Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-21 19:42 UTC+10:00] [JAPAN] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: The U.S. military is set to deploy its powerful Typhon midrange missile system to Kagoshima Prefecture for joint exercises with the Self-Defense Forces from Monday, a move sure to anger China.
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[2026-06-21 19:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PARIS — France is putting emergency services and military forces on wildfire alert, restricting public alcohol consumption and canceling some outdoor sports events to cope with a heat wave unfurling across parts of Europe.
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[2026-06-21 19:15 UTC+10:00] [ASIA PACIFIC] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: TAIPEI – Taiwan’s military will this week hold a five-day combat readiness drill, the defense ministry said on Sunday, part of modernization plans to shift the focus of training from set piece events to more realistic exercises simulating war.
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[2026-06-21 19:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: All six launchers of the US' Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptors have reportedly been returned to the South Korean military base where they were originally deployed.
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[2026-06-21 18:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Ukrainian officials protesting Warsaw’s revocation of Vladimir Zelensky’s state honor should also return the military equipment supplied by Poland, including MiG fighter jets and tanks, former Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller has said.
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[2026-06-21 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-21 18:30 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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[2026-06-21 16:14 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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[2026-06-21 14:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: David Sacks, a technology adviser to President Donald Trump, has defended the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, describing it as "a tremendous achievement" and arguing that diplomacy offers a better path than an expanded military conflict.
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[2026-06-21 14:23 UTC+10:00] [Bolivia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Bulldozers sent in to clear roadblocks that have stifled the country as farmers and Indigenous groups protest against conservative president
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[2026-06-21 14:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Israel Katz have instructed the military to remain in occupied Lebanese territory while largely refraining from further attacks, except in the area around Ali al-Taher near Nabatieh, where fighting has continued and Israeli troops have suffered casualties in recent days.
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[2026-06-21 12:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended the conduct of Israel's military, saying "no military takes more measures to minimise" civilian casualties than the Israeli armed forces and arguing that no country is "attacked by more propaganda than Israel".
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[2026-06-21 12:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Federal Government
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[2026-06-21 09:55 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: London: A new warning from the Iranian military has just highlighted the weakness in Donald Trump’s peace deal with Tehran despite the stated goal of ending the war on all fronts.
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[2026-06-21 08:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed a Hamas terrorist who had been doubling as a photojournalist for Qatari state-funded broadcaster Al Jazeera, the military announced on Saturday.
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[2026-06-21 07:30 UTC+10:00] [West Philippine Sea] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military completed on Friday another round of joint maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea, the fourth bilateral maritime cooperative activity between the allies this year as they continue to deepen defense cooperation amid persistent tensions in the disputed waters.
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[2026-06-21 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Iranian military says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel's attacks on southern Lebanon - although the US military has disputed the claim.
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[2026-06-21 05:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On the night of February 28, President Donald Trump addressed the American people to announce the launch of military strikes against Iran. He ended his remarks with a direct message to the Iranian people:
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[2026-06-21 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two soldiers were killed in Hezbollah’s attacks on the IDF buffer zone in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Saturday.
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[2026-06-21 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The Typhon missile system is shown to the media at the U.S. military's Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan, in September 2025. © Kyodo
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[2026-06-21 02:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz has declared a state of emergency, which gives the military the power to remove blockades that have disrupted food and fuel supplies.
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[2026-06-21 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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[2026-06-21 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times,
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[2026-06-21 01:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran announced that it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, according to a military command statement carried by state media.
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[2026-06-21 00:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran announced that it had once again closed the Strait of Hormuz over Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon, according to a military command statement carried by state media.
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[2026-06-20 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iran's top joint military command has ordered that the Strait of Hormuz be closed in retaliation for what it claims is a “blatant breach” of the recently signed US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, according to Iranian semi-official state-sponsored media outlet Mehr on Saturday.
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[2026-06-20 23:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s joint military command said Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed again, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and US “bad faith” and “its clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war.
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[2026-06-20 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s top joint military command said on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to vessel traffic again, citing Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon as a violation of Iran’s agreement with the US.
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[2026-06-20 23:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has condemned remarks by Israel’s right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who posted “all of Lebanon must burn” after four Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah attack.
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[2026-06-20 20:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Social media platform X has declined to remove a post by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for the destruction of Lebanon, despite its rules prohibiting threats and incitement targeting people on the basis of ethnicity, national origin or religion.
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[2026-06-20 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russian officials have welcomed Warsaw’s decision to strip Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honor. The decision came after Kiev named a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a nationalist force implicated in massacres of Poles and Jews during World War II.
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[2026-06-20 20:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland China says it is ‘diversifying’ its claims with a range of activities ranging from military drills to environmental studies
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[2026-06-20 20:31 UTC+10:00] [Japan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Mainland China says it is ‘diversifying’ its claims with a range of activities ranging from military drills to environmental studies
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[2026-06-20 19:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army said it had struck Hezbollah targets in response to overnight projectile attacks on Israeli troops stationed in Lebanese territory.
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[2026-06-20 19:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: More than 200 US airmen and trainees have come down with the flu at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, NBC News has reported, citing a source at the facility. The illnesses come less than two months after the Pentagon ended its longstanding requirement for annual influenza vaccinations.
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[2026-06-20 19:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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[2026-06-20 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Switzerland could exclude Ukrainian men of military age from protections granted to refugees, the Alpine nation’s government has said.
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[2026-06-20 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Switzerland could exclude Ukrainian men of military age from protections granted to refugees, the Alpine nation’s government has said.
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[2026-06-20 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Bolivia’s crisis intensified on Saturday as President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency, authorizing broader military deployment to clear blockades and restore order after protests brought the economy to a halt over the past 50 days.
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[2026-06-20 17:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Noam Sohlberg accepted a petition filed on Friday by the Movement for Quality Government and ruled that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir must remove a video depicting a flotilla incident from all his social media accounts.
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[2026-06-20 16:30 UTC+10:00] [History] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: WARSAW — Poland’s nationalist President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle — Poland’s highest honor — amid an increasingly bitter dispute between Kyiv and Warsaw over a World War II-era Ukrainian military unit.
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[2026-06-20 15:33 UTC+10:00] [WORLD] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Japan Times
Snippet: Washington – The U.S. Navy’s top leadership believed that Rear Adm. Stephen D. Barnett was by far the best choice to lead the command that oversees the Navy’s bases at home and abroad.
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[2026-06-20 14:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran's Army reaffirmed its readiness to defend the country's security, sovereignty and national interests in the event of any violation of the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States.
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[2026-06-20 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has condemned comments by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after he said that "all of Lebanon must burn" following the deaths of four Israeli soldiers in a Hezbollah attack in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-06-20 14:00 UTC+10:00] [International law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Developments in Ukraine and Iran show that the military superpowers are not getting it all their own way
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[2026-06-20 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by James Durso via RealClearDefense.,com,
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[2026-06-20 12:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said Israel's position in the region depended heavily on American support, arguing that US military assistance had been central to the country's security.
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[2026-06-20 12:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The German military may be forced to order soldiers to serve near Russia’s borders after struggling to find enough volunteers, despite a major promotional campaign touting financial benefits, according to local media reports.
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[2026-06-20 10:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Low-cost kamikaze drones are fundamentally reshaping the modern battlefield and forcing militaries to rethink procurement strategies built around expensive, high-end weapons systems.
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[2026-06-20 08:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said "all of Lebanon must burn" in a social media post after the deaths of four Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, drawing a response from the Iranian foreign minister, who labelled the Israeli leadership a "threat to all of humanity".
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