Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-06-13 08:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new 155mm naval gun is said to be in development and it could provide firepower support for a future attack on Taiwan
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[2026-06-13 05:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation “Rising Lion,” a military campaign that will likely reshape Israeli security doctrine for generations.
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[2026-06-13 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-06-13 04:00 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A proposed security treaty with Ukraine has been stalled for almost a year, hampering Australia’s ability to tap into Ukraine’s expertise in drones and other advanced military technologies gained from its four-year war against Russia.
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[2026-06-13 03:36 UTC+10:00] [Military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-06-13 03:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The United States plans to cut air and naval assets designated to NATO operations in Europe, in another hit to confidence concerning Washington’s commitment to the military alliance.
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[2026-06-13 02:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The IDF killed two Palestinian Islamic Jihad platoon commanders and a Hamas deputy company commander in precision strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the military announced on Friday.
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[2026-06-13 01:38 UTC+10:00] [Cost of living] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: The increased traffic through the Strait of Hormuz comes as Trump and Iran continue haggling over a peace deal.
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[2026-06-13 00:55 UTC+10:00] [Air defense] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: BRUSSELS — NATO countries want to give the alliance’s top military commander more leeway to shoot down drones by next month’s leaders’ summit in Ankara, according to two NATO diplomats and one alliance official.
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[2026-06-13 00:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Hezbollah conducted operations against Israeli military vehicles and forces in Southern Lebanon, according to statements and footage on Telegram.
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[2026-06-13 00:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Participants waved rainbow flags, danced alongside music-filled vehicles and called for continued action on equality and inclusion. More than 1,000 police officers and volunteers were deployed to secure the event, according to authorities. For many attendees, the parade was both a celebration and a statement of resilience after several years marked by political tensions, war and concerns about rising hostility toward LGBTQ+ people.
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[2026-06-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s military proposes a strategy to attack out-of-reach American military assets as distance becomes a shield
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[2026-06-13 00:00 UTC+10:00] [anti-ship missiles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China’s military proposes a strategy to attack out-of-reach American military assets as distance becomes a shield
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[2026-06-12 23:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-06-12 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Moscow Times
Snippet: A senior Russian lawmaker on Thursday criticized Russians who invest in Western companies and suggested that Elon Musk's SpaceX should be designated a terrorist organization because its Starlink satellite network is used by Ukraine's military.
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[2026-06-12 23:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: BRUSSELS — NATO’s top military officer is weighing alternative plans to defend Europe should it come under attack from Russia, after the United States announced that it is cutting the number of aircraft and warships that it would provide in a security crisis.
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[2026-06-12 22:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: University students were among protesters in central Jakarta on Friday condemning Indonesian government policies, including state budget spending, a fuel price hike, a free meals program and growing military involvement in civilian affairs. © Reuters
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[2026-06-12 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As others exert geopolitical influence based on economic or military might, North Korea’s leader has turned a weaker hand to his advantage
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[2026-06-12 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Beijing] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: As others exert geopolitical influence based on economic or military might, North Korea’s leader has turned a weaker hand to his advantage
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[2026-06-12 22:08 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The most fundamental rift in Israeli politics is arguably not the wars it is fighting on multiple fronts, nor the international isolation stemming from its genocidal war in Gaza. Instead, the conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military continues to divide the country’s major political parties and bring demonstrators to the streets.
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[2026-06-12 21:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An American businessman who wrote a book about living through a military coup in Myanmar was detained on his return to the Southeast Asian nation on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter.
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[2026-06-12 21:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Nigeria’s military has “neutralised” more than 13,000 “terrorists” in the past year, the president says, as armed groups and criminal gangs continue to carry out mass attacks and kidnappings in the country.
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[2026-06-12 20:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A student protester holds up a mask of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during a rally against a fuel price hike, government inefficient spendings, and military involvement in civilian affairs in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
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[2026-06-12 20:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A woman stands at an entrance of the office of Mytel telecom in Yangon, Myanmar, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo)
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[2026-06-12 20:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Mohammed Rahal spent a year and a half displaced after the Israeli army forced him from his home in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
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[2026-06-12 19:06 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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[2026-06-12 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Over the past week, the IDF has conducted operations on three separate fronts, aiming to handle terrorism threats from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, from the Gaza Strip, and from the West Bank, the military announced on Friday.
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[2026-06-12 18:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: For more than a decade, political leaders, military strategists, and sections of the media across the Muslim world have periodically revived the idea of an “Islamic NATO,” a unified military bloc of Muslim-majority nations capable of defending collective interests and confronting perceived adversaries.
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[2026-06-12 18:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Despite Iran’s announcement of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States says the strategic waterway remains open to shipping. As military tensions persist, Washington and Tehran appear to be moving closer to a potential agreement that could ease a growing regional crisis.
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[2026-06-12 17:06 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Location scans from the globally popular augmented reality game have helped train AI to recognise and interpret physical spaces
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[2026-06-12 16:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sent its military planes to South Korea to expedite the transport of a Korean-made interceptor missile system amid the Middle East conflict, sources said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 16:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A prominent Palestinian doctor captured by the Israeli military in Gaza in late 2024 and held in detention ever since appeared by video link at a High Court of Justice hearing in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
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[2026-06-12 16:03 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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[2026-06-12 15:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Egypt has welcomed US President Donald Trump's announcement that planned military strikes against Iran had been cancelled, expressing hope that the move would create momentum for a comprehensive agreement between Washington and Tehran.
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[2026-06-12 15:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The United States plans to significantly reduce the number of aircraft and naval assets it makes available to Nato operations in Europe, according to a report by The New York Times, which cited two senior European officials.
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[2026-06-12 14:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Thailand’s suffering shrimp industry to China’s space firms anticipating SpaceX IPO, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-06-12 14:34 UTC+10:00] [Malaysia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: From Thailand’s suffering shrimp industry to China’s space firms anticipating SpaceX IPO, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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[2026-06-12 13:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: South Korea’s ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending military drones into North Korea, a move prosecutors argued was aimed at creating a pretext for his disastrous martial law declaration in 2024.
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[2026-06-12 13:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military said its air force intercepted a drone that entered an area where Israeli forces were operating in southern Lebanon, after sirens warning of a hostile aircraft sounded in the northern Israeli town of Metula.
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[2026-06-12 13:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The US military was three hours away from striking Iran when US President Donald Trump announced that a deal with Tehran had been agreed upon and canceled a planned attack, NBC reported on Thursday, citing two US officials familiar with the matter.
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[2026-06-12 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: When Iran’s military announced on Monday that it had ended a round of strikes against Israel, the Raja News site had something to say about it.
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[2026-06-12 11:52 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea hosted a military engineering and medical training program for troops from countries participating in UN peacekeeping missions as part of efforts to contribute to the international peace operations, the defense ministry said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia has no plans to attack NATO territory, the bloc’s senior military commander has said, despite warnings from some European officials that members should prepare for a potential armed clash with Moscow.
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[2026-06-12 11:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Russia has no plans to attack NATO territory, the bloc’s senior military commander has said, despite warnings from some European officials that members should prepare for a potential armed clash with Moscow.
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[2026-06-12 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea hosted a military engineering and medical training program for troops from countries participating in U.N. peacekeeping missions as part of efforts to contribute to the international peace operations, the defense ministry said Friday.
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[2026-06-12 10:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US judge on Thursday allowed an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail just days before his trial on charges linked to a deadly drone attack on a US military base in Jordan carried out by Iran-backed terrorists in 2024.
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[2026-06-12 10:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The Israeli military is establishing a permanent base in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, marking the first such installation in an area under full Palestinian Authority civil and security control since the 1993 Oslo Accords, according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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[2026-06-12 09:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: More than 50 Iranian military bases, including the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), have been damaged by US-Israeli attacks since the war began, satellite images show.
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[2026-06-12 08:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Beni Sabti, an Iranian researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), implied that Israel is a US proxy, just as Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy, and criticized the American strategy amid the exchange of blows between the United States and Iran during an interview for 103FM.
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[2026-06-12 08:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The EU appears to be willing to sacrifice both the well-being of its people and its own fiscal stability for the sake of military buildup justified by an alleged Russian threat. The bloc’s members push forward with their defense budget increase plans despite record debt levels, with some of them also implementing major social spending cuts.
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