Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-15 21:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Official newspaper cites Elon Musk’s firm as an example of how the US is rapidly speeding up the military use of low-orbit satellites
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[2026-06-15 21:20 UTC+10:00] [Elon Musk] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Official newspaper cites Elon Musk’s firm as an example of how the US is rapidly speeding up the military use of low-orbit satellites
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[2026-06-15 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Anduril founder Palmer Luckey has called for critical resets across defense procurement, manufacturing, innovation, and national identity.
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[2026-06-15 20:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Transport minister Mable Chan says principle and emphasis are on protecting data safety and national security
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[2026-06-15 20:11 UTC+10:00] [Amap] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Transport minister Mable Chan says principle and emphasis are on protecting data safety and national security
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[2026-06-15 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: State prosecutors filed an indictment Monday against 17 ultra-Orthodox (haredi) men, including four minors, over a violent anti-draft protest in which demonstrators allegedly broke through the locked gate of the chief military police officer’s home in Ashkelon while his family was inside.
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[2026-06-15 19:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Images emerging from Kyiv overnight captured bursts of light from Ukrainian air defence systems illuminating the sky, as residents sought refuge from a fresh wave of Russian strikes. Explosions echoed across the capital while civilians sheltered underground, waiting for the threat to subside. The attack forms part of a sustained campaign by Moscow targeting critical infrastructure and densely populated urban areas across Ukraine, now entering its third year of full-scale conflict.
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[2026-06-15 19:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Russia said on Monday that it did not strike the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv in an overnight attack on military factories in the Ukrainian capital and that a US-made Patriot air defense missile had damaged the religious site.
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[2026-06-15 19:01 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-06-15 18:58 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-15 18:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Asian stock markets soared on the back of the U.S. and Iran reaching a deal on Sunday to permanently end military operations in the Iran war. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-06-15 18:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Monday visited the Air Force Academy in the central city of Cheongju to discuss ways to foster Air Force cadets to lead future aerospace warfare, officials said.
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[2026-06-15 17:33 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-15 17:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani Air Force aircraft crashed during a routine training mission in an open area near the northwestern city of Mardan on Monday, killing both pilots, the military and officials said.
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[2026-06-15 17:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli forces carried out a series of attacks across southern Lebanon on Monday, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA), despite Iranian statements that the agreement between Washington and Tehran would include an immediate halt to military operations in Lebanon.
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[2026-06-15 17:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The economy in the West Bank is teetering toward collapse as Israel maintains a web of restrictions that limit opportunities for Palestinians living under long-term military occupation, according to a new report from a leading conflict tracker.
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[2026-06-15 17:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Israel is not bound to US President Donald Trump's US-Iran ceasefire agreement, Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir said in an X/Twitter post on Monday morning.
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[2026-06-15 16:42 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-15 15:59 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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[2026-06-15 15:59 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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[2026-06-15 15:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will consider "concrete" ways to help stabilize the Strait of Hormuz based on its military readiness and other factors, the defense ministry said Monday, after the United States and Iran announced a deal to end the war.
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[2026-06-15 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- The government launched a joint inspection Monday of workplaces handling military explosives, officials said, after the recent deadly blast at a Hanwha Aerospace manufacturing line prompted calls for an industry-wide safety review.
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[2026-06-15 14:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said the will of the Iranian people had been imposed on their adversaries, praising what it described as a national victory after more than 100 days of conflict.
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[2026-06-15 13:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Asian stock markets, like the Nikkei Stock Average, soared on the back of the U.S. and Iran reaching a deal on Sunday to permanently end military operations in the Iran war. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-06-15 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Even as diplomatic efforts inch closer than ever to resolving two of the most devastating conflicts of our time – in the Middle East and Eastern Europe – the latest iteration of the Global Peace Index underscores a deeper, structural crisis: the world is becoming less peaceful, with our response being dangerously lopsided.
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[2026-06-15 12:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kyiv City Military Administration head claims Russia is deliberately targeting civilian structures
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[2026-06-15 12:36 UTC+10:00] [Shahed drones] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kyiv City Military Administration head claims Russia is deliberately targeting civilian structures
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[2026-06-15 11:59 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday, as Israeli military operations continued despite a stalled and fragile ceasefire in place since October.
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[2026-06-15 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- Actor-singer Lee Jun-young, who appeared in the hit Netflix series "When Life Gives You Tangerines," will begin his mandatory military service in July, his agency said Monday.
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[2026-06-15 11:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The stock markets leaped on the back of the U.S. and Iran reaching a deal on Sunday to permanently end military operations. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
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[2026-06-15 10:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Chinese President Xi Jinping, fourth from right, and Myanmar's then military chief, Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, second from left, in Tianjin in August 2025: Myanmar's new president needs Chinese cash, arms and diplomatic muscle. © Reuters
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[2026-06-15 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 15 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Seventeen's Hoshi, currently serving his mandatory military duty, will release a new digital single titled "Snapback" on Monday, his agency Pledis Entertainment said.
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[2026-06-15 10:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, United States — The United States and Iran agreed a peace deal and an "immediate and permanent" end to military operations on all fronts including Lebanon, mediator Pakistan said, signaling the apparent end to more than three months of war in Middle East.
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[2026-06-15 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the memorandum of understanding with the United States provides for the immediate and permanent suspension of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, as well as the end of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports.
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[2026-06-15 09:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-06-15 08:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The legislation being advanced by the coalition that would expand state-funded daycare subsidies for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders amounts to “backstabbing” Israelis serving in the military during wartime, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, ahead of the legislation’s expected advancement this week.
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[2026-06-15 08:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says the war and military operations on several fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently from tonight.
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[2026-06-15 07:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: The U.S. and Iran have agreed on a deal to bring their nearly four-month war to an end, with both sides declaring the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday.
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[2026-06-15 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed senior Hezbollah commander Ali Musa Daqduq in a precision strike in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Sunday.
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[2026-06-15 05:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli military maps have failed to reflect the true extent of the country’s territorial control since the war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023. A new probe by Al Jazeera’s open-source investigation unit reveals that Israeli forces have established a de facto military footprint across the Gaza Strip, southern Lebanon, and southern Syria covering approximately 1,000sq km (386 sq miles), a size larger than the whole of New York City.
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[2026-06-15 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Two IDF soldiers were wounded after Hezbollah rockets were launched at their post in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the military announced.
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[2026-06-15 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Senior Iranian political, military and security officials have signalled that a retaliatory response is coming after Israel’s strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, even as Trump says a deal with Tehran could be finalised within hours.
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[2026-06-15 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, local officials said Saturday, as part of Kyiv's campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia.
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[2026-06-15 03:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: An Israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut has put further pressure on attempts for a US-Iran deal to end the war, although Donald Trump says a truce remains close.
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[2026-06-15 03:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s top joint military command says its forces have a "finger on the trigger" and are ready to strike at the "enemy's heart", according to Iranian state media.
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[2026-06-15 03:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The latest round of confrontation with Iran once again demonstrates the determination of the regime not only to avoid capitulation, but also to continue fighting for its interests and national honor.
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[2026-06-15 01:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: On Sunday the spokesman for the Iranian parliament's National Security Commission again warned against pursuing a deal with the United States without first restraining Israel. Iran has tried to force a 'red line' on Washington - essentially making clear that if it doesn't get Israel under control in Lebanon, it can kiss an Iran and Hormuz Strait reopening peace deal goodbye.
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[2026-06-14 23:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The administration of US President Donald Trump has barred foreigners from accessing the top AI models developed by Anthropic, citing national security concerns, underscoring the US government’s policy of export controls over advanced technology.
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[2026-06-14 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Thr deputy commander of Iran's top joint military command Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said on Sunday that Israel's assault on Beirut "will not go unanswered," state-media reported.
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[2026-06-14 22:58 UTC+10:00] [Israel] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The Israeli military said Sunday that it had struck a Hezbollah target on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in retaliation for the Iran-backed group launching drones and rockets toward northern Israel.
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