Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-08-07 18:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Security minister also slams embattled Hong Kong Journalists Association for lacking credibility ahead of delayed leadership election
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[2026-08-07 18:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: A Houthi drone attack on Yemen's Marib province killed three members of government forces on Friday and wounded another four, a Yemeni military source told AFP.
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[2026-08-07 17:52 UTC+10:00] [National / WA] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: WA Premier Roger Cook says HMAS Stirling will not be a US military base despite media reports that more than double the number of Americans would be deployed to the facility than previously declared.
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[2026-08-07 17:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to swiftly integrating the academies of three military branches, stressing the move will serve as a "cornerstone" in addressing past wrongs.
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[2026-08-07 16:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Friday called on military generals to help restore public trust in the military, referring to its involvement in the 2024 imposition of martial law by former President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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[2026-08-07 16:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has privately expressed frustration that information about shrinking US munitions stockpiles has become public, arguing that the disclosures make the United States appear weak as he threatens further military action to pressure Iran into reaching a deal, CNN reported, citing senior US officials.
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[2026-08-07 15:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese military units overnight entered the town of al-Mansouri, in the southern city of Tyre, to begin clearing roads previously blocked as a result of recent Israeli attacks, state media reported.
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[2026-08-07 14:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Iraq has placed security and military forces on high alert as a one-week deadline by Iran-backed militia groups to respond to last week's joint US and Saudi strikes expired.
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[2026-08-07 14:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: President William Lai took part in an emergency evacuation drill as part of Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises that are running from August 5th to 14th.
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[2026-08-07 14:18 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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[2026-08-07 13:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: An attack by the Houthis on southern Saudi Arabia wounded 11 civilians on Thursday, a military official said, as the Iran-aligned group escalates attacks on the Kingdom and in Yemen.
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[2026-08-07 13:24 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and Australia on Friday condemned China’s recent actions against Philippine vessels in the South China and said they were moving closer to a new defense agreement to strengthen military cooperation.
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[2026-08-07 12:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers of the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Friday submitted a resolution urging the Lee Jae Myung administration to drop its push to integrate the nation's military academies into a single institution.
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[2026-08-07 12:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac has met with new U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel for the first time since she took office, a government official said Friday.
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[2026-08-07 11:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: RIYADH — Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan will sign a joint defense agreement in Jeddah on Friday, sources close to the Saudi military and government told AFP.
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[2026-08-07 10:15 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Officials from South Korea, the United States and other countries that participated in the 1950-53 Korean War called for greater solidarity among them during a forum in Washington on Thursday, as the world faces a raft of security challenges, including North Korea's advancing military threats.
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[2026-08-07 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Yemeni military said at least 17 soldiers and an officer were killed in Houthi attacks in Yemen's Marib and Hadramout.
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[2026-08-07 08:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former deputy national security minister Yoav Segalovitz announced on Thursday his resignation from Knesset and departure from the Yesh Atid party.
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[2026-08-07 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Another top level Ukrainian official has been booted from office over significant corruption allegations, which comes at a moment of a broad shake-up of military and cabinet leadership initiated by President Zelensky.
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[2026-08-07 07:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Yonhap) -- Officials from South Korea, the United States and other countries that participated in the 1950-53 Korean War called for greater solidarity among them during a forum in Washington on Thursday, as the world faces a raft of security challenges, including North Korea's advancing military threats.
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[2026-08-07 07:30 UTC+10:00] [Hong Kong National Security Law] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The city’s economic achievements and stability, underpinned by its security laws and an independent judiciary, speak for themselves
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[2026-08-07 06:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Marco Rubio, the top diplomat for the United States, has announced sanctions against five Cuban companies and eight individuals accused of helping the island procure military equipment for its armed forces.
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[2026-08-07 06:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: At least 58 people have been killed in attacks from the Houthis on Yemen's Saudi-backed forces, a military source told AFP on Thursday.
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[2026-08-07 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Russia is not happy with Japan's statements regarding the anniversary of the US military's dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima at the end of WWII. Thursday marks the 81st anniversary of the bombing which obliterated the densely-populated industrial city.
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[2026-08-07 05:12 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-08-07 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The US Congress is seeking answers after a preliminary report showed that US military GPS jamming led to a fatal plane crash in New Mexico.
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[2026-08-07 02:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A Ukrainian cargo aircraft parked near an explosive-laden drone found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle airport on Tuesday night was carrying a payload of military ammunition, a group of news outlets including Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Thursday.
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[2026-08-07 01:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday that they carried out missile and drone attacks on “Saudi military deployments” in Yemen's Saudi-backed government controlled areas of Marib and Hadramout.
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[2026-08-07 00:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: WASHINGTON, May 26 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. military said Thursday that it is aware of a North Korean ballistic missile launch this week, reaffirming America's defense commitment to regional allies.
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[2026-08-07 00:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-07 00:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli settlers attacked a small Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, injuring people, destroying homes and smashing their power source, the military and residents said Thursday, in the latest in a spate of violent confrontations.
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[2026-08-07 00:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing honours two coastguard personnel who died in a vessel collision in the South China Sea last year
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[2026-08-07 00:18 UTC+10:00] [China Coast Guard] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Beijing honours two coastguard personnel who died in a vessel collision in the South China Sea last year
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[2026-08-07 00:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-08-07 00:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Palantir Technologies, the United States data analytics and artificial intelligence company which has contracts with the country’s military and intelligence apparatus, has “engineered its corporate structure” to pay no US federal corporate income tax, according to a new report.
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[2026-08-06 23:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have killed at least 30 people in missile attacks on Yemeni military camps in Hadramout and Marib governorates.
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[2026-08-06 23:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Nearly three years after the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel’s national debate has been trapped in an exhausting and polarizing loop: how to address severe military manpower shortages while resolving the long-running dispute over military service for the Haredi community. Despite mounting Supreme Court intervention, economic sanctions, mass draft notices, and fierce political rhetoric, the country remains no closer to a functional or sustainable outcome.
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[2026-08-06 23:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thu 6 Aug 2026 at 11:10pm
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[2026-08-06 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Abu Dhabi's highest court has heard prosecution evidence over an alleged multimillion-dollar plot to buy military equipment and weapons through the UAE's financial systems to be sent to the Sudanese Armed Forces for use in the country's civil war.
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[2026-08-06 22:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli military on Thursday continued its widespread operation in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, part of a broader wave of violence engulfing the Palestinian territory.
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[2026-08-06 22:00 UTC+10:00] [Gaza] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: Louisiana firm awarded tender to build rudimentary outpost to house Moroccan troops
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[2026-08-06 21:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday evening that Washington is holding talks with Iran and would prefer an agreement rather than further military action against the country.
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[2026-08-06 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: At least 56 people have been executed in Iran on national security-related charges in the past five months, including 27 in cases linked to protests at the start of the year, UN human rights chief Volker Turk has said.
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[2026-08-06 20:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS headline; ADDS para 4 with details; UPDATES throughout) By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-08-06 19:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the waters off its east coast on Thursday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of weapons tests by North Korea this year.
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[2026-08-06 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 7-9)By Kim Hyun-soo
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[2026-08-06 19:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Taiwan kicked off annual military exercises Wednesday aimed at simulating a response to a potential Chinese invasion of the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own. (AP Video by Johnson Lai and production by Naeun Kim)
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[2026-08-06 19:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Pakistani army soldiers and volunteers unload from a helicopter the bodies of climbers, that were recovered from Broad Peak nearly a week after an avalanche swept away a 10-member international expedition, upon arrival at a military base in Skardu, in northern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/ M.H. Balti)
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[2026-08-06 19:30 UTC+10:00] [World / North America] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Washington: An air ambulance crash that killed all on board may have been linked to the US military’s testing of an experimental jamming weapon.
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[2026-08-06 19:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Ukraine's military on Thursday struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Kyiv continues to target the country's energy infrastructure.
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