Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-28 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: A US judge on Aug. 27, 2026 blocks the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield. Anthropic’s lawsuit in California federal court alleges that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth overstepped his authority when he designated Anthropic a national security supply-chain risk, a label the government can apply to companies that expose military systems to potential infiltration or sabotage by adversaries.
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[2026-08-28 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Police moved to disperse demonstrators at Trampolín and Benítez beaches after belongings and makeshift shelters used by migrants were set alight during the unrest. Footage broadcast by Spanish public television showed protesters throwing objects into bonfires as police pushed them back, while migrants retreated behind a police cordon on a pier.
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[2026-08-28 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [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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[2026-08-28 19:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In Rasuwa, army rescuers were filmed pulling a man from thick mud at the entrance to a hydropower tunnel and helping others to safety before evacuating survivors by helicopter. The rescue operation is focused on the Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower project, where more than 100 workers and local residents are believed to have been trapped after floodwaters and debris surged into the tunnel on 26 August.
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[2026-08-28 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume held meetings this week at the company's plants around the country to present streamlining plans to workers and unions and discuss the cuts needed to overcome the German carmaker's financial troubles. As passed of these meetings he confirmed for the first time that Volkswagen is in talks to save the factory in Osnabruck by using the plant for military production.
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[2026-08-28 19:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Digital‑intelligence company Cellebrite has introduced a portable field system designed to help military teams extract and analyze data from digital devices directly on the battlefield. The Cellebrite Tactical Extraction Kit (C‑TEK) is built as a rugged, backpack‑sized mobile forensics kit intended for units operating in disconnected or time‑sensitive environments.
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[2026-08-28 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- A government selection committee finalized Friday its designation of a southwestern county as the site for a military air base relocation from the neighboring city of Gwangju, a decision that clears the way for an expedited build-out of a major semiconductor cluster.
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[2026-08-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dhaka’s decision to buy the fighters shows that views on Chinese weapons are shifting and the market is opening, military expert says
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[2026-08-28 19:00 UTC+10:00] [AESA] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Dhaka’s decision to buy the fighters shows that views on Chinese weapons are shifting and the market is opening, military expert says
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[2026-08-28 18:41 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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[2026-08-28 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations.
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[2026-08-28 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: A US court has struck down the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, ruling that it illegally sanctioned the AI developer for refusing to let its Claude model be used for certain military operations.
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[2026-08-28 18:28 UTC+10:00] [Airspace] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — Deputy Pentagon chief Elbridge Colby on Thursday sounded out the support of NATO countries for key U.S. defense objectives, in a first test of ahead of a critical review of American forces in Europe.
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[2026-08-28 17:57 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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[2026-08-28 17:47 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea has asked China to play a constructive role in supporting Seoul’s push for peaceful coexistence with North Korea and progress toward denuclearization, national security adviser Wi Sung-lac said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 17:44 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-08-28 17:24 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: North Korean troops recently crossed the Military Demarcation Line on the eastern front, moving about 10 meters into South Korean territory while conducting a foot patrol, South Korean military officials said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A Russian military official has been killed in a car explosion in St. Petersburg, investigators said Thursday, with local media identifying his rank as lieutenant colonel.
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[2026-08-28 16:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-28 16:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People hold candles walk past police officers near Hong Kong Victoria Park, a place in the past years for people to gather during a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the military crackdown on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing, in Hong Kong, on June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
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[2026-08-28 15:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korea supports US President Donald Trump's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, South Korea's national security adviser said on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 15:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kim Kyung-ryul will visit Saudi Arabia later this week for high-level talks on expanding military exchanges and maritime defense cooperation, the Navy said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The crew of a military helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on August 4 failed to contact air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
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[2026-08-28 13:42 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea will support efforts to restart dialogue between the United States and North Korea while ensuring that Seoul is not sidelined and that its security posture is not weakened in the process, National security adviser Wi Sung-lac said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 12:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse.
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[2026-08-28 12:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: South Korean and U.S. troops take part in a joint bridging drill near the southern Han River in Yeoju, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2025. © Getty Images
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[2026-08-28 12:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Three staff members from the Stars and Stripes military newspaper have filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense, alleging that their recent firing was part of an effort to erode the paper’s independence.
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[2026-08-28 11:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Deep in the trees and swampy thickets of Lithuania’s Rūdninkai Forest, a series of makeshift forts is sinking into the earth.
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[2026-08-28 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: South Korea, Japan, and the United States will conduct joint military drills from September 9 to 11 to test readiness against North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons threats, South Korea said on Friday.
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[2026-08-28 11:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military has cleared Iranian sea mines from internationally recognized shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in an operational update on Thursday evening.
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[2026-08-28 10:17 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea, the United States and Japan will conduct their trilateral military exercise off South Korea's southern coast early next month, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 10:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan will conduct their trilateral military exercise off South Korea's southern coast early next month, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday.
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[2026-08-28 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
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[2026-08-28 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-28 09:33 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Three employees of Stars and Stripes, a government-funded news service, allege they were fired after reporting on USS Abraham Lincoln
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[2026-08-28 09:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Royal Artillery veteran Ray Lawton has been ordered to repay £8,000
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[2026-08-28 07:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's Africa envoy on Thursday condemned the air strikes by Sudan's military inside the territory of Chad, after Chadian authorities reported bombings in the eastern Ennedi region last week.
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[2026-08-28 06:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has thanked the US president for sharing a report by Just the News that says: "USAID report finds more than 100 UNRWA employees participated in Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7."
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[2026-08-28 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump's Africa envoy on Thursday condemned the air strikes by Sudan's military inside the territory of Chad, after Chadian authorities reported bombings in the eastern Ennedi region last week.
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[2026-08-28 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ratcliffe was taken to Moscow in a US military plane
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[2026-08-28 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UN deputy special envoy for Syria, Claudio Cordone, condemned an Israeli air strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase and expressed concern about "statements from senior Israeli officials advocating an open-ended Israeli military presence on Syrian territory".
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[2026-08-28 02:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A US military judge has ordered Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, to stand trial in June 2028.
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[2026-08-28 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Kuwait and Pakistan on Thursday signed a defence and military co-operation deal, in the latest move to reshape regional alliances in the shadow of the Iran war.
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[2026-08-28 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait and Pakistan have signed a joint defence and military cooperation agreement during the Kuwaiti defence minister's visit to Islamabad on Thursday.
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[2026-08-28 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: From the very start of the Ukraine war, the United Kingdom has consistently been among Kiev's most open and ardent military supporters, time and again transferring heavy weaponry, including cutting edge long-range missiles like the Storm Shadow.
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[2026-08-28 00:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Russian serviceman was killed by a car bomb Thursday, officials said, the latest in a string of deadly blasts targeting military personnel and others linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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[2026-08-28 00:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Local Spain
Snippet: Protests over security in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta escalated into violent clashes with the Spanish military on Thursday, a month after a mass influx of migrants from Morocco.
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[2026-08-28 00:12 UTC+10:00] [Genocide] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military commander who was the architect of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War, has died aged 84, according to Serbian state media.
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[2026-08-27 23:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: In Sumy, strikes hit a residential area, sparking fires that damaged homes and commercial buildings. Emergency crews were deployed to three locations as residents surveyed the damage. In Odesa, firefighters tackled several fires after what regional officials described as a large-scale attack lasting more than seven hours. A 16-storey residential building was among the structures damaged, along with a private house, garage, educational facilities, vehicles and a grain elevator.
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[2026-08-27 22:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Moscow has warned that it could strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine if Kyiv continues to fire long-range UK-made cruise missiles into Russia.
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