Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-07 21:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Indian army is looking to green sources for its cooking, vehicles and installations due to surging oil prices
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[2026-05-07 21:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: New recruits to the Pontifical Swiss Guard swore loyalty to Pope Leo XIV on 6 May, during a ceremony in Vatican City. 28 new halberdiers took their oath in the presence of the Pope, the first time in over 50 years that a pontiff has personally presided over the swearing-in.
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[2026-05-07 20:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRP Quezon, the mock enemy vessel, side flips and sinks after the first strike of Japan's Type 88 missile which only took six minutes to reach target positioned 75 kilometers northwest of Paoay coast in Ilocos Norte on May 6, 2026.
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[2026-05-07 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: There have certainly been escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz this week amid a wave of Iranian attacks on commercial ships after a U.S. military effort to escort merchant vessels through the maritime chokepoint.
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[2026-05-07 20:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese military court gave suspended death sentences Thursday to former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, who were accused of bribery, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
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[2026-05-07 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been sentenced to death with reprieve on corruption charges, according to Xinhua.
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[2026-05-07 20:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, have been sentenced to death with reprieve on corruption charges, according to Xinhua.
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[2026-05-07 20:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has launched an inquiry after a viral video showed one of its soldiers in southern Lebanon desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary.
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[2026-05-07 19:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The chief executive of Maersk, one of the world's largest shipping companies, said Thursday that one of its commercial vessels was able to successfully pass through the Strait of Hormuz thanks to a "very well executed mission" by the U.S. Navy.
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[2026-05-07 16:33 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: PAOAY, Philippines — China was angered after Japan fired surface-to-ship missiles and sank an old warship in waters between the Philippines and Taiwan during large-scale military exercises involving US forces.
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[2026-05-07 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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[2026-05-07 15:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Growing national security scrutiny forcing private equity firms to brace for regulatory delays, potential deal failures
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[2026-05-07 15:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is facing backlash after posting a TikTok video glorifying executions just weeks after Israel passed a controversial death penalty law targeting Palestinian detainees.
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[2026-05-07 15:28 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration's approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.
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[2026-05-07 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The UAE has condemned a statement by the Iranian Foreign Ministry and reaffirmed its rejection of threats against its sovereignty, national security and independent decision-making.
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[2026-05-07 15:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-07 14:39 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering journalism, I served as an Air Force lieutenant, working as an interpreter and junior planner at the ROK–US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-07 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Documents obtained by consortium of journalists show role of Moscow university in training operatives in military intelligence
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[2026-05-07 13:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: One IDF soldier was seriously injured, and three others were lightly injured after an explosive drone impact in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the military announced on Thursday.
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[2026-05-07 12:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The State of Israel is in one of the most tense periods in its history. While the Ministry of Defense's air and naval convoys are pumping in weapons at an unprecedented pace and eyes are fixed on Tehran, Brigadier General (res.) Prof. Yaakov Nagel sat down for an open conversation with Maariv's military correspondent, Avi Ashkenazi.
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[2026-05-07 11:59 UTC+10:00] [World / Middle East] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots, aircraft and key radar, communications and air defence equipment, according to a Washington Post analysis of satellite imagery.
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[2026-05-07 11:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- In the moments after recording the final three outs of his team's victory Wednesday night, LG Twins pitcher Kim Yun-sik was clutching a baseball in his left hand.
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[2026-05-07 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The Lebanon ceasefire seems definitively off, as the capital of Beirut has come under heavy attack on Wednesday, with Israeli officials describing the military action as a targeted assassination of a top Hezbollah commander.
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[2026-05-07 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after President Donald Trump threatened to resume the bombing campaign unless Tehran agrees to end the war on Washington’s terms.
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[2026-05-07 08:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The US military has fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after President Donald Trump threatened to resume the bombing campaign unless Tehran agrees to end the war on Washington’s terms.
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[2026-05-07 08:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Priority should be safe return of Namu, crewIranian Embassy rebuffs any military involvement in explosion on Korean-operated ship in the Strait of Hormuz
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[2026-05-07 06:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Azzam al-Hayya, son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Haya, was seriously injured in an IDF strike in Gaza, Saudi news network Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 06:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces continued military operations across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, including the detention of a young Palestinian man in the city of Tubas, according to the Wafa news agency.
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[2026-05-07 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The US military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals.
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[2026-05-07 05:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: France has deployed its sole, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Middle East as part of a joint effort with the UK and Europe to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, military officials said Wednesday.
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[2026-05-07 05:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has posted a controversial TikTok video in which he declares he “dreams” of nooses, co-opting the viral "I know I should sleep, but the voices in my head go…" trend to glorify the recently passed death penalty law.
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[2026-05-07 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-05-07 04:40 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on Polymarket
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[2026-05-07 04:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said one soldier was wounded earlier on Wednesday “as a result of an explosive drone impact”.
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[2026-05-07 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON — The U.S. military launched another strike Tuesday on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men.
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[2026-05-07 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S and Moroccan military forces take part in the 20th edition of the African Lion military exercise, in Tantan, south of Agadir, Morocco, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy, File)
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[2026-05-07 01:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for a dozen Lebanese towns and villages on Wednesday, including in the Bekaa Valley.
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: With the smoke and blockades disguising what’s actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz, Rick Sanchez decided to shed some light on the situation. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday paused Project Freedom – the military operation launched a day earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz – citing the “tremendous military success” of the campaign.However, Rick’s assessment is that Tehran still holds the strategic edge.
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[2026-05-07 01:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: With the smoke and blockades disguising what’s actually happening in the Strait of Hormuz, Rick Sanchez decided to shed some light on the situation. US President Donald Trump on Tuesday paused Project Freedom – the military operation launched a day earlier to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz – citing the “tremendous military success” of the campaign.However, Rick’s assessment is that Tehran still holds the strategic edge.
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[2026-05-07 01:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Yisrael Beitenu leader MK Avidgor Liberman launched a new campaign on Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming elections, calling for a decisive military outcome on all fronts and vowed that he would not sit in a government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “even if the world turns upside down.”
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[2026-05-07 00:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 30, 2026, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced sharp partisan attacks from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and other Democrats, underscored a troubling reality: the politicization of national security.
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[2026-05-07 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The highly manoeuvrable weapon is nearly invulnerable to interception and could sink an aircraft carrier with a single hit
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[2026-05-07 00:00 UTC+10:00] [Patriot PAC-3] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The highly manoeuvrable weapon is nearly invulnerable to interception and could sink an aircraft carrier with a single hit
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[2026-05-06 23:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two IDF soldiers were wounded on Wednesday when Hezbollah terrorists launched explosive drones and rockets towards troops operating in southern Lebanon.
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[2026-05-06 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said the military operation to guide stranded merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused just two days after he announced it.
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[2026-05-06 23:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Burkina Faso's military rulers ordered on Tuesday the dissolution of around 200 associations, the latest clampdown on civic groups in the west African country.
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[2026-05-06 22:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Japan's defense minister pledges to deepen military cooperation with the Philippines during a visit to Manila, aiming for the 'early transfer' of Abukuma-class destroyers to the archipelago. Shinjiro Koizumi's visit comes as a contingent of 1,400 Japanese personnel participated for the first time in the annual US-Philippine military exercises, and just weeks after Tokyo eased decades-old arms export rules in a major policy shift.
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[2026-05-06 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says Japan’s ‘neo-militarism’ is a ‘scourge’ that threatens regional peace and stability
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[2026-05-06 22:13 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing says Japan’s ‘neo-militarism’ is a ‘scourge’ that threatens regional peace and stability
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[2026-05-06 21:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The battlefield in Ukraine could soon feature more robot than human soldiers - that is the startling claim made by a Ukrainian-British military start-up.
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