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[2026-08-29 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Women from Srebrenica watch a live broadcast from the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague to learn the verdict for Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, on the screen, at the memorial cemetery in Potocari near Srebrenica, eastern Bosnia, Tuesday, June 8, 2021.(AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)
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[2026-08-29 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-29 01:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a former Jenin terror cell leader and two additional terrorists in an IAF airstrike on their vehicle in the West Bank on Friday, the military confirmed in a joint statement with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
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[2026-08-29 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A judge in Moscow on Friday sentenced Oleksiy Arestovych, a former adviser to the Ukrainian president’s office, to 11 years in prison in absentia after finding him guilty of spreading false information about the Russian military and publicly calling for terrorism.
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[2026-08-28 23:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a Hamas commander in Gaza's Al-Shati area on Thursday who participated in the October 7 massacre, the military said on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 23:15 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Thai navy says ‘routine’ visit’ will allow personnel to rest and recuperate amid reports of poor conditions onboard
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[2026-08-28 23:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zhang and Liu have been under investigation since January for alleged failures of discipline
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[2026-08-28 23:06 UTC+10:00] [Jiang Chaoliang] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Zhang and Liu have been under investigation since January for alleged failures of discipline
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[2026-08-28 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Swift commercial response highlights how Chinese space surveillance capabilities are expanding beyond military and government circles
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[2026-08-28 22:40 UTC+10:00] [Dongpo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Swift commercial response highlights how Chinese space surveillance capabilities are expanding beyond military and government circles
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[2026-08-28 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli government has instructed its military to expel Palestinians from areas of the Gaza Strip where children are flying kites and releasing balloons, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Thursday.
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[2026-08-28 21:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Six months ago today, the United States and Israel launched their first strikes of on Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran and hitting nuclear and military sites around the country.
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[2026-08-28 21:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan and Kuwait signed a new defence agreement on Thursday, with Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence saying it significantly enhances a military cooperation framework in place since 2023.
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[2026-08-28 21:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right Jewish Power party is preparing to release a children’s book celebrating the “activities and achievements” of its leader, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
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