Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-01 03:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has since the war's start and prior assassinations of top leaders including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei become the most visible figurehead representing the Islamic Republic to the world, has continued trolling the United States even as President Trump is renewing fresh military strikes amid an uneasy extended ceasefire and ongoing US naval blockade of Iranian ports.
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[2026-05-01 03:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: US Central Command (Centcom) has requested to deploy the military’s secretive Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran as a way to hit targets deep inside the Islamic Republic while remaining beyond the reach of its air defences, according to a report by Bloomberg on Thursday.
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[2026-05-01 02:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Thirteen individuals have been referred to the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal over a multimillion-dollar scheme to illegally procure military equipment for Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) through UAE-based companies and financial channels.
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[2026-05-01 02:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest, the country's state media has reported.
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[2026-05-01 02:21 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Thirteen suspects are to stand trial over a multimillion-dollar plot to buy military equipment and weapons through the UAE's financial system and send them to the Sudanese Armed Forces for use in the country's civil war.
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[2026-05-01 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday that activists on board the aid vessels bound for Gaza detained by Israel’s military on international waters will be taken to Greece.
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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[2026-05-01 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, which marks the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, will be held without military vehicles for the first time in nearly 20 years this May 9.
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[2026-05-01 00:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Pentagon’s latest cost assessment of the war against Iran is a lowball figure that does not include the extensive damage to US military bases during the conflict, CNN has reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An IDF major was indicted in military court on Wednesday for allegedly using his position near the Gaza border to smuggle a truckload of unauthorized goods into the enclave, bypass military checks, and bring an Israeli citizen into Gaza to complete the transfer.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Despite clearly intentionally leaked reports about top American military officials briefing US President Donald Trump on new escalatory and potentially imminent military options versus Iran, all signs from Israeli and American sources to The Jerusalem Post are that the near future will see more of the current game of chicken.
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[2026-05-01 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The cost of the Iran war to the US may be close to $40-50 billion when including the costs of rebuilding US military installations and replacing destroyed assets, CNN reported on Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 23:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Speaking at a televised Cabinet meeting on March 26, the US secretary of defense boasted of US military successes against Iran in the ongoing war. “Never in recorded history has a nation’s military been so quickly and so effectively neutralised,” he said, seated next to US President Donald Trump.
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[2026-04-30 23:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The trial of four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who had campaigned against the expanding role of the armed forces in government has begun in a military court in Jakarta.
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[2026-04-30 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Vladimir Putin did not invite U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, a day after the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time in months.
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[2026-04-30 23:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: Russia’s Vladimir Putin did not invite U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, a day after the two leaders spoke by phone for the first time in months.
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[2026-04-30 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Armed violence has intensified in Mali since Saturday after an al-Qaeda-linked armed group working with separatists attacked several military bases across multiple cities, including areas where senior government officials live, and took control of the northern city of Kidal.
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[2026-04-30 23:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Israel has charged a military officer for smuggling goods and an Israeli citizen into Gaza. His arrest came as part of continuing investigations into a suspected widespread operation that brought items into the besieged strip throughout the course of the Gaza war, fuelling a boom in the black market.
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[2026-04-30 23:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — Mourners carried the body of a teenager killed by Israel’s military through the hills of the West Bank ’s largest city on Thursday, the latest victim in a surge of violence this month.
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[2026-04-30 22:06 UTC+10:00] [Russia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: A Russian commander who led troops during the Bucha massacre in 2022 was said to be the blast’s intended target
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[2026-04-30 21:53 UTC+10:00] [Cooperation] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday stressed Germany’s deep military cooperation with Washington — despite Donald Trump's threat to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany.
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[2026-04-30 21:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: President Trump on Wednesday leveled a new threat against NATO ally Germany, suggesting he could soon reduce the US military presence there as he continues to feud with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over the US-Israel war against Iran.
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[2026-04-30 21:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has accused the United States of driving instability across the Middle East, linking regional tensions to Washington’s military footprint and its joint war with Israel against Iran.
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[2026-04-30 21:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Twelve IDF soldiers were wounded on Thursday after a drone struck an armored military vehicle near the northern community of Shomera, as drone incursion sirens blared across northern communities throughout the morning.
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[2026-04-30 21:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz drives in the armoured fighting vehicle Boxer during his visit to the army at the Bundeswehr base in Munster, Germany, Thursday, April, 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)
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[2026-04-30 20:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A congressional hearing that was supposed to center on President Donald Trump’s 2027 military budget proposal has entered its fifth hour, with Democrats and Republicans oscillating between praise and condemnation for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-04-30 19:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Vice President JD Vance is reportedly questioning assessments from the Department of War about the effectiveness of the US military campaign against Iran.
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[2026-04-30 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: HONG KONG — Oil prices soared more than seven percent to a four-year high above $126 Thursday after Donald Trump warned the US blockade of Iranian ports could last months and a report said he would be briefed on potential fresh military strikes.
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[2026-04-30 18:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, on Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
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[2026-04-30 18:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Attacks on Jewish people in the UK are "the biggest national security emergency" in almost a decade, the government's adviser on terrorism has told the BBC.
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[2026-04-30 18:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
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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[2026-04-30 18:02 UTC+10:00] [Jimmy Lai] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Media tycoon honoured in absentia as critics decry his 20-year sentence under national security law
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[2026-04-30 17:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Mali’s slain defence minister Sadio Camara will be laid to rest on Thursday, the country’s military has announced.
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[2026-04-30 17:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: Japan has relied too heavily on the U.S. for security, according to Taro Kono, Japan's former defense minister, as concerns grow that Washington may scale back its global military role.
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[2026-04-30 16:28 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Philippine and like-minded forces deployed 11 vessels for joint maritime drills in the West Philippine Sea from April 20 to May 1 as part of this year’s Balikatan (“shoulder-to-shoulder”) exercises, the military said Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 16:02 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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[2026-04-30 15:57 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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[2026-04-30 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Dutch government and top brass have committed to raising military personnel from its current 80,000 to 120,000 by 2035 — plans that have broad political support. The recent enlistment by the country’s queen and her eldest daughter as reservists look to be helping, with authorities now scrambling to arm and train new recruits.
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[2026-04-30 15:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Danylo Tsvok, head of the Defense Artificial Intelligence Center of Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)
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[2026-04-30 15:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Large-scale attacks targeting Mali’s military government pose a serious threat to Russian strategic and economic interests
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[2026-04-30 15:13 UTC+10:00] [Niger] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Large-scale attacks targeting Mali’s military government pose a serious threat to Russian strategic and economic interests
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[2026-04-30 14:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Oil prices jumped on Thursday in Asia after a report that the US military is set to brief President Donald Trump on new plans for potential action in the Iran war.
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[2026-04-30 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appears before a House Committee on Armed Services business meeting on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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[2026-04-30 14:00 UTC+10:00] [UFOs] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In 1980, two US airmen reported an extraordinary encounter near a military base in the east of England. What really happened?
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[2026-04-30 13:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Saw Win Myint, a commander of a military unit under the Karen National Union, the leading political body for the Karen ethnic minority that is part of the resistance against military rule in Myanmar, inspects the damaged armory in the captured army base of Infantry Battalion 275 in Myawaddy township in Kayin state, Myanmar, on April 12, 2024.
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[2026-04-30 13:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US military is reportedly considering sending its long-range hypersonic missile to the Middle East — to possibly take out ballistic-missile launchers embedded in Iran.
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[2026-04-30 12:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: US Central Command has asked to send the Army’s long-delayed Dark Eagle hypersonic missile to the Middle East for possible use against Iran, seeking a longer-range system to hit ballistic-missile launchers deep inside the country Bloomberg reports.
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[2026-04-30 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Ommathi, a village along the Mandalay-Lashio road, is still heavily scarred by civil war clashes and, more than six months after its recapture by Myanmar's military, remains largely deserted. (All photos by Nikkei Asia contributing writer)
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[2026-04-30 12:43 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Hanwha Aerospace said Thursday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Canada's Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association and Hanwha Ocean to cooperate on the production of military and special-purpose vehicles in Ontario.
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[2026-04-30 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said that "there is no ceasefire" with Lebanon, as the military continues to launch demolitions and attacks in the country.
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