Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-23 17:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran has made billions of dollars despite sanctions and amid the United States blockade, Supreme National Security Council head Mohsen Rezaee claimed in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) station on Saturday.
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[2026-08-23 16:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, said that Iran was fighting a "full-scale economic, military and security war," but the nation's “power and cohesion had astonished the world".
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[2026-08-23 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Restarting Angkor Sentinel drills lets Phnom Penh signal strategic autonomy without abandoning Beijing, analysts say
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[2026-08-23 16:00 UTC+10:00] [Cambodia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Restarting Angkor Sentinel drills lets Phnom Penh signal strategic autonomy without abandoning Beijing, analysts say
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[2026-08-23 15:34 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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[2026-08-23 13:34 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Hardliner Mohsen Rezaei also threatens American economic interests in first interview since appointment to supreme national security council
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[2026-08-23 13:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As extremist settler violence rears its ugly head yet again this past week in the Palestinian village Kusra and south of Hebron, Defense Minister Israel Katz has proposed shifting responsibility for enforcing law and order among Israeli residents in the West Bank from the IDF to the Israel Police.
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[2026-08-23 13:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Joseph Wu, right, secretary-general of Taiwan's National Security Council, accompanies President Lai Ching-te, center, at a briefing co-hosted by the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club in June. (Taiwan Presidential Office)
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[2026-08-23 11:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers and the military have continued raids in the occupied West Bank, including the one in which eleven 11 Palestinians, four children among them, suffered from suffocation caused by tear smoke inhalation.
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[2026-08-23 11:46 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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[2026-08-23 11:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Our coverage of America's Group 1 to Group 3 drone industry has centered on Unusual Machines and Ondas, two companies positioned to reap the benefits from what could become a historic procurement cycle next year. The catalyst is the Department of War's Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, which is preparing to direct $55 billion toward autonomous systems.
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[2026-08-23 11:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: No signs have been detected of any imminent dispatch of additional North Korean troops to Russia, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing a report from the South Korean military.
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[2026-08-23 11:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Yonhap) -- No signs have been detected of any imminent dispatch of additional North Korean troops to Russia, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing a report from the South Korean military.
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[2026-08-23 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has fired senior employees of its newspaper Stars and Stripes after they publicly criticized what they called government interference in its editorial policy.
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[2026-08-23 10:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon has fired senior employees of its official newspaper Stars and Stripes after they publicly criticized what they called government interference in its editorial policy.
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[2026-08-23 10:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Once known primarily for capturing dramatic footage from inside hurricanes and tropical storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, Saildrone's autonomous surface vessels have evolved into dual-use platforms that recently demonstrated the ability to deploy Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM).
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[2026-08-23 07:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli military raids and attacks by Israelis from illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank have injured at least 19 Palestinians, according to Palestinian health officials and local media reports.
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[2026-08-23 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Tehran would target the interests of countries that help the United States in its economic pressure campaign against Iran, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, stated on Saturday.
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[2026-08-23 05:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tom Barrack, the United States ambassador to Turkiye and its special envoy to Syria, has accused Israel of offering no warning before carrying out military strikes in Syria this week, though Israeli officials insisted it did.
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[2026-08-23 03:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-08-23 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF struck the Abu al-Duhur military airfield after troops received intelligence that Turkey sought to place a radar and an air defense system manned by Turkish troops at the Syrian base, sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.
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[2026-08-23 02:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Watch: Stars and Stripes editor Erik Slavin speaks to the BBC after his dismissal
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[2026-08-23 02:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former Mossad counterterrorism division head Oded Eilam said a military confrontation between Israel and Turkey was highly unlikely despite what he described as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's long-term strategy of regional expansion, in an interview with 103FM on Friday.
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[2026-08-23 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE days that followed the Commission on Appointments’ confirmation of the ad interim promotion of Air Force Reservist Michael Odylon Romero to brigadier general were humiliating. He was severely criticized for adorning his uniform with more military medals and badges than Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen.
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[2026-08-23 01:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Decommissioned Syrian air force planes are seen at the Abu Duhur military air base east of Idlib, following the takeover of the area by Syrian opposition fighters on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam, File)
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[2026-08-23 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Tehran, Iran – The Iranian military is looking at how to respond to the United States’s planned implementation of economic measures that are designed to “collapse” the government in Tehran.
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[2026-08-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s push to revive negotiations with Kim Jong-un could see Washington scaling back its military presence in the South
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[2026-08-23 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The US president’s push to revive negotiations with Kim Jong-un could see Washington scaling back its military presence in the South
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[2026-08-22 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli defence minister Israel Katz has said that a strike on northwestern Syria’s Abu Duhur military airport was conducted due to alleged plans by Turkey to deploy troops thee.
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[2026-08-22 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two people have been wounded by Israeli forces during a military raid on the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing medical sources.
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[2026-08-22 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Unless Israel draws concrete red lines in Syria and the eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish army and navy will further encroach upon Israel’s northern and maritime borders.
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[2026-08-22 21:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Israeli strike on the Abu al-Duhur military base in Syria on Tuesday, which nearly led to a direct military confrontation with Turkey, may have been intended to provoke Ankara and could have been linked to political considerations ahead of Israel’s elections, US Special Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack suggested on Saturday.
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[2026-08-22 20:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: An Iranian military official on Saturday called on Qatar to transfer detained Iranian pilots to a hospital on land, saying they were being held on water and were in "poor physical condition", Tasnim news agency reported.
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[2026-08-22 20:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Iranian military official called on Qatar on Saturday to transfer detained Iranian pilots to a hospital on land, saying they were being held on water and were in "poor physical condition," Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.
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[2026-08-22 19:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Tong Ji, operated by a Shanghai university, has a range of advanced equipment and can collect data that may have military uses
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[2026-08-22 19:31 UTC+10:00] [Hua island] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Tong Ji, operated by a Shanghai university, has a range of advanced equipment and can collect data that may have military uses
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[2026-08-22 17:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Military administration, firefighters work on a fire at a shopping mall following a Russian drone attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Ukrainian Military administration via AP)
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[2026-08-22 17:00 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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[2026-08-22 15:11 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: BANGKOK — An airstrike on Friday by Myanmar’s military on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region killed 14 people who were taking part in a weeklong meditation retreat, an opposition group and a resident said.
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[2026-08-22 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Ukraine] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Ukraine’s military has run out of US Patriot missiles to repel ballistic attacks, which have one aim, the capital’s mayor says: to destroy morale
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[2026-08-22 12:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, which has covered the US military since the Civil War, leadership at the publication told US media.
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[2026-08-22 11:52 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Washington – The Pentagon on Friday fired the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Stars and Stripes newspaper, which has covered the U.S. military since the Civil War, leadership at the publication told U.S. media.
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[2026-08-22 11:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers stepped up their offensive against US President Donald Trump on Friday, after he ordered the scaling back of military exercises with South Korea while pushing for renewed summitry with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this year.
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[2026-08-22 11:30 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON -- An expert on Friday called on South Korea and the United States to address the "political fallout" of US President Donald Trump's decision to scale back their military exercises, noting that the "unnecessary crisis" between the allies has created a roadblock to a coordinated approach toward Pyongyang.
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[2026-08-22 10:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-22 09:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A military air strike has killed 14 people at a Buddhist monastery in central Myanmar, an opposition group and a local resident have reported.
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[2026-08-22 09:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The Pentagon has fired the editor-in-chief of the Stars and Stripes, a prominent United States military newspaper, as well as one of its top reporters.
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[2026-08-22 08:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-22 08:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: JUNEAU, Alaska — A plane that crashed at a remote military site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, was making its second runway approach in heavy fog when it lost contact, authorities said Friday.
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[2026-08-22 06:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers have deserted while undergoing military training in Germany, Die Zeit has reported, citing interviews with ten men who fled their units.
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