Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-25 17:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The shipments to Subic Bay and Yokose add to a growing trend of US military fuel heading to regions that typically rely on Mideast supplies
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[2026-04-25 17:40 UTC+10:00] [Iran war] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The shipments to Subic Bay and Yokose add to a growing trend of US military fuel heading to regions that typically rely on Mideast supplies
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[2026-04-25 15:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Four decades after a failed experiment in Soviet Ukraine led to a world-shaking radiation disaster and made Chernobyl infamous, the psychological safeguards protecting nuclear facilities from military action are weaker than ever.
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[2026-04-25 13:57 UTC+10:00] [Latest Stories] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Inquirer
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad will remain the spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the West Philippine Sea following his retirement from military service, the Philippine Navy said on Saturday.
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[2026-04-25 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: GAPYEONG, South Korea, April 25 (Yonhap) -- Partnership between South Korea and Canada, forged on battlefields of the 1950-53 Korean War, has endured for decades and is growing even "stronger" amid deepening military cooperation, the commander of the Canadian Army has said.
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[2026-04-25 12:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The White House is reportedly considering a plan to take over Spirit Airlines and use part of the bankrupt carrier’s fleet for military missions.
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[2026-04-25 12:13 UTC+10:00] [Drug Abuse and Traffic] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The New York Times
Snippet: The U.S. military attacked a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two people and raising the death toll to at least 182 in the campaign against people the United States accuses of smuggling drugs at sea.
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[2026-04-25 12:03 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Small boat destroyed in video posted on social media as US campaign has killed at least 178 people since September
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[2026-04-25 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
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[2026-04-25 11:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A round detonating inside a tank turret is virtually unheard of. The last time it happened in Japan was in 1979
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[2026-04-25 11:30 UTC+10:00] [Type tank] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A round detonating inside a tank turret is virtually unheard of. The last time it happened in Japan was in 1979
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[2026-04-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After Lee Jae Myung’s recent visit to New Delhi touting expanded bilateral cooperation, Beijing is likely to be uneasy, analysts say
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[2026-04-25 11:00 UTC+10:00] [K9 Thunder] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: After Lee Jae Myung’s recent visit to New Delhi touting expanded bilateral cooperation, Beijing is likely to be uneasy, analysts say
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[2026-04-25 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Chai bar owner and army veteran Ambi says he is proud to support those serving in the armed forces. Source: SBS / Spencer Austad
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[2026-04-25 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 90]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Uncle Ray Minniecon (L) — himself an ADF veteran — delivered the Acknowledgement of Country in Sydney's Martin Place, where a small but vocal group booed. RSL NSW acting president, retired brigadier Vince Williams (R), apologised directly to Uncle Minniecon. Source: Supplied / RSL NSW
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[2026-04-25 09:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah said its fighters carried out several attacks on Israeli forces inside southern Lebanon. In a statement, the group said it targeted troops and military vehicles in the town of al-Qantara with drones.
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[2026-04-25 08:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Federal authorities are trying to seize a palatial $30 million Beverly Hills mansion after filing a civil complaint alleging its Kurdish general owner defrauded the government to buy it.
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[2026-04-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Western competitors like GoPro face shrinking footprints as strategic shifts of Chinese firms disrupt the status quo while navigating FCC-led national security bans
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[2026-04-25 08:00 UTC+10:00] [Antigravity] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Western competitors like GoPro face shrinking footprints as strategic shifts of Chinese firms disrupt the status quo while navigating FCC-led national security bans
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[2026-04-25 07:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. on Friday said University of the Philippines (UP) student leader Alyssa Alano was “armed and fighting” during the Toboso, Negros Occidental clash supporting the military’s claim that all 19 casualties were identified members of the New People’s Army (NPA).
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[2026-04-25 06:57 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Kuwait’s military says two drones launched from Iraq struck northern border positions on Friday, causing damage but no casualties.
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[2026-04-25 06:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has seized a vessel it suspects of collaborating with the US military.
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[2026-04-25 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
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[2026-04-25 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The U.S. military's 55-day war with Iran has alarmingly drawn down several categories of high-end air-delivered munitions, forcing the Department of War to draw from critical stockpiles in Asia and Europe. The drawdown of these weapons only suggests a possible readiness problem and helps explain why President Trump's war economy is set to accelerate, with expected increases in munitions production.
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[2026-04-25 04:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Eight weeks into the Iran war and with the global economy on a knife-edge, the end game to the conflict has yet to play out. But what is clear is that, in military terms, it has not matched preconceptions.
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[2026-04-25 03:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A third US military aircraft carrier has entered Middle Eastern waters – marking the highest number of American warships in the region in over two decades as peace talks between Tehran and Washington hang in the balance.
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[2026-04-25 02:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military says it has killed six Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon, in what it described as an exchange of fire near the border.
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[2026-04-25 02:29 UTC+10:00] [EU-US military ties] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: NICOSIA — EU leaders were pressed by Cyprus this week to clarify how the bloc's little-used mutual defense clause is supposed to work, aiming to better protect member countries while not undermining NATO.
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[2026-04-25 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States has three aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in 23 years with the arrival of the USS George HW Bush, the US military has said, amid a fragile ceasefire with Iran.
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[2026-04-25 00:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military conducted artillery shelling in the Tyre district of Southern Lebanon, Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.
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[2026-04-25 00:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Nigeria has inaugurated a military court to try officers accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt, marking a significant step in the government’s response to a plot that authorities say could have ended decades of democratic rule.
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[2026-04-25 00:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Cambodian military members participate together with government civil servants in the country’s 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, file)
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[2026-04-24 23:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, Tuesday April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/Pool Photo via AP)
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[2026-04-24 23:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine provided updates on the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing maritime operations against Iran, in a press conference alongside US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
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[2026-04-24 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: TELL, West Bank (AP) — Three Palestinian teenagers have been killed in the occupied West Bank this week in a spike of renewed violence, the latest shot dead by Israeli forces during a mid-week raid.
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[2026-04-24 22:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Liaoning aircraft carrier appears to be among 14 large naval vessels snapped on manoeuvres in a satellite image circulating online
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[2026-04-24 22:29 UTC+10:00] [Iran] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: The Liaoning aircraft carrier appears to be among 14 large naval vessels snapped on manoeuvres in a satellite image circulating online
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[2026-04-24 22:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Long ignored or dismissed as a marginal player in world affairs, Pakistan is suddenly asserting itself. Its role in seeking to broker peace in Iran has propelled it onto front pages, but this shift has been long in the making. It is driven not by Pakistan's skills at diplomacy, but by its growing military power.
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[2026-04-24 21:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Lebanese politician Ali Fayyad, representing Hezbollah as a Member of Parliament, called the renewed ceasefire agreement “meaningless” as long as the Israel military persists in its “destructive annihilation of Lebanese border villages and towns,” according to reports from local news platforms Al Mayadeen and An-Nahar.
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[2026-04-24 21:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Groups of Israeli settlers crossed into Syria and Lebanon this week, calling for the establishment of settlements in areas currently occupied by the military.
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[2026-04-24 20:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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[2026-04-24 20:46 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-24 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Groups of Israeli settlers crossed into Syria and Lebanon this week, calling for the establishment of settlements in areas currently occupied by the military.
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[2026-04-24 20:41 UTC+10:00] [EU-US military ties] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The former U.S. ambassador to NATO is urging British and European politicians not to alienate Donald Trump by criticizing his administration’s handling of the Iran war and its fallout.
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[2026-04-24 20:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: Nato says there is no provision for member states to be suspended or expelled from the military alliance after a report said the US could seek to suspend Spain over its Iran war stance.
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Commentary calls it ‘inevitable’ and necessary for PLA to embrace artificial intelligence to gain the advantage in future warfare
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[2026-04-24 20:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Commentary calls it ‘inevitable’ and necessary for PLA to embrace artificial intelligence to gain the advantage in future warfare
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[2026-04-24 19:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with top Pakistani government and military officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Field Marshal Asim Munir in a phone call on Friday, Al Jazeera reported.
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[2026-04-24 19:11 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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[2026-04-24 18:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military has blown up houses in the town Khiam, in southern Lebanon, according to Al Jazeera.
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