Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-11 14:00 UTC+10:00] [Edinburgh festival 2026] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: With its marching bands, billowing flags and precision drills, the Tattoo has never exactly been cutting edge. But now an experimental theatre-maker has been let loose on it …
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[2026-08-11 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A crowded field of candidates will compete in South Carolina’s special primary this Tuesday, with hopes of securing the Republican nomination for a US Senate seat long held by the late Lindsey Graham, one of Israel’s strongest allies on Capitol Hill and an advocate for military action against Iran.
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[2026-08-11 13:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Three Israeli civilians crossed into Syria from Mount Hermon on Monday night, the IDF announced in a statement on Tuesday.
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[2026-08-11 13:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: US President Donald Trump secretly switched aircraft in Turkey last month after a credible Iranian assassination threat, using a smaller military jet while journalists and staff remained aboard a decoy Air Force One, The Washington Post reported.
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[2026-08-11 13:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The head of military intelligence for eastern Libya's Libyan National Army was killed on Monday when an explosive device detonated in his car outside his home in the Hawari area of Benghazi, two security sources told Reuters.
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[2026-08-11 13:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The fire at the Aramco refinery in Jizan started Sunday morning. Yahya Saree, the Houthi military spokesman, said his forces had hit it with a drone, precisely, in retaliation for Saudi drones over Saada and Hajjah. The Saudi energy ministry confirmed the fire and said it was extinguished.
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[2026-08-11 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: A deal to scale back Russia's decades-long military presence in Syria saves face for both countries, as Damascus seeks to build on its new alliance with the US, Syrian sources said on Monday.
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[2026-08-11 12:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-11 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen’s government-aligned military indicated that Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles at the Red Sea port city of Mocha.
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[2026-08-11 12:29 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Elaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One to return from Nato meet
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[2026-08-11 12:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An Iranian threat to assassinate US President Donald Trump prompted a secret security operation last month in which the president was flown from Turkey to the UK aboard an alternate military aircraft, while the White House publicly gave the impression that he was traveling on the older Air Force One, according to the Washington Post.
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[2026-08-11 12:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: ADDS unification ministry's response in last 3 paras)
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[2026-08-11 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: President Trump was spotted over the weekend at his Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, under a notably elevated air-defense posture. An AN/TWQ-1 Avenger positioned near the fairway provided last-line missile defense, indicating that security planners considered a low-altitude airborne attack plausible.
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[2026-08-11 09:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: US military bases in South Korea, Japan and other countries in the Pacific are "highly vulnerable" to North Korean and Chinese missile and drone attacks, a US expert has said, calling for efforts to strengthen air and missile defenses.
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[2026-08-11 09:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan's latest defense white paper, calling it an attempt to justify the country's military buildup and describing it as legal basis for "the operation of war machine."
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[2026-08-11 08:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: Rushing Opcon transfer while scaling back joint drillsAs Seoul accelerates wartime control transfer while cutting joint drills, questions are growing over military readiness and trust within the Korea-U.S. alliance.
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[2026-08-11 06:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: British Columbia declared a state of emergency Saturday as a fast-moving wildfire forced more than 20,000 people from communities in western Canada, destroying homes as it raced toward towns along Okanagan Lake.
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[2026-08-11 04:51 UTC+10:00] [United States Defense and Military Forces] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The Defense Department has renamed a military base in Charleston, S.C., for Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican from South Carolina who died on July 11.
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[2026-08-11 04:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- U.S. military bases in South Korea, Japan and other countries in the Pacific are "highly vulnerable" to North Korean and Chinese missile and drone attacks, a U.S. expert has said, calling for efforts to strengthen air and missile defenses.
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[2026-08-11 04:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei named Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General Ali Abdollahi head of the country's armed forces on Monday, while also confirming a new commander of the Guard, putting his imprimatur on the country's military.
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[2026-08-11 03:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-11 03:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
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[2026-08-11 02:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions in the country's armed forces, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij, according to decrees published by his office on Monday.
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[2026-08-11 02:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Monday issued decrees appointing six military and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to leadership positions after the preceding holders were killed in Israeli-US strikes during operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury.
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[2026-08-11 02:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL — South Korean and US troops will begin their annual exercises next week to beef up readiness against North Korean threats, the allies announced Monday, days after North Korea resumed ballistic missile testing activities that are banned by the UN.
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[2026-08-11 02:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rare failure ends a run of successful missions for the new-generation rocket, which was carrying the ChinaSat-4B communications satellite
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[2026-08-11 02:09 UTC+10:00] [China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Rare failure ends a run of successful missions for the new-generation rocket, which was carrying the ChinaSat-4B communications satellite
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[2026-08-11 02:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
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[2026-08-11 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Syria and Russia have spent the past 18 months negotiating the fate of Moscow’s military presence in Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in December 2024.
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[2026-08-11 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For decades, the basic equation in Israeli-Indian defense relations was straightforward. Israel had the military technology, expertise, and weapons that India wanted, and India had one of the world's largest defense markets.
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[2026-08-10 23:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Ukraine's military has conducted a rare, mass casualty attack deep into central Russia. Long-range drones reached Tatarstan, which lies some 1,200km (or about 750 miles) east of the Ukrainian border.
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[2026-08-10 23:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say deploying the LY-1-equipped vessel during Scarborough Shoal drill was meant to send a message to Manila and Washington
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[2026-08-10 23:03 UTC+10:00] [LY-1] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Analysts say deploying the LY-1-equipped vessel during Scarborough Shoal drill was meant to send a message to Manila and Washington
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[2026-08-10 22:50 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The government maintained a cautious stance on Ukraine's request for air defense support and other military provisions, a senior government official said Monday, amid Ukrainian claims that North Korea is preparing to send more troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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[2026-08-10 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- The government maintained a cautious stance on Ukraine's request for air defense support and other military provisions, a senior government official said Monday, amid Ukrainian claims that North Korea is preparing to send more troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine.
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[2026-08-10 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: After President Trump said Sunday that the US is now "low-keying it" with Iran and only "semi-negotiating" following a top Iranian security official having laid out multiple stringent conditions for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, oil is edging higher on Monday.
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[2026-08-10 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The United States is working to strengthen the Philippines’ ability to defend its claims and sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea as part of a broader strategy focused on deterrence, military readiness and deeper alliance cooperation, a senior US defense official said Monday.
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[2026-08-10 22:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: President Donald Trump said the US is "low-keying" its confrontation with Iran, keeping economic and military pressure on while holding off on another major attack.
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[2026-08-10 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: More than 23 weeks into the war on Iran, United States President Donald Trump has signalled he would rather rely on squeezing Tehran’s economy than returning to a military offensive, as he had warned he might last week.
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[2026-08-10 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: At least 13 people, including a child, have been killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk, authorities said, as Ukraine’s military said it carried out an attack on an oil facility in the region.
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[2026-08-10 20:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq’s government has confirmed that the US-led military coalition is actively preparing to withdraw its forces from the Kurdistan Region and transfer bases to Iraqi forces before a September 30 deadline.
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[2026-08-10 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Nickolay Mladenov, the envoy of the US-backed Gaza Board of Peace, says full implementation of its proposal for peace is Israel's sole guarantee against threats to national security.
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[2026-08-10 20:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: For over a decade, I’ve navigated the complexities of North Korean affairs, security, and foreign policy from both Seoul and Washington, D.C. As the National Desk Political Team Lead, I track the pulse of geopolitics, closely following developments from the Unification Ministry and the Foreign Ministry. My mornings start with Rodong Sinmun—North Korea’s state mouthpiece—before diving into the day’s headlines from Seoul and Washington.
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[2026-08-10 20:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Syria and Russia have reached a memorandum of understanding to scale back Moscow's military presence on Syria's Mediterranean coast, ending 18 months of negotiations over the future of the Hmeimim airbase and Tartus naval facility.
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[2026-08-10 19:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Drone flights in six provinces under the jurisdiction of the Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command suspended from Friday
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[2026-08-10 19:39 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Drone flights in six provinces under the jurisdiction of the Chinese military’s Southern Theatre Command suspended from Friday
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[2026-08-10 19:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has caused a "major explosion" in the municipality of Zaoutar el-Charkiya in south Lebanon, state media agency NNA reported.
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[2026-08-10 17:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS lead paras; INSERTS paras 11-12 to provide more detail; ADDS photo; RESTRUCTURES)By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-08-10 17:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: U.S. and South Korean soldiers take part in a joint river-crossing exercise, part of their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield training, in Yeoju, South Korea, on Aug. 27, 2025. © Reuters
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[2026-08-10 17:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Col. Jang Do-young, left, public affairs director of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Col. Ryan Donaldn, public affairs director of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea attend a press briefing for the Ulchi Freedom Shield 2026 exercise at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea Monday, Aug.
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