Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-26 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Saturday, the US military conducted a highly visible drill right in the heart of Caracas, marking the first known American military exercise on Venezuelan soil since the chaotic January 3rd operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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[2026-05-25 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity to Lebanon
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[2026-05-25 22:21 UTC+10:00] [Religious Zionist Party] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich advocated for strikes on Beirut and cutting off electricity to Lebanon
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[2026-05-25 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: At first glance, the strategic rivalry between the United States and China appears nearly absolute. The two superpowers compete over trade, artificial intelligence, military influence, semiconductors, rare minerals, maritime dominance, and the future architecture of the international order.
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[2026-05-25 21:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taiwan’s defence minister says Washington has not notified the island of any pause to a US$14 billion weapons package
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[2026-05-25 21:07 UTC+10:00] [Institute for National Defense and Security Research] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Taiwan’s defence minister says Washington has not notified the island of any pause to a US$14 billion weapons package
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[2026-05-25 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s deposed shah, have marched through a number of European cities in recent weeks wearing military-style uniforms, carrying flags associated with Savak, the feared secret police accused of torture and repression under the monarchy.
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[2026-05-25 20:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least three people have been killed in Israeli air attacks on vehicles in southern Lebanon, the country’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, as the Israeli military issued new forced displacement orders for residents in the south.
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[2026-05-25 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU leaders are losing their remaining credibility by condemning Russia’s retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian military targets while ignoring Kiev’s deadly drone attack on a college dorm in the Lugansk People’s Republic, former British MP George Galloway has said.
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[2026-05-25 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: EU leaders are losing their remaining credibility by condemning Russia’s retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian military targets while ignoring Kiev’s deadly drone attack on a college dorm in the Lugansk People’s Republic, former British MP George Galloway has said.
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[2026-05-25 19:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Associated Press correspondent Peter Arnett, left, marches in column with Vietnamese troops as he covers the war in Vietnam, Nov. 11, 1965. The conflict is described as one of the most difficult and dangerous for those who cover it because of the way it is fought. There are no front lines or clearly marked friendly or enemy territories.
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[2026-05-25 18:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As negotiations between Washington and Tehran remain deadlocked, US President Donald Trump convened a high-level meeting Friday with senior US national security officials, including the CIA director, secretary of defense, and vice president, to discuss scenarios for a possible return to military confrontation with the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-05-25 18:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SIPRI says Beijing’s participation in such UN missions helps ‘project an image of itself as a responsible major power’
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[2026-05-25 18:15 UTC+10:00] [United Nations] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: SIPRI says Beijing’s participation in such UN missions helps ‘project an image of itself as a responsible major power’
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[2026-05-25 18:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice was set to hear on Monday morning a petition challenging the state’s handling of discharged soldiers and reservists who died by suicide after their military service, in cases where their deaths may have been connected to their service in the Gaza war.
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[2026-05-25 16:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Dozens of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters attempted to storm the Oz military police station in Jerusalem after a suspected IDF deserter was arrested overnight between Sunday and Monday, Israel Police said.
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[2026-05-25 16:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has warned residents of 10 villages in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh and Jezzine districts to evacuate ahead of what it described as imminent strikes.
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[2026-05-25 16:13 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-25 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: London, Paris, Madrid, Rome and Ottawa have rejected a proposal for NATO member states to spend 0.25% of their GDP on the provision of military assistance to Ukraine, the Telegraph has reported.
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[2026-05-25 16:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The UK, France, Spain, Italy, and Canda have rejected a proposal for NATO member states to spend 0.25% of their GDP on military assistance to Ukraine, The Telegraph has reported.
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[2026-05-25 16:06 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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[2026-05-25 15:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The governments of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt and Turkiye have jointly condemned Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over a video showing detained activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla.
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[2026-05-25 15:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE and several other Arab and Muslim countries have condemned Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for his "appalling, degrading and unacceptable" treatment of activists seeking to deliver aid to Gaza.
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[2026-05-25 15:10 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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[2026-05-25 15:05 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine War] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-25 14:40 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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[2026-05-25 14:40 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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[2026-05-25 13:42 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-05-25 12:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Amid ongoing updates on the progress of negotiations between the US and Iran, top IDF officers confirmed on Sunday that several branches of the military have reduced the number of reserve soldiers in the General Staff's headquarters.
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[2026-05-25 11:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said it carried out 28 separate operations against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday, using rockets, artillery and attack drones to target troops and military positions across the region.
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[2026-05-25 10:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: The Filipino military will continue to be a recipient of Japan’s official security assistance framework for the fourth straight year, strengthening their defense partnership amid an increasingly assertive China, Japanese government sources said Sunday.
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[2026-05-25 10:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A 15-year-old Palestinian was wounded during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, while three Palestinian fishermen were injured by Israeli gunfire off the coast of Gaza City, according to Palestinian media reports.
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[2026-05-25 09:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Among the Intelligence Directorate, Izz al-Din al-Haddad was defined as an extremely cautious person, bordering on paranoid. He was someone who did not sleep in the same place twice, who implemented decisions at the front lines of terrorist activity against Israel with obsessive attention to micro-tactics, and who survived for many years while in the crosshairs of the IDF and Shin Bet.
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[2026-05-25 07:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Foreign ministers from several Arab and Muslim-majority countries have condemned Israel’s National Security Minister Itamer Ben Gvir over his treatment of Gaza-bound flotilla participants in detention.
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[2026-05-25 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military on Saturday conducted a drill in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas that rehearsed a potential emergency and evacuation at its embassy.
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[2026-05-25 04:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military on Saturday conducted a drill in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas that rehearsed a potential emergency and evacuation at its embassy.
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[2026-05-25 04:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Mohsen Rezaei, a military advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Sunday that managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran's "legal right" in order to ensure national security.
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[2026-05-25 02:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) used a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company to buy Chinese satellite equipment linked to its drone program, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
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[2026-05-25 02:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A leading analyst says Tehran will view any generous US offer with suspicion, fearing it could mask preparations for further military action.
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[2026-05-25 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-05-25 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: QUETTA — At least 24 people were killed on Sunday in a blast targeting a train carrying military personnel in Pakistan’s turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, a senior official said.
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[2026-05-25 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMHERST, Massachusetts — Many commentators, including those on the right, have dubbed United States President Donald Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran “Operation Epic Fail”: an extravagant waste of money, military hardware, and lives in the service of an ill-conceived war with ever-changing objectives. Meanwhile, most legal observers consider the operation an illegal act that violates the United Nations Charter’s prohibition on the use of military force except for self-defense or in armed interventions authorized by the UN Security Council.
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[2026-05-25 01:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said Tehran has “solid legal and security reasons for its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz” in comments to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
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[2026-05-25 01:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A senior Israeli official says Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Donald Trump that Israel will continue military operations across the region, including in Lebanon, regardless of ongoing negotiations with Iran.
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[2026-05-25 00:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Ninety-two people who were abducted by jihadi extremists have been rescued by troops in Nigeria’s conflict-battered northeast region, the country’s military said Sunday.
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[2026-05-25 00:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Iran's supreme leader, said on Sunday that managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran's "legal right" in order to ensure national security.
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[2026-05-25 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has lost up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the start of the conflict with Iran, which accounts for nearly a fifth of Washington’s entire pre-war fleet and is valued at close to $1 billion, Bloomberg has reported. The bulk of them were destroyed or seriously damaged by Iranian fire, according to the outlet.
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[2026-05-25 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has lost up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones since the start of the conflict with Iran, which accounts for nearly a fifth of Washington’s entire pre-war fleet and is valued at close to $1 billion, Bloomberg has reported. The bulk of them were destroyed or seriously damaged by Iranian fire, according to the outlet.
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[2026-05-25 00:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: France has banned Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering its territory, citing his “unspeakable” behaviour of taunting Gaza flotilla activists who were arrested by Israeli police forces.
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[2026-05-24 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice is set to convene on Tuesday for a follow-up hearing on petitions against the government’s decision to close Army Radio, as Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara argued that the move cannot be viewed as a narrow decision about one military station, but as part of a wider government effort affecting Israel’s free press.
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