Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-10 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry on Friday dismissed allegations that the defense chief deserted his unit during his military service, calling it a misunderstanding stemming from an administrative error.
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[2026-07-10 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Thomas S. Karat via AntiWar.com
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[2026-07-10 18:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Around 1,000 residents were evacuated and several roads closed as the wildfire spread rapidly, fuelled by dry conditions and strong winds. Emergency services said many of the victims were found inside burned-out vehicles, suggesting they were caught while trying to escape the advancing flames. Authorities initially reported 12 deaths before revising the toll to 11 following further verification.
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[2026-07-10 18:42 UTC+10:00] [Global Nation] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The National Security Council raised alarm on the claim of Chinese scholars in Batanes, firmly saying that such statements should not be ignored.
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[2026-07-10 18:40 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-07-10 18:14 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: KYIV — China warned Russia against using nuclear weapons in response to Ukrainian strikes on its territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters Thursday.
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[2026-07-10 17:55 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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[2026-07-10 16:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military stationed in South Korea on Friday said it has "important" military interests in the military airport in the southwestern city of Gwangju that is set to be relocated to make room for a planned semiconductor production cluster under Seoul's recently unveiled mega investment projects.
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[2026-07-10 16:18 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Friday called for increasing the Philippines’ defense spending to as much as 4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), saying the country needs to build a stronger military to deter external threats as tensions with China persist in the West Philippine Sea.
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[2026-07-10 16:06 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Tonga’s Prime Minister has joined a chorus of regional leaders condemning China’s testing of a nuclear-capable long-range missile in the Pacific this week as his nation weighs whether to join Fiji and Australia in a new military alliance.
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[2026-07-10 15:31 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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[2026-07-10 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Military intelligence officer admits witnessing killing of woman believed to have left explosive device outside oligarch’s home
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[2026-07-10 14:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Has the concept of Arab national security come to an end? Perhaps that is no longer the right question. It assumes that what once existed still holds relevance in the same form.
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[2026-07-10 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The global proliferation of low-cost suicide drones is setting off alarm bells across the US military and among national security officials and experts. The race to harden high-value assets in the homeland, from military bases and airports to power substations, crude oil refineries, stadiums, and data centers, is already underway as officials fear the next major threat could come from a cheap drone equipped with a warhead.
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[2026-07-10 11:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Christopher McFadden via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-07-10 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pave Paws early-warning unit detected the launch from waters near the mainland’s southern coast, report says
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[2026-07-10 11:00 UTC+10:00] [AN/FPS-115 Pave Paws] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Pave Paws early-warning unit detected the launch from waters near the mainland’s southern coast, report says
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[2026-07-10 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Having dedicated satellites is ‘something that makes sense’ as it would give the military more control over its territory, experts say
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[2026-07-10 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Having dedicated satellites is ‘something that makes sense’ as it would give the military more control over its territory, experts say
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[2026-07-10 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering,
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[2026-07-10 08:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Democratic Senator Ed Markey criticised US President Donald Trump over the ongoing military conflict with Iran, accusing him of defying the Congress’s vote to “end this reckless war”.
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[2026-07-10 08:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US Central Command (Centcom) said “Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz”, denying Iran's “claim” that passage through the waterway is “only permitted through routes designated by Iran” in a post to X on Thursday.
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[2026-07-10 07:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Explosions have been heard in various parts of Iran, according to semi-official state media, while military officials in the United States have denied any involvement in new attacks.
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[2026-07-10 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Jets targeted the naval military zone in the southern Iranian city of Konarak after two explosions were heard in the area, according to governor Mohammad Younes Haqqani, IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
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[2026-07-10 06:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 10 Jul 2026 at 6:42am
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[2026-07-10 05:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Citing a Bushehr official, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported that a military site on the outskirts of Bushehr province was hit by a US-Israeli projectile, adding that the explosion sound in the city was caused by the air defence response.
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[2026-07-10 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-07-10 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Every citizen who sends their loved ones into the hell of the battlefield should understand one thing: put your children in the right societal uniform – white shirt, black pants – and they will have in their hands an instant, legal, institutionalized, fast-tracked exemption from military duty and from the call to arms.
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[2026-07-10 03:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Fri 10 Jul 2026 at 3:18am
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[2026-07-10 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Rashid Al-Qadhi on Wednesday in a targeted strike in the southern Gaza Strip, the military announced Thursday.
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[2026-07-10 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The US military has struck Iranian targets for a second straight day, while Tehran has responded with ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and even faraway Jordan. While our overnight wrap focused on the latest war developments, the focus here is what energy traders are watching most closely: vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-07-10 02:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that his country was prepared to resume military operations against Iran for “a third time if necessary”.
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[2026-07-10 02:00 UTC+10:00] [California] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A 2021 state law allows campus police to own military equipment for civilian safety – students fear it may be used to quash dissent
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[2026-07-10 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Ukraine's military has shared video of a naval drone strike on a Russian tanker
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[2026-07-10 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: ULAANBAATAR, July 9 (Yonhap) – U.S. President Donald Trump does not appear to rule out the possibility of having U.S. military ships he asked South Korea to build constructed in the Northeast Asian country, a presidential official said Thursday.
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[2026-07-10 00:37 UTC+10:00] [Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
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[2026-07-10 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Tehran is using military coercion to force Gulf states to accept the Islamic Republic’s administration over the vital Strait of Hormuz, according to a new assessment by the Institute for the Study of War.
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[2026-07-09 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Azraq military base on Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement carried by state media.
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[2026-07-09 23:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s FSB security service said Thursday that it foiled two plots to assassinate senior military officers, accusing Ukrainian intelligence of recruiting a young Moscow woman and a Russian ex-convict living in Ukraine to carry out the attacks.
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[2026-07-09 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Czech Republic remains skeptical about NATO’s strategy of continued military support for Ukraine, to which it does not contribute financially, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said as he left the bloc leaders’ summit in Ankara, Türkiye on Wednesday.
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[2026-07-09 22:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Futures are higher (although off session highs), and oil erased overnight gains as the market moved past the latest Middle-East flare up which saw the US military strike 90 Iranian targets for a second day and Tehran retaliated against American allies in the Persian Gulf. And like during previous escalations, this time nobody believes it will last.
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[2026-07-09 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A US military delegation will arrive in Beirut in the coming days to help establish two “pilot zones” in south Lebanon as part of a Washington-brokered plan between Israel and Lebanon, Michel Issa, US ambassador to Lebanon, said on Thursday.
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[2026-07-09 21:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Sirens sounded in Kuwait and alerts were activated in Qatar and Bahrain due to retaliatory Iranian fire over the Gulf countries after the United States launched new airstrikes hitting Iran early Thursday.
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[2026-07-09 20:26 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-07-09 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-07-09 20:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Scott Ritter is a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and author of 'Disarmament in the Time of Perestroika: Arms Control and the End of the Soviet Union.' He served in the Soviet Union as an inspector implementing the INF Treaty, in General Schwarzkopf’s staff during the Gulf War, and from 1991-1998 as a UN weapons inspector.
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[2026-07-09 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Soldier says he ‘would make the same choice’ after incident during parachute refresher training
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[2026-07-09 20:10 UTC+10:00] [PLA Air Force Brigade] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Soldier says he ‘would make the same choice’ after incident during parachute refresher training
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[2026-07-09 20:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil prices fell on Thursday on assumptions that the exchange of military strikes between the US and Iran will not lead to a resumption of all-out war, and that the two countries will ultimately return to negotiations.
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[2026-07-09 17:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran launched attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, which are home to US military bases, on Thursday after American forces launched a second round of strikes on the Islamic republic, in an escalation that threatens to derail efforts to end the war.
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