Topic: Defence — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-16 15:09 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: When a Ukrainian agricultural tycoon founded a volunteer unit of 30 people in the early days of Russia’s invasion, he had no certainty he would live to see what came next — but he did, and so did the force he created. (AP Video: Vasilisa Stepanenko, Nikoletta Stoyanova)
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[2026-04-16 13:56 UTC+10:00] [US military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Wednesday’s strike brings the total of those killed in US military strikes on alleged drug boats to at least 177
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[2026-04-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Someone on GitHub has built an open-source radar system capable of tracking multiple targets up to roughly 12 miles away, at a fraction of the cost that a major defense contractor would typically charge for a comparable system.
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[2026-04-16 12:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The United States plans to deploy additional troops to the Middle East in the near future to strengthen its military presence in the region amid a possible continuation of the fighting with Iran, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-16 12:23 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, broke the US record Wednesday for the longest post-Vietnam War deployment, a nearly 10-month span that saw it take part in both the military raid in Venezuela and the Iran war.
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[2026-04-16 12:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: Belgian authorities have seized two shipments of military equipment components bound for Israel, the news website Declassified UK reported.
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[2026-04-16 11:44 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's military band will take part in the largest US military music festival this week aimed at boosting friendly ties between allies, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military band will take part in the largest U.S. military music festival this week aimed at boosting friendly ties between allies, officials said Thursday.
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[2026-04-16 10:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: White House budget director Russell Vought said on Wednesday that he could not estimate the cost of the war in Iran, as he defended US President Donald Trump's request for a massive $1.5 trillion annual military budget against bipartisan criticism from US lawmakers who cited the Pentagon's historic lack of financial accountability.
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[2026-04-16 10:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Defence and National Security
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[2026-04-16 10:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: The pro-Israel advocacy group J Street is now calling for an end to "direct" US military support to Israel, per a new policy document published this week. The group had previously backed Washington's continued provision of defensive weapons systems, such as the replenishment of Israel's Iron Dome, at no cost to Israelis.
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[2026-04-16 10:00 UTC+10:00] [World] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: The Israeli military said it had struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets over the past 24 hours. Source: Getty / Amir Levy
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[2026-04-16 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Iran secretly got its hands on a Chinese spy satellite to target American bases in the Middle East during the war, leaked military documents revealed.
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[2026-04-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: During a ceremony marking National Security Education Day, leaders spoke of the need to be vigilant against various risks and challenges
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[2026-04-16 09:15 UTC+10:00] [John Lee Ka-chiu] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: During a ceremony marking National Security Education Day, leaders spoke of the need to be vigilant against various risks and challenges
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[2026-04-16 08:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
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[2026-04-16 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The US military broadcasted a final warning to ships that they would be subject to the force of the “whole of the United States Navy” if they violated the full blockade of Iran’s ports, according to newly released audio.
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[2026-04-16 07:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TEHRAN — The military adviser to Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei on Wednesday warned that Iran would sink American ships in the Strait of Hormuz if the United States decided to "police" the key shipping bottleneck.
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[2026-04-16 07:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A nation’s not obliged to “wait for the enemy to attack” before “commencing morally legitimate military action,” observes Fr. Gerald Murray at the Free Press, and Iran’s “determination” to produce nuclear weapons “means the attack on Iran was an act of protection, rather than aggression, under just war theory.”
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[2026-04-16 07:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Patient Saidal Altaher, aged two months, receives treatment for malnutrition at the paediatric hospital stabilization center in Port Sudan, Sudan, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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[2026-04-16 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody after she was detained earlier this month.
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[2026-04-16 06:21 UTC+10:00] [United States] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Asia Times
Snippet: Keep independent journalism alive
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[2026-04-16 06:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir said the army has approved plans to continue operations in both Iran and Lebanon.
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[2026-04-16 05:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A majority of the US Senate backed US President Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, voting to block a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the war until hostilities are authorized by Congress.
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[2026-04-16 05:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: US President Donald Trump has said he is “permanently opening” the Strait of Hormuz, presenting the move as benefiting “China and the world” after claiming Beijing agreed “not to send weapons to Iran.” Trump’s remarks come as the US military claims American warships have effectively blocked Iranian trade through the vital waterway.
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[2026-04-16 05:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Xi Jinping's meeting with Taiwanese opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun on April 10 in Beijing allowed the Chinese president to project a conciliatory mood toward some factions in Taiwan, particularly the KMT. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Xinhua/AP)
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[2026-04-16 04:46 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The Pentagon is seen from an airplane, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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[2026-04-16 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US made a "mistake" by ending diplomatic negotiations and entering into military conflict, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said, voicing sweeping criticism of the war on Iran.
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[2026-04-16 03:31 UTC+10:00] [Australia] [Factuality: 100]
Source: SBS News
Snippet: Defence Minister Richard Marles says an increase in military spending is necessary given the shift in the global environment. Source: AAP / Dita Alangkara
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[2026-04-16 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 16, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-16 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: April 16, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-04-16 03:28 UTC+10:00] [Bernie Sanders] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Attempt by independent senator set to test Democratic support for longtime US ally amid Trump’s war on Iran
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[2026-04-16 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Iran quietly secured a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 and used it to track US military bases across the Middle East during the current war, the Financial Times has newly - an allegation Beijing has flatly and angrily denied.
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[2026-04-16 03:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The US military has claimed its blockade of Iranian ports has completely halted economic trade going into and out of Iran by sea since it came into force on 13 April. Ben Chu from BBC Verify has been looking into whether the evidence from ship tracking data supports that.
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[2026-04-16 03:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Eight Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the past 24 hours, in what the health ministry described as violations of the ceasefire.
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[2026-04-16 03:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iranian state media reported Wednesday that the commander of Iran’s joint military command warned that Iran would completely block exports and imports across the Persian Gulf region, the Sea of Oman, and the Red Sea if the United States did not lift its blockade on Iranian ports.
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[2026-04-16 02:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Miami’s Bay of Pigs Veterans remember their role in the last major military attempt to topple the Communist regime in Cuba on the 65th anniversary of the operation. (AP video: Daniel Kozin)
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[2026-04-16 02:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PORT MORESBY — Papua New Guinea ramped up security at military bases on Wednesday, as disgruntled soldiers set up roadblocks in the capital Port Moresby to vent frustrations over alleged government corruption.
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[2026-04-16 02:00 UTC+10:00] [US foreign policy] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The time is long overdue for members of Congress to listen to the American people and end US military aid to the extremist Netanyahu government
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[2026-04-16 01:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Two shipments from Britain of military components bound for Israel have been seized in Belgium, which has banned aircaft carrying military equipment for Israel from stopping in the country or using its airspace.
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[2026-04-16 01:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran may soon come to an end, even with the U.S. military now several days into a blockade at the Strait of Hormuz and oil prices continuing to roil the global economy.
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[2026-04-16 01:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The American military depleted its entire stock of untested Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) early in its attack on Iran last month, a US Army official has said.
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[2026-04-15 23:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the Rich Starry didn’t visit an Iranian port, it is on a US blacklist for allegedly helping Tehran evade sanctions
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[2026-04-15 23:53 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: While the Rich Starry didn’t visit an Iranian port, it is on a US blacklist for allegedly helping Tehran evade sanctions
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[2026-04-15 23:45 UTC+10:00] [US-Israel war on Iran] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Millions have died as a result of disastrous US-led military adventurism. But there have been no consequences for those who championed it for so long
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[2026-04-15 23:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Ukraine said Russian forces struck Sloviansk early on 15 April, dropping a FAB-1500 guided aerial bomb on the city centre at around 05:00 local time. The strike destroyed a children’s sports facility and an office building, and damaged at least 39 apartment blocks and 15 vehicles, local authorities in Donetsk region said.
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[2026-04-15 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Australian military] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: The new strategy to be unveiled by Richard Marles will see defence spending rise to about 2.4% of GDP – but US president has urged allies to spend 3.5%
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[2026-04-15 22:30 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: An extra $53 billion will be injected into defence over the next 10 years as the Albanese government seeks to rebuff claims the nation’s military is dangerously unprepared for the age of modern warfare.
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[2026-04-15 22:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AfricaNews
Snippet: Iran has submitted a formal document to the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee, detailing what it calls severe maritime and civilian losses caused by US and Israeli military attacks.
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[2026-04-15 22:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Ukrainian military captured a Russian position using only ground robots and aerial drones — completely unassisted by any infantry, for the first time in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
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